# Overview > Plan a WPF application with TX Text Control: the editor and its XAML controls, ServerTextControl, MailMerge, platforms, formats, editions and licenses. - **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for WPF - **Section:** Documentation - **Kind:** Topic - **Path:** TX Text Control .NET for WPF > Overview - **613 words** - **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/overview/ - **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/overview/llms.txt - **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/overview/llms-full.txt --- TX Text Control .NET for WPF puts a word processor into the windows of your WPF application: users edit documents in a `TextControl` surrounded by ribbon tabs, bars and sidebars, while your code creates, merges and converts documents with `ServerTextControl` and `MailMerge`. The Overview explains the product before you install anything, for .NET developers who are evaluating it or starting their first project with it. After these pages, you know which controls a window needs and how they connect in XAML, which classes do the work in code, and which .NET and Windows versions, file formats, editions and licenses apply to your application. ### Find the Right Page | If you want to | Read | |---|---| | Learn what the product does, what you can build with it and how it relates to the other Text Control products | [Introduction](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/overview/introduction/llms-full.txt) | | See how the editor, the ribbon tabs, the bars, `ServerTextControl`, `MailMerge` and the engine fit together | [Product Architecture](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/overview/architecture/llms-full.txt) | | Get to know one control or class: `TextControl`, the ribbon tabs and bars, the sidebar, `MailMerge` or `ServerTextControl` | [Components](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/overview/components/llms-full.txt) | | Check the .NET, .NET Framework, Windows and Visual Studio versions and the processor architectures | [Supported Platforms](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/overview/platforms/llms-full.txt) | | Check which document formats load and save | [Supported File Formats](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/overview/file-formats/llms-full.txt) | | Compare the Enterprise, Professional and Standard editions | [Editions and Feature Availability](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/overview/editions/llms-full.txt) | | Understand developer licenses, royalty-free distribution, subscriptions and the trial | [Licensing Overview](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/overview/licensing/llms-full.txt) | | Read the copyright and trademark notices | [Legal Notice](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/overview/legal-notice/llms-full.txt) | ### Where to Start 1. Read the [Introduction](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/overview/introduction/llms-full.txt) for the product at a glance. 2. Continue with [Product Architecture](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/overview/architecture/llms-full.txt), which introduces the terms the rest of the documentation uses, such as connecting a bar to the editor by its name. 3. Before you buy, compare the editions in [Editions and Feature Availability](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/overview/editions/llms-full.txt): the features you plan to use have to be part of the edition you license. Then set up your project: - [Installation Guide](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/installation/llms-full.txt): the requirements, the setup, the NuGet package, the toolbox, the XAML namespaces and the license. - [Getting Started](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/getting-started/llms-full.txt): tutorials that take you from an empty WPF project to a working editor. --- ## In This Section - [Product Architecture](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/overview/architecture/llms-full.txt): How WPF.TextControl finds its ribbon tabs, bars and sidebar by name in XAML, where ServerTextControl and MailMerge fit, and which assemblies form the engine. - [Components](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/overview/components/llms-full.txt): The WPF controls and classes of TX Text Control: TextControl, ribbon tabs, ButtonBar, RulerBar, StatusBar, Sidebar, MailMerge and ServerTextControl. - [Editions and Feature Availability](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/overview/editions/llms-full.txt): Compare the Enterprise, Professional and Standard editions of TX Text Control .NET for WPF: features, file formats, installers, trial and GetVersionInfo. - [Supported File Formats](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/overview/file-formats/llms-full.txt): Load and save DOCX, DOC, RTF, HTML and PDF in WPF with StreamType, BinaryStreamType and StringStreamType values: PDF/A-3a, tagged PDF, XLSX import and Markdown. - [Introduction](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/overview/introduction/llms-full.txt): Word processing for WPF windows: what TX Text Control .NET for WPF does, what you build with it, its controls, namespaces and setup, and related products. - [Legal Notice](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/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 WPF. - [Licensing Overview](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/overview/licensing/llms-full.txt): Licensing of TX Text Control .NET for WPF: per-developer perpetual licenses, royalty-free WPF apps, subscriptions, the trial and txtextcontrol.wpf.license. - [Supported Platforms](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/overview/platforms/llms-full.txt): Where TX Text Control .NET for WPF runs: .NET 8, 9 and 10, .NET Framework 4.x, Windows 10, 11 and Server, Visual Studio with the XAML Designer, x86 and x64. --- ## Nearby - **Previous:** [TX Text Control .NET for WPF](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/llms-full.txt) - **Next:** [Introduction](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/overview/introduction/llms-full.txt)