# HtmlHelperExtension.TXTextControl Method

> Provides access to helper methods allowing you to render individual TX Text Control ASP.NET MVC extensions. For now only one extension is implemented (see class 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 > HtmlHelperExtension.TXTextControl Method
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- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-web-mvc/htmlhelperextension/txtextcontrol-method/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-web-mvc/htmlhelperextension/txtextcontrol-method/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-web-mvc/htmlhelperextension/txtextcontrol-method/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Provides access to helper methods allowing you to render individual TX Text Control ASP.NET MVC extensions. For now only one extension is implemented (see class [TextControl](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-web-mvc/textcontrol/llms-full.txt)).

### Syntax

#### TXTextControl(HtmlHelper)

Provides access to helper methods allowing you to render individual TX Text Control ASP.NET MVC extensions. For now only one extension is implemented (see class [TextControl](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-web-mvc/textcontrol/llms-full.txt)).

Only for .NET Framework 4.5.

```csharp
public static ControlsFactory TXTextControl(this HtmlHelper helper);
```

```vbnet
<Extension>
Public Function TXTextControl(helper As HtmlHelper) As ControlsFactory
```

| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| helper | A System.Web.Mvc.HtmlHelper object representing the HTML helper instance that this method extends. |

#### TXTextControl(IHtmlHelper)

Only for .NET 8.

```csharp
public static ControlsFactory TXTextControl(this IHtmlHelper helper);
```

```vbnet
<Extension>
Public Function TXTextControl(helper As IHtmlHelper) As ControlsFactory
```

### Return Value

Returns a [ControlsFactory](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-web-mvc/controlsfactory/llms-full.txt) object containing helper methods to render TX Text Control extensions.

### Examples

The following example obtains the TX Text Control helper factory from the current Razor `IHtmlHelper` before configuring an editor or Document Viewer.

```csharp
TXTextControl.Web.MVC.ControlsFactory controls = TXTextControl.Web.MVC.HtmlHelperExtension.TXTextControl(htmlHelper);
Console.WriteLine($"TX helper factory: {controls.GetType().Name}");
```

```vbnet
Dim controls As TXTextControl.Web.MVC.ControlsFactory = TXTextControl.Web.MVC.HtmlHelperExtension.TXTextControl(htmlHelper)
Console.WriteLine($"TX helper factory: {controls.GetType().Name}")
```

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## Nearby

- **Previous:** [HtmlHelperExtension Class](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-web-mvc/htmlhelperextension/llms-full.txt)
- **Next:** [TextControl Class](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-web-mvc/textcontrol/llms-full.txt)