# Overview > What TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms is, how its controls and components fit together, and which platforms, formats, editions and licenses apply. - **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms - **Section:** Documentation - **Kind:** Topic - **Path:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms > Overview - **690 words** - **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/overview/ - **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/overview/llms.txt - **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/overview/llms-full.txt --- Before you place a `TextControl` on a form, the Overview gives you the big picture of TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms: what the product is, how its parts work together and what applies to your project. Its pages are meant for .NET developers who are evaluating the product or have recently bought it and haven't worked with TX Text Control yet. TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms is a word processing component for Windows Forms applications. Your users edit documents in the `TextControl`, with a ribbon, toolbars, rulers, a status bar and a sidebar around it, and your code creates, merges and converts documents with `ServerTextControl` and `MailMerge`. After reading this section, you know which controls and components your application needs, how they connect, and which .NET versions, file formats, editions and licenses apply. ### Find the Right Page | If you want to | Read | |---|---| | Learn what the product does, what you can build with it and how it differs from other Text Control products | [Introduction](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/overview/introduction/llms-full.txt) | | Understand how the editor, its bars, `ServerTextControl`, `MailMerge` and the document engine work together | [Product Architecture](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/overview/architecture/llms-full.txt) | | Learn more about one control or component: `TextControl`, the ribbon and toolbars, the sidebar, `MailMerge` or `ServerTextControl` | [Components](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/overview/components/llms-full.txt) | | Check the .NET and .NET Framework versions, Windows versions, Visual Studio versions and processor architectures | [Supported Platforms](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/overview/platforms/llms-full.txt) | | Check which document formats you can load and save | [Supported File Formats](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/overview/file-formats/llms-full.txt) | | Compare the Enterprise, Professional and Express editions | [Editions and Feature Availability](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/overview/editions/llms-full.txt) | | Understand developer licenses, royalty-free distribution, subscriptions and the trial version | [Licensing Overview](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/overview/licensing/llms-full.txt) | | Read the copyright and trademark notices | [Legal Notice](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/overview/legal-notice/llms-full.txt) | ### Where to Start If you are new to TX Text Control, read the [Introduction](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/overview/introduction/llms-full.txt) first and then [Product Architecture](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/overview/architecture/llms-full.txt). The two pages introduce the terms the rest of the documentation uses, such as `TextControl`, `ServerTextControl`, the ribbon tabs and the native libraries of the engine. Before you buy, compare the editions in [Editions and Feature Availability](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/overview/editions/llms-full.txt): the feature you plan to use has to be part of the edition you license. When you are ready to set up a project, continue with one of these sections: - [Installation Guide](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/installation/llms-full.txt): system requirements, the setup, the NuGet package, the Visual Studio toolbox and license configuration. - [Getting Started](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/llms-full.txt): step-by-step tutorials that take you from an empty project to a working editor. --- ## In This Section - [Product Architecture](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/overview/architecture/llms-full.txt): How TextControl, the ribbon, toolbars, rulers, status bar and sidebar connect, where ServerTextControl and MailMerge fit, and what the engine consists of. - [Components](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/overview/components/llms-full.txt): The components of TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms: TextControl, the ribbon, toolbars, rulers, status bar and sidebar, MailMerge and ServerTextControl. - [Editions and Feature Availability](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/overview/editions/llms-full.txt): The Enterprise, Professional and Express editions of TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms, the features and formats each one includes, and the trial version. - [Supported File Formats](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/overview/file-formats/llms-full.txt): The formats TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms loads and saves, with their StreamType values, plus PDF, PDF/A, PDF/UA, XLSX worksheets, images and Markdown. - [Introduction](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/overview/introduction/llms-full.txt): Add a word processor to Windows Forms apps with TextControl: what you can build, its controls, namespaces and NuGet package, and how other products differ. - [Legal Notice](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/overview/legal-notice/llms-full.txt): The license agreement, the copyright of Text Control GmbH and the Microsoft trademarks named in the documentation of TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms. - [Licensing Overview](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/overview/licensing/llms-full.txt): How TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms is licensed: perpetual developer licenses, royalty-free distribution, subscriptions, trial and Express terms. - [Supported Platforms](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/overview/platforms/llms-full.txt): Where TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms runs: .NET 8 to .NET 10 and the .NET Framework, Windows versions, Visual Studio, 32-bit and 64-bit applications. --- ## Nearby - **Previous:** [TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/llms-full.txt) - **Next:** [Introduction](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/overview/introduction/llms-full.txt)