Older Versions
Maintaining an application built on TX Text Control ActiveX 29.0 or older, or finding out when a feature arrived? Each version from 29.0 back to 11.0 has a page with its new features, the properties, methods and events it added, the members it extended and, where there are any, its update notes.
The versions from 30.0 on are described in What's New.
Versions at a Glance
| Version | What it brought |
|---|---|
| 29.0 | Tables of contents and the update of the MFC library to version 12.0 |
| 28.0 | A 32-bit and a 64-bit version, the update of the MFC library to version 9.0, form fields for designing and filling forms, link targets and bookmarks at any text position |
| 27.0 | DPI awareness for display scale factors other than 96 DPI, highlighted text fields, built-in languages reduced to English and German |
| 26.0 | Tracked changes, the SpreadsheetML format, formulas in tables |
| 25.0 | Objects in headers and footers, documents with restricted access, editable regions, pagination options for tables |
| 24.0 | Colored paragraphs, new zoom options, read-only toolbars |
| 23.0 | A dialog box for symbol characters, document properties, bullets from any font, inserting text frames with the mouse |
| 22.0 | Better support for merging documents, image loading and saving through the Windows Imaging Component (WIC) |
| 21.0 | Extended find and replace dialog boxes, selecting table cells in code, a programmable paste behavior, localizable Find, Replace and Color dialog boxes |
| 20.0 | Right-to-left text and application design, multilingual documents |
| 19.0 | Page numbering, built-in context menus, different headers and footers for even and odd pages, a dialog box to insert tables |
| 18.0 | A z-order for images, text frames and OLE objects, transparent text frames, the EMF image format |
| 17.0 | Selections of table columns, merged table cells, colored table lines, page borders, digitally signed PDF files |
| 16.0 | Table headers, page images, new font size and indent buttons, a spell checker interface |
| 15.1 | Names and identifiers for objects, built-in drag and drop, changeable display colors, an unlimited zoom factor |
| 15.0 | Text in columns, PDF/A archiving, structured numbered lists |
| 14.0 | Sections, the WordprocessingML format (.docx), Microsoft Word and Heiler HighEdit fields, background printing |
| 13.0 | A vertical ruler bar, toolbars in the Windows color schemes, hypertext links in PDF documents, a paragraph dialog box |
| 12.0 | Anchored images, text frames, a dialog box and a mouse interface for images and text frames |
| 11.0 | Nested tables, table splitting, multiple undo, PDF document security |
Where to Start
- Upgrading an application? Open the pages of every version between yours and the target and read their update notes and extended members first: Version 28.0 replaces link target fields with the
Targetmembers, Version 27.0 reduces the built-in languages to English and German, Version 15.0 replaces two numbering attributes, and Version 14.0 changes how page settings and headers and footers behave. Continue with the pages of the versions from 30.0 on in What's New. - Looking for a feature? Find it in the table above, then follow the links on its version page to the reference members.
Pages in This Section
- Version 29.0: tables of contents and MFC 12.0.
- Version 28.0: 32-bit and 64-bit versions, form fields, link targets and bookmarks.
- Version 27.0: DPI awareness and highlighted text fields.
- Version 26.0: tracked changes, SpreadsheetML and table formulas.
- Version 25.0: objects in headers and footers, restricted documents and editable regions.
- Version 24.0: colored paragraphs, zoom options and read-only toolbars.
- Version 23.0: symbol characters, document properties and bullets.
- Version 22.0: merging documents and images through WIC.
- Version 21.0: find and replace, table programming and the resource kit.
- Version 20.0: right-to-left support and multilingual documents.
- Version 19.0: page numbering, context menus and even and odd headers and footers.
- Version 18.0: z-order, transparent text frames and EMF images.
- Version 17.0: table selections, merged cells, page borders and signed PDF files.
- Version 16.0: table headers, page images and spell checking.
- Version 15.1: object names, drag and drop and display colors.
- Version 15.0: columns, PDF/A and structured lists.
- Version 14.0: sections, WordprocessingML and Word fields.
- Version 13.0: the vertical ruler bar and paragraph formatting.
- Version 12.0: anchored images and text frames.
- Version 11.0: nested tables, multiple undo and PDF security.