Document Editor
The fastest way to see TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms at work is to put its editor on a form. Five tutorials take you from an empty Visual Studio project to a word processor with a ribbon or classic toolbars, sidebars, and commands that open and save documents. Three of them build on the project of the first.
Choose a Tutorial
| Tutorial | You build | Done in |
|---|---|---|
| Create Your First Windows Forms Application | A .NET project with the NuGet package, the editor, a ribbon, rulers and a status bar | Designer, one short code step |
| Create a .NET Framework Application | The same editor in a .NET Framework 4.8 project | Designer |
| Add Rulers, Toolbars, and a Status Bar | A classic editor with a button bar instead of a ribbon, and its settings | Designer and code |
| Create a Ribbon Application with Sidebar Support | A ribbon application with a Styles sidebar, a RibbonForm and a Table Tools tab | Designer and code |
| Load and Save Documents | New, Open, Save and Save As with a prompt for unsaved changes | Code |
Where to Start
- Start with Create Your First Windows Forms Application, or with Create a .NET Framework Application if your application runs on the .NET Framework.
- Decide on the user interface: a ribbon with sidebars, as in Create a Ribbon Application with Sidebar Support, or a button bar, as in Add Rulers, Toolbars, and a Status Bar.
- Add Load and Save Documents, so that users can work with their files.
Before you start, install the setup of TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms on your development machine. It provides the NuGet package source, the toolbox tab and the designers. See Installing the Product.
After These Tutorials
- Document Processing: build, convert and print documents in code.
- Mail Merge: fill templates with data.
- Document Editor: every feature of the editor in detail.
- TextControl: the properties, methods and events of the editor.