# MergeField.TextBefore Property

> Gets and sets the text of the field that is displayed before the field's text.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Property
- **Introduced:** 15.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl.DocumentServer.Fields`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.WinForms.SDK` (assembly `TXDocumentServer.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **.NET Framework:** reference `TXDocumentServer.dll` from the setup
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms > Reference > TXTextControl.DocumentServer.Fields > MergeField.TextBefore Property
- **407 words**
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-fields/mergefield/textbefore-property/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-fields/mergefield/textbefore-property/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-fields/mergefield/textbefore-property/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Gets and sets the text of the field that is displayed before the field's text.

### Syntax

```csharp
public string TextBefore { get; set; }
```

```vbnet
Public Property TextBefore As String
```

### Examples

The following example uses `MergeField.TextBefore` to configure text before as part of the merge field workflow. The configured value is checked before the workflow continues.

```csharp
mergeField.TextBefore = "Quarterly results";
if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(mergeField.TextBefore))
{
    Console.WriteLine($"Text Before: {mergeField.TextBefore}");
}
```

```vbnet
mergeField.TextBefore = "Quarterly results"
If Not String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(mergeField.TextBefore) Then
    Console.WriteLine($"Text Before: {mergeField.TextBefore}")
End If
```

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## Nearby

- **Previous:** [MergeField.TextAfter Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-fields/mergefield/textafter-property/llms-full.txt)
- **Next:** [MergeField.TextFormat Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-fields/mergefield/textformat-property/llms-full.txt)