# License Configuration

> How licenses of TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms reach projects, applications and build servers: license file, licenses.licx and EntryAssembly.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms
- **Section:** Documentation
- **Kind:** Topic
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms > Installation Guide > License Configuration
- **491 words**
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/installation/licensing/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/installation/licensing/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/installation/licensing/llms-full.txt

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Your license of TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms is not activated online or managed in files by hand: it travels with your projects and is compiled into the applications you build. Where it comes from and where it ends up differs between a developer's project, a class library and a build server, and each of the three cases is described on a page of its own.

### How Licensing Works

- **Each developer has a license assigned** in the Text Control account. See [Development Licenses](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/installation/licensing/development/llms-full.txt).
- **The license is compiled into your application.** In .NET projects, the NuGet package brings the license file *txtextcontrol.winforms.license*. In .NET Framework projects, the license compiler builds the license from *licenses.licx*.
- **Your users need nothing.** Applications are distributed royalty-free, and they carry their license. When TX Text Control is used in a class library, `EntryAssembly` names the assembly that holds the license. See [Application Licensing](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/installation/licensing/application/llms-full.txt).
- **Build servers need no license of their own.** They restore the licensed package from the private feed or your own feed. See [Build Servers](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/installation/licensing/build-servers/llms-full.txt).

[Licensing Overview](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/overview/licensing/llms-full.txt) explains the licensing model and the license agreement behind these rules.

### Find the Right Page

| If you want to | Read |
|---|---|
| Assign a license to a developer, or understand the license file and *licenses.licx* | [Development Licenses](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/installation/licensing/development/llms-full.txt) |
| Use TX Text Control in a class library, a user control or a unit test, or check what must not ship | [Application Licensing](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/installation/licensing/application/llms-full.txt) |
| Build on a build server or in a CI/CD pipeline | [Build Servers](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/installation/licensing/build-servers/llms-full.txt) |

### Where to Start

Read [Development Licenses](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/installation/licensing/development/llms-full.txt) first: it explains the two ways a license reaches a project, which the other pages build on. If a license is not found, see [Licensing](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/troubleshooting/licensing/llms-full.txt) in Troubleshooting.

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## In This Section

- [Application Licensing](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/installation/licensing/application/llms-full.txt): Where the license lives in an application built with TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms, EntryAssembly for class libraries, and what must never ship.
- [Build Servers](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/installation/licensing/build-servers/llms-full.txt): Restore TXTextControl.TextControl.WinForms.SDK on build servers and in CI/CD: license rules, feed credentials as secrets, Azure Artifacts and .NET Framework.
- [Development Licenses](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/installation/licensing/development/llms-full.txt): How your developer license reaches a Windows Forms project: serial assignment, the license file of the NuGet package, and licenses.licx for .NET Framework.

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## Nearby

- **Previous:** [Visual Studio Toolbox and Designer](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/installation/toolbox/llms-full.txt)
- **Next:** [Development Licenses](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/installation/licensing/development/llms-full.txt)