# DocumentViewer.EditMode Property

> Gets or sets whether the document viewer renders forms editable, i.e. with input fields at every form field's location, or read-only.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET Server
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Property
- **Introduced:** 15.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl.DocumentServer.Web`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.ASP.SDK` (assembly `TXDocumentServer.Web.DocumentViewer.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **.NET Framework:** reference `TXDocumentServer.Web.DocumentViewer.dll` from the setup
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET Server > Reference > TXTextControl.DocumentServer.Web > DocumentViewer.EditMode Property
- **539 words**
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-web/documentviewer/editmode-property/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-web/documentviewer/editmode-property/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-web/documentviewer/editmode-property/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Gets or sets whether the document viewer renders forms editable, i.e. with input fields at every form field's location, or read-only.

### Syntax

```csharp
public EditMode EditMode { get; set; }
```

```vbnet
Public Property EditMode As EditMode
```

### Members

| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| Edit | Documents are rendered editable, i.e. input fields are displayed at every form field's location. |
| ReadOnly | Documents are rendered read-only. This is the default. |

### Examples

`DocumentServer.Web.DocumentViewer.EditMode` belongs to the legacy Web Forms viewer. In the current ASP.NET Core viewer, configure the server-rendered component through `DocumentViewerSettings.View`; interactive page state and styling are handled by the viewer client.

```csharp
documentViewerSettings.View = TXTextControl.Web.MVC.DocumentViewer.DocumentViewerSettings.ViewMode.Mobile;
if (documentViewerSettings.View != null)
{
    Console.WriteLine("View is available for Document Viewer Settings.");
}
```

```vbnet
documentViewerSettings.View = TXTextControl.Web.MVC.DocumentViewer.DocumentViewerSettings.ViewMode.Mobile
If documentViewerSettings.View IsNot Nothing Then
    Console.WriteLine("View is available for Document Viewer Settings.")
End If
```

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