# ControlsFactory.TextControl Method

> Creates a TextControl.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET Server
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Method
- **Introduced:** 23.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl.Web.MVC`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.Web` (assembly `TXTextControl.Web.DocumentEditor.dll`, from nuget.org, the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET Server > Reference > TXTextControl.Web.MVC > ControlsFactory.TextControl Method
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- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-web-mvc/controlsfactory/textcontrol-method/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-web-mvc/controlsfactory/textcontrol-method/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-web-mvc/controlsfactory/textcontrol-method/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Creates a [TextControl](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-web-mvc/textcontrol/llms-full.txt).

### Syntax

#### TextControl()

Creates a [TextControl](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-web-mvc/textcontrol/llms-full.txt).

```csharp
public TextControl TextControl();
```

```vbnet
Public Function TextControl() As TextControl
```

#### TextControl(TextControlSettings)

Creates a [TextControl](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-web-mvc/textcontrol/llms-full.txt) using settings from a given [TextControlSettings](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-web-mvc/textcontrolsettings/llms-full.txt) object.

```csharp
public TextControl TextControl(TextControlSettings settings);
```

```vbnet
Public Function TextControl(settings As TextControlSettings) As TextControl
```

| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| settings | A [TextControlSettings](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-web-mvc/textcontrolsettings/llms-full.txt) object containing [TextControl](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-web-mvc/textcontrol/llms-full.txt) extension settings. |

#### TextControl(Action<TextControlSettings>)

Creates a [TextControl](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-web-mvc/textcontrol/llms-full.txt) using settings from a delegate method that accepts [TextControlSettings](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-web-mvc/textcontrolsettings/llms-full.txt) as a parameter.

```csharp
public TextControl TextControl(Action<TextControlSettings> method);
```

```vbnet
Public Function TextControl(method As Action(Of TextControlSettings)) As TextControl
```

| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| method | A delegate method that accepts [TextControlSettings](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-web-mvc/textcontrolsettings/llms-full.txt) as a parameter. |

### Return Value

A [TextControl](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-web-mvc/textcontrol/llms-full.txt) object implementing the TextControl functionality.

### Examples

The following example shows how to add a TextControl editor to a view, specify its height and width, set a database file directory and open a document with it:

```csharp
@using TXTextControl.Web.MVC
@using TXTextControl.Web

@Html.TXTextControl().TextControl(settings => {
   settings.Width = "100%";
   settings.Height = "600px";
   settings.DatabaseFileDirectory = Server.MapPath("~/App_Data/Databases");
}).LoadText(Server.MapPath("~/App_Data/Documents/Demo.rtf"), StreamType.RichTextFormat).Render()
```

The following example uses `ControlsFactory.TextControl` in a document-processing workflow.

```csharp
var result = controlsFactory.TextControl();
Console.WriteLine(result);
```

```vbnet
Dim result = controlsFactory.TextControl()
Console.WriteLine(result)
```

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## Nearby

- **Previous:** [ControlsFactory Class](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-web-mvc/controlsfactory/llms-full.txt)
- **Next:** [TXTextControl.Web.MVC.DocumentViewer namespace](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-web-mvc-documentviewer/llms-full.txt)