# TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms > A word processing component for Windows Forms: rich text editing, tables, images, mail merge and PDF, with the full document engine behind it. - **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms - **Kind:** Topic - **Path:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms - **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/ - **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/llms.txt - **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/llms-full.txt --- ## On This Page - [What It Gives Your Application](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/#what-it-gives-your-application) - [Who This Documentation Is for](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/#who-this-documentation-is-for) - [How This Documentation Is Organized](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/#how-this-documentation-is-organized) - [The .NET API](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/#the-net-api) - [Where to Start](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/#where-to-start) - [Getting Help](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/#getting-help) --- ## In This Section - [Deployment Guide](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/deployment/llms.txt): Deploy a Windows Forms app with TX Text Control: assemblies and native libraries, VC++ runtime, x86 or x64, .NET publishing, licensing, MSIX and CI/CD. - [Digital Signatures](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/digital-signatures/llms.txt): Sign PDF and PDF/A documents in Windows Forms: certificates from files or the Windows store, signature fields, several signers and RFC 3161 timestamps. - [Document Editor](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/document-editor/llms.txt): Build a Windows Forms word processor with TextControl: lifecycle, loading, formatting, tables, fields, forms, track changes, ribbon, dialog boxes and events. - [Document Processing](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/document-processing/llms.txt): Process documents in Windows Forms code with TextControl and ServerTextControl: load, save, tables, headers, fields, forms, track changes, XML and printing. - [Examples](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/examples/llms.txt): 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. - [Getting Started](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/llms.txt): Go from an empty Visual Studio project to a Windows Forms word processor, then build, merge, print and save documents as PDF in code with TX Text Control. - [Installation Guide](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/installation/llms.txt): Install TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms: requirements, the full, trial or Express setup, the NuGet package, the toolbox, licenses and upgrades. - [Integration Guide](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/integration/llms.txt): Fit TextControl into a Windows Forms application: designer and code, UserControls, data binding, menus, TX Spell .NET, charts, barcodes, DPI and accessibility. - [Mail Merge and Reporting](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/mail-merge/llms.txt): Mail merge in Windows Forms: design templates in the Reporting tab, merge data with MailMerge, and find the pages on fields, blocks, styling and events. - [Overview](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/overview/llms.txt): What TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms is, how its controls and components fit together, and which platforms, formats, editions and licenses apply. - [PDF Processing](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/pdf/llms.txt): Export PDF and PDF/A from a Windows Forms TextControl, load PDFs back into the editor and read their text, form values, attachments and metadata. - [Performance](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/performance/llms.txt): Keep Windows Forms apps responsive with TX Text Control: TextControl on the UI thread, ServerTextControl in the background, memory, large files and mail merge. - [API Reference](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/llms.txt): Look up the syntax, parameters and introducing version of every member of the Windows Forms TextControl, the Ribbon, ServerTextControl and MailMerge. - [Security](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/security/llms.txt): Secure Windows Forms apps with TX Text Control: protected documents, untrusted files, PDF passwords, signing keys and a checklist for release. - [Troubleshooting](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/troubleshooting/llms.txt): Solve problems with TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms: packages, the toolbox, licenses, native libraries, fonts, DPI, printing, conversion and deployment. - [What's New](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/whats-new/llms.txt): Release history of TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms: 34.0 back to 30.0, older versions from 10.1, service packs, breaking changes and deprecated APIs. --- ## Nearby - **Next:** [Overview](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/overview/llms.txt)