# Using ServerTextControl in Desktop Applications

> Use ServerTextControl beside the Windows Forms editor: create and dispose it, pass documents as byte arrays, merge letters and license it in a class library.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms
- **Section:** Documentation
- **Kind:** Topic
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms > Document Processing > Using ServerTextControl in Desktop Applications
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/document-processing/servertextcontrol/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/document-processing/servertextcontrol/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/document-processing/servertextcontrol/llms-full.txt

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## On This Page

- [When to Use ServerTextControl](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/document-processing/servertextcontrol/#when-to-use-servertextcontrol)
- [Create and Dispose Each Instance](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/document-processing/servertextcontrol/#create-and-dispose-each-instance)
- [Move Documents Between the Editor and ServerTextControl](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/document-processing/servertextcontrol/#move-documents-between-the-editor-and-servertextcontrol)
- [Work in the Background](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/document-processing/servertextcontrol/#work-in-the-background)
- [Merge Templates Without the Editor](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/document-processing/servertextcontrol/#merge-templates-without-the-editor)
- [License ServerTextControl in a Class Library](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/document-processing/servertextcontrol/#license-servertextcontrol-in-a-class-library)
- [Next Steps](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/document-processing/servertextcontrol/#next-steps)

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