# ControlBase.Render Method

> Renders the control content to an HTML string.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET Server
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Method
- **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)
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET Server > Reference > TXTextControl.Web.MVC.DocumentViewer > ControlBase.Render Method
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- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-web-mvc-documentviewer/controlbase/render-method/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-web-mvc-documentviewer/controlbase/render-method/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-web-mvc-documentviewer/controlbase/render-method/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Renders the control content to an HTML string.

### Syntax

#### Render()

Renders the control content to an HTML string.

Only for .NET 8.

```csharp
public IHtmlContent Render();
```

```vbnet
Public Function Render() As IHtmlContent
```

#### Render()

Only for .NET Framework 4.5.

```csharp
public IHtmlString Render();
```

```vbnet
Public Function Render() As IHtmlString
```

### Examples

The following example uses `ControlBase.Render` in a document-processing workflow.

```csharp
var result = controlBase.Render();
Console.WriteLine(result);
```

```vbnet
Dim result = controlBase.Render()
Console.WriteLine(result)
```

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## Nearby

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