# Architecture and Control Lifecycle

> Text parts of a Windows Forms TextControl, where code goes from InitializeComponent and OnLoad to FormClosing, and a control that grows with AutoControlSize.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms
- **Section:** Documentation
- **Kind:** Topic
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms > Document Editor > Architecture and Control Lifecycle
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/document-editor/architecture/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/document-editor/architecture/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/document-editor/architecture/llms-full.txt

---

## On This Page

- [What a TextControl Holds](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/document-editor/architecture/#what-a-textcontrol-holds)
- [The Life of the Control](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/document-editor/architecture/#the-life-of-the-control)
- [One Engine for Display and Printing](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/document-editor/architecture/#one-engine-for-display-and-printing)
- [Several Editors and Background Work](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/document-editor/architecture/#several-editors-and-background-work)
- [Let the Control Grow With Its Content](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/document-editor/architecture/#let-the-control-grow-with-its-content)
- [Next Steps](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/document-editor/architecture/#next-steps)

---

## Nearby

- **Previous:** [Document Editor](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/document-editor/llms.txt)
- **Next:** [Loading and Saving Documents](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/document-editor/load-save/llms.txt)