# Examples

> Samples of TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms by topic: TX Words, GitHub projects, the editor, ribbon, processing, mail merge, PDF and digital signatures.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms
- **Section:** Documentation
- **Kind:** Topic
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms > Examples
- **600 words**
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/examples/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/examples/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/examples/llms-full.txt

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Working code is often the quickest way to understand a feature or to start a project. For TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms, it comes as sample projects that the setup installs, as repositories on GitHub and as blog articles with their code. Topic by topic, the examples pages name the version each sample was written for.

### Where the Samples Are

|  | Samples of the setup | GitHub repositories | Blog articles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where | Your *Documents* folder, in *TX Text Control 34.0.NET for Windows Forms* | [github.com/TextControl](https://github.com/TextControl) | [Text Control Blog](https://www.textcontrol.com/blog/) |
| What you get | The tutorial, the how-to samples and TX Words, in C# and Visual Basic | The same samples, and the projects of blog articles | The code of the article, often with a repository |
| Version | The installed version | The version the sample was written for, which may be older | The version current when the article was written |

The online demos of Text Control run in the browser and show TX Text Control .NET Server; the samples listed here are desktop applications.

### Find the Right Page

| If you want to see | Read |
|---|---|
| A complete word processor built from all components | [TX Words Sample Application](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/examples/tx-words/llms-full.txt) |
| What the GitHub organization contains, and how to run and update a sample | [GitHub Examples](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/examples/github/llms-full.txt) |
| Styles, tables of contents, line numbers, watermarks, zooming, tables and data binding in the editor | [Document Editor Examples](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/examples/document-editor/llms-full.txt) |
| The ribbon, the sidebars, the mini toolbar and the resource provider | [Ribbon and Sidebar Examples](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/examples/ribbon-sidebar/llms-full.txt) |
| Comparing, importing, restyling and printing documents in code | [Document Processing Examples](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/examples/document-processing/llms-full.txt) |
| Merge events, conditional formatting, previews and templates with Excel or HTML | [Mail Merge Examples](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/examples/mail-merge/llms-full.txt) |
| Electronic invoices, a PDF viewer, PDF forms and attachments | [PDF Examples](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/examples/pdf/llms-full.txt) |
| Signing PDF documents and signature fields | [Digital Signature Examples](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/examples/digital-signatures/llms-full.txt) |

### Where to Start

1. [TX Words Sample Application](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/examples/tx-words/llms-full.txt): see all components working together.
2. [Getting Started](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/llms-full.txt): build a first application step by step.
3. The examples page of your topic, for a sample that goes further.

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## In This Section

- [Digital Signature Examples](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/examples/digital-signatures/llms-full.txt): Examples of signing PDF documents with TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms: whole documents, signature fields, test certificates and trusted timestamps.
- [Document Editor Examples](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/examples/document-editor/llms-full.txt): Samples of the Windows Forms TextControl as an editor: styles, tables of contents, line numbers, watermarks, lists, tables, zooming, printing and data binding.
- [Document Processing Examples](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/examples/document-processing/llms-full.txt): Samples that process documents in code with TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms: comparison, Excel import, styles, images, printing and ServerTextControl.
- [GitHub Examples](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/examples/github/llms-full.txt): Sample projects of TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms on GitHub: TXSamples_WinForms_CSharp, blog samples, and updating a sample to the current version.
- [Mail Merge Examples](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/examples/mail-merge/llms-full.txt): Mail merge samples for TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms: merge events, conditional formatting, previews, Excel and HTML in templates, and blog articles.
- [PDF Examples](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/examples/pdf/llms-full.txt): PDF samples for TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms: ZUGFeRD invoices, a PDF viewer in a form, fillable forms, form fields, attachments and encryption.
- [Ribbon and Sidebar Examples](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/examples/ribbon-sidebar/llms-full.txt): Samples of the ribbon, sidebars and toolbars of TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms: TX Words, the mini toolbar, the ResourceProvider and ribbon articles.
- [TX Words Sample Application](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/examples/tx-words/llms-full.txt): TX Words, the word processor sample of TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms: the base project, the Ribbon sample and the eight samples built on it.

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## Nearby

- **Previous:** [Deployment](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/troubleshooting/deployment/llms-full.txt)
- **Next:** [TX Words Sample Application](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/examples/tx-words/llms-full.txt)