# ControlBase Class

> Control base class.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET Server
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Class
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl.Web.MVC.DocumentViewer`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.Web.DocumentViewer` (assembly `TXTextControl.Web.MVC.DocumentViewer.dll`, from nuget.org, the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.Web.DocumentViewer.Classic` (assembly `TXTextControl.Web.MVC.DocumentViewer.dll`, from nuget.org)
- **Derived:** `TXTextControl.Web.MVC.DocumentViewer.DocumentViewer`
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET Server > Reference > TXTextControl.Web.MVC.DocumentViewer > ControlBase Class
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- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-web-mvc-documentviewer/controlbase/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-web-mvc-documentviewer/controlbase/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-web-mvc-documentviewer/controlbase/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Control base class.

### Syntax

```csharp
public abstract class ControlBase
```

```vbnet
Public MustInherit Class ControlBase
```

### Examples

The following example inspects a Control Base object supplied by the document workflow.

```csharp
var workflowObject = controlBase;
Console.WriteLine($"Control Base instance: {workflowObject}");
```

```vbnet
Dim workflowObject = controlBase
Console.WriteLine($"Control Base instance: {workflowObject}")
```

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## In This Section

- [ControlBase Constructor](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-web-mvc-documentviewer/controlbase/constructor/llms-full.txt): Initializes a new instance of the ControlBase class.
- [ControlBase.Render Method](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-web-mvc-documentviewer/controlbase/render-method/llms-full.txt): Renders the control content to an HTML string.

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## Nearby

- **Previous:** [ComponentRenderMode Enumeration](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-web-mvc-documentviewer/componentrendermode/enumeration/llms-full.txt)
- **Next:** [ControlBase Constructor](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-web-mvc-documentviewer/controlbase/constructor/llms-full.txt)