# Integration Guide

> Fit TextControl into a Windows Forms application: designer and code, UserControls, data binding, menus, TX Spell .NET, charts, barcodes, DPI and accessibility.

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

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## On This Page

- [How the Editor Connects to an Application](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/integration/#how-the-editor-connects-to-an-application)
- [Find the Right Page](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/integration/#find-the-right-page)
- [Where to Start](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/integration/#where-to-start)
- [Pages in This Section](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/integration/#pages-in-this-section)

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## In This Section

- [Accessibility and UI Automation](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/integration/accessibility/llms.txt): Let UI Automation clients read and change a Windows Forms TextControl: TextPattern attributes, ValuePattern, EM_REPLACESEL, AccessibleName and key tips.
- [Integrating Charts and Barcodes](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/integration/charts-barcodes/llms.txt): Set up charts and barcodes in Windows Forms: ChartFrame and BarcodeFrame, the DataVisualization package for .NET, the ribbon tabs and TXBarcodeCore SVG.
- [AI Coding Assistants](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/integration/coding-assistants/llms.txt): Connect GitHub Copilot or Claude Code to the Text Control MCP Server while building Windows Forms apps, and see which Agent Skills exist for TX Text Control.
- [Creating and Configuring Controls in Code](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/integration/controls-in-code/llms.txt): Create TextControl, ButtonBar, RulerBar, StatusBar, Ribbon and Sidebar in C# on a Windows Form: docking order, connections, and removing and disposing.
- [Data Binding and Database Storage](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/integration/data-binding/llms.txt): Bind Windows Forms controls to InputFormat with DataBindings, bind a TextControl to a BindingSource record and store documents as byte arrays in a database.
- [Visual Studio Designer Integration](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/integration/designer/llms.txt): Use the Windows Forms designer with TextControl: smart tag wizards for ribbon, bars and sidebars, Properties window connections, events and licenses.licx.
- [High DPI and Display Scaling](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/integration/dpi-scaling/llms.txt): Make a Windows Forms app with TextControl DPI aware: SetHighDpiMode PerMonitorV2, the DpiAwareness key in App.config and ResourceProvider icons on DPI change.
- [Embedding the Editor in Forms and UserControls](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/integration/embedding/llms.txt): Embed TextControl in a Windows Forms UserControl with EntryAssembly, open documents in tab pages, share one ButtonBar and StatusBar, and use a RibbonForm.
- [Integrating Existing Menus and Toolbars](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/integration/menus-toolbars/llms.txt): Connect a MenuStrip and ToolStrip to TextControl: Undo, Copy and Paste with CanUndo and CanPaste, font dialogs, bold buttons, a font list and menu shortcuts.
- [Integrating TX Spell .NET for Windows Forms](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/integration/tx-spell/llms.txt): Add TX Spell .NET to a Windows Forms TextControl: TXSpell.WinForms.SDK package, TXSpellChecker component, SpellChecker property, several editors, deployment.

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## Nearby

- **Previous:** [Timestamp Configuration](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/digital-signatures/timestamps/llms.txt)
- **Next:** [Visual Studio Designer Integration](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/integration/designer/llms.txt)