# PermanentControlChar Enumeration

> Defines a control character which is shown permanently on the screen. The enumeration contains the following values, which can be combined with the bitwise OR operator:

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for WPF
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Enumeration
- **Introduced:** 19.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.WPF.SDK` (assembly `TXTextControl.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **.NET Framework:** reference `TXTextControl.dll` from the setup
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET for WPF > Reference > TXTextControl > PermanentControlChar Enumeration
- **875 words**
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol/permanentcontrolchar/enumeration/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol/permanentcontrolchar/enumeration/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol/permanentcontrolchar/enumeration/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Defines a control character which is shown permanently on the screen. The enumeration contains the following values, which can be combined with the bitwise OR operator:

### Syntax

```csharp
[Flags]
public enum PermanentControlChar
```

```vbnet
<Flags>
Public Enum PermanentControlChar
```

### Members

| Member | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Space | 1 | Shows the control character of a space. |
| Tab | 2 | Shows the control character of a tabstop. |
| ParagraphEnd | 4 | Shows the control character for the end of a paragraph. |
| ForcedLineBreak | 8 | Shows the control character of a forced line break. |
| ObjectAnchor | 16 | Shows the anchor position of an image, text frame, chart, barcode or drawing. |
| ForcedPageBreak | 32 | Marks a forced page break. |
| SectionBreak | 64 | Marks a section break. |
| Hyphen | 128 | Shows the control character of a hyphen. |
| NonBreakingSpace | 256 | Shows the control character of a non-breaking space. |
| TableCellEnd | 512 | Shows the control character for the end of a table cell. |
| Pagination | 1024 | Shows a dot in front of the first line of a paragraph with one of the pagination settings 'keep with next', 'page break before' and 'keep lines together'. |
| TextOverFlow | 2048 | Shows the overflow symbol when text does not fit in a textframe. |
| All | 4095 | Shows all control characters. |

### Examples

The following example selects the Space value from the Permanent Control Char enumeration and uses it as a documented workflow choice.

```csharp
PermanentControlChar value = PermanentControlChar.Space;
Console.WriteLine($"Using Permanent Control Char: {value}");
```

```vbnet
Dim value As PermanentControlChar = PermanentControlChar.Space
Console.WriteLine($"Using Permanent Control Char: {value}")
```

### See Also

[TextControl.PermanentControlChars](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-wpf/textcontrol/permanentcontrolchars-property/llms-full.txt) Property, [WPF.TextControl.PermanentControlChars](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-wpf/textcontrol/permanentcontrolchars-property/llms-full.txt) Property.

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