# LoadSettings.ApplicationFieldFormat Property

> Specifies the format of text fields which are imported. The property's value can be one of the ApplicationFieldFormat values.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET Server
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Property
- **Introduced:** 14.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.Core.SDK` (assembly `TXTextControl.Core.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.ASP.SDK` (assembly `TXTextControl.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **.NET Framework:** reference `TXTextControl.dll` from the setup
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET Server > Reference > TXTextControl > LoadSettings.ApplicationFieldFormat Property
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- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol/loadsettings/applicationfieldformat-property/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol/loadsettings/applicationfieldformat-property/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol/loadsettings/applicationfieldformat-property/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Specifies the format of text fields which are imported. The property's value can be one of the [ApplicationFieldFormat](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol/applicationfieldformat/enumeration/llms-full.txt) values.

### Syntax

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

```vbnet
Public Property ApplicationFieldFormat As ApplicationFieldFormat
```

### Members

| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| None | Default value. Textfields supported through other applications are not imported as [ApplicationFields](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol/applicationfield/llms-full.txt). Formfields are imported as TextControl [FormFields](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol/formfield/llms-full.txt). |
| MSWord | Fields which are supported and defined through Microsoft Word are imported as [ApplicationFields](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol/applicationfield/llms-full.txt). The [LoadSettings.ApplicationFieldTypeNames](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol/loadsettings/applicationfieldtypenames-property/llms-full.txt) property can be used to select particular types of fields. |
| MSWordTXFormFields | Fields which are supported and defined through Microsoft Word are imported as [ApplicationFields](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol/applicationfield/llms-full.txt) with an exception of form fields. Form fields such as comboboxes, checkboxes and form textfields are imported as TextControl [FormFields](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol/formfield/llms-full.txt). |
| HighEdit | Fields which are supported and defined through the Heiler HighEdit component are imported as [ApplicationFields](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol/applicationfield/llms-full.txt). |

### Examples

The following example configures how a WordprocessingML template is loaded by using `LoadSettings.ApplicationFieldFormat`.

```csharp
LoadSettings loadSettings = new();

loadSettings.ApplicationFieldFormat = ApplicationFieldFormat.MSWord;
Console.WriteLine($"Application Field Format used by Load Settings: {loadSettings.ApplicationFieldFormat}");

textControl.Load("template.docx", StreamType.WordprocessingML, loadSettings);
```

```vbnet
Dim loadSettings As New LoadSettings()

loadSettings.ApplicationFieldFormat = ApplicationFieldFormat.MSWord
Console.WriteLine($"Application Field Format used by Load Settings: {loadSettings.ApplicationFieldFormat}")

textControl.Load("template.docx", StreamType.WordprocessingML, loadSettings)
```

### Limitations

Microsoft Word and RTF only.

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## Nearby

- **Previous:** [LoadSettings.AddParagraph Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol/loadsettings/addparagraph-property/llms-full.txt)
- **Next:** [LoadSettings.ApplicationFieldTypeNames Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol/loadsettings/applicationfieldtypenames-property/llms-full.txt)