# DocumentLink Class

> The DocumentLink class represents a link in a Text Control document that points to a target in the same document. For more information see the technical article Text Fields and Hypertext Links.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Class
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.WinForms.SDK` (assembly `TXTextControl.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **.NET Framework:** reference `TXTextControl.dll` from the setup
- **Inherits:** `TXTextControl.TextField`
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms > Reference > TXTextControl > DocumentLink Class
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/documentlink/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/documentlink/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/documentlink/llms-full.txt

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## On This Page

- [Description](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/documentlink/#description)
- [Syntax](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/documentlink/#syntax)
- [Examples](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/documentlink/#examples)
- [Members](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/documentlink/#members)

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## In This Section

- [DocumentLink.AutoGenerationType Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/documentlink/autogenerationtype-property/llms.txt): Gets the type of auto-generation. A document link in a table of contents is automatically generated when the table of contents is inserted into the document.
- [DocumentLink Constructor](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/documentlink/constructor/llms.txt): Initializes a new instance of the DocumentLink class.
- [DocumentLink.DescriptiveText Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/documentlink/descriptivetext-property/llms.txt): Gets or sets a descriptive text for a document link. An empty string indicates that the document link has no such text. An empty string can also be used to delete a previously set text.
- [DocumentLink.DocumentTarget Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/documentlink/documenttarget-property/llms.txt): Gets or sets an object of the type DocumentTarget specifying to where the link points. If such an object does not exist, the property returns null.

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- **Next:** [DocumentLink.AutoGenerationType Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/documentlink/autogenerationtype-property/llms.txt)