# Create a .NET Framework Application > Build a word processor in a Windows Forms App (.NET Framework) project with TX Text Control: the toolbox of the setup, the smart tag and licenses.licx. - **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms - **Section:** Documentation - **Kind:** Topic - **Path:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms > Getting Started > Document Editor > Create a .NET Framework Application - **1202 words** - **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/document-editor/dotnet-framework/ - **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/document-editor/dotnet-framework/llms.txt - **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/document-editor/dotnet-framework/llms-full.txt --- Existing Windows Forms applications often still run on the .NET Framework, and TX Text Control works there as well. The editor you build is the same as in [Create Your First Windows Forms Application](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/document-editor/first-application/llms-full.txt), with a ribbon, rulers and a status bar. What differs is how TX Text Control gets into the project: there is no NuGet package, and the license comes through *licenses.licx*. ### Prerequisites - Visual Studio on Windows with the .NET Framework 4.8. See [.NET and .NET Framework](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/installation/requirements/dotnet/llms-full.txt). - The setup of TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms 34.0, the full or the trial version. For .NET Framework projects, it provides the assemblies and the toolbox tab. See [Installing the Product](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/installation/setup/llms-full.txt). ### Create the Project 1. Open Visual Studio and create a new project. 2. Select **C#** from the **Languages** list, **Windows** from the **Platform** list and **Desktop** as the **Project Type**. Select **Visual Basic** instead for a Visual Basic project; the steps are the same. 3. Select the project template **Windows Forms App (.NET Framework)** and click **Next**. ![The Create a new project dialog of Visual Studio with the filters C#, Windows and Desktop and the template Windows Forms App (.NET Framework) selected.](https://docs.textcontrol.com/assets/img/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/vs-new-project-netfx.ca19be82.webp) 4. Enter a project name, select **.NET Framework 4.8** in the **Framework** list and click **Create**. ![The Configure your new project dialog of Visual Studio for a Windows Forms App (.NET Framework) with a project name, location and solution name, and .NET Framework 4.8 selected in the Framework list.](https://docs.textcontrol.com/assets/img/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/vs-configure-project-netfx.da1ffa0e.webp) ### Add the Editor to the Form 1. With **Form1** open in the designer, find the tab **TX Text Control 34.0** in the **Toolbox**. The setup created it, and it lists all controls and components of TX Text Control. ![The Visual Studio Toolbox with the tab TX Text Control 31.0, listing MailMerge, DocumentController, ServerTextControl, ButtonBar, RulerBar, StatusBar, TextControl, Sidebar, Ribbon and the ribbon tabs.](https://docs.textcontrol.com/assets/img/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/toolbox-netfx.5686c52c.webp) 2. Select **TextControl** and draw the control onto the form. 3. Add the ribbon, the status bar and the two rulers with the smart tag of the `TextControl`, as in steps 3 and 4 of [Add the Editor to the Form](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/document-editor/first-application/#add-the-editor-to-the-form) in the .NET tutorial. The designer works the same way in a .NET Framework project. ![A form in the Visual Studio designer with the ribbon, rulers and status bar docked around the TextControl, and the TextControl Tasks smart tag with Dock set to Fill and the Wizards links.](https://docs.textcontrol.com/assets/img/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/textcontrol-smart-tag-tasks.e4881f3e.webp) 4. Add the ribbon tabs from **Home** to **Proofing** with the smart tag of the ribbon, as in [Add the Ribbon Tabs](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/document-editor/first-application/#add-the-ribbon-tabs). ![The form in the Visual Studio designer with the added ribbon tabs from Home to Proofing, and the Ribbon Tasks smart tag with the links that add the predefined tabs.](https://docs.textcontrol.com/assets/img/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/ribbon-smart-tag-add-tabs.394d6c62.webp) ### Run the Application Press **F5**. The form shows the same word processor as in the .NET tutorial: the ribbon with its tabs, a horizontal and a vertical ruler, the document in page view and the status bar. ![The running application with the ribbon tabs Home, Insert, Page Layout, View and Proofing, two rulers, the page and the status bar.](https://docs.textcontrol.com/assets/img/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/ribbon-app-running.0f542a1f.webp) The code of [Load a Document When the Form Opens](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/document-editor/first-application/#load-a-document-when-the-form-opens) works unchanged in this project. ### What Is Different in a .NET Framework Project - **The assemblies come from the setup.** The project references the assemblies in the *Assembly* folder of the installation, by default *C:\\Program Files\\Text Control GmbH\\TX Text Control 34.0.NET for Windows Forms\\Assembly*. - **The license comes through licenses.licx.** When you drop the `TextControl` on the form, Visual Studio adds an entry to the project's *licenses.licx* file, and the license compiler embeds the license into your assembly when you build. If Visual Studio reports that a control "could not be licensed", check the entries of this file. See [Development Licenses](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/installation/licensing/development/llms-full.txt). - **Service packs need no change.** A service pack replaces the files in the installation folder and keeps the assembly version, so the project picks it up when you rebuild. - **Publishing** means shipping the assemblies and native libraries yourself. See [Deploying .NET Framework Applications](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/deployment/dotnet-framework/llms-full.txt). ### The Finished Sample The setup installs this tutorial as a finished project in *%USERPROFILE%\\Documents\\TX Text Control 34.0.NET for Windows Forms\\CSharp\\Tutorial\\Simple*, and in Visual Basic under *VB.NET\\Tutorial\\Simple*. ### Next Steps - [Load and Save Documents](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/document-editor/load-save/llms-full.txt): open and save documents with and without dialog boxes. - [Migrating from .NET Framework to .NET](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/installation/upgrading/from-dotnet-framework/llms-full.txt): move the project to .NET 8 or higher later. - [Create a Ribbon Application with Sidebar Support](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/document-editor/ribbon-sidebar/llms-full.txt): add sidebars and a RibbonForm. --- ## Nearby - **Previous:** [Create Your First Windows Forms Application](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/document-editor/first-application/llms-full.txt) - **Next:** [Add Rulers, Toolbars, and a Status Bar](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/document-editor/rulers-toolbars/llms-full.txt)