TX Text Control ActiveX Server

What’s new in TX Text Control ActiveX 17.0 SP1? The following bugs were fixed:

• PDF/A export: The xmpMM:DocumentID metadata property value is not of type GUID/UUID.
• If a DocumentLink is clicked and the ScrollTo method is used, text will be selected after the DocumentTarget.
• DOC and RTF import: Unable to save loaded document.
• Table in XML sample will be broken, if another XML element is added.
• DOC export: Missing vertical table cell alignment.
• DOCX, DOC and RTF export: Error 1-1d09, if the last cell of a table is a merged cell and the next table follows immediately.
• Table attributes cannot be set with the dialog when the table is completely selected.
• Using the TAB key in tables does not select the cell text.
• Missing French translation in table dialog.
• PDF export: Clipped fixed image above top or bottom margin are not visible.
• RTF import: Document causes 01-1D09 error or a program termination.
• ComboBoxes are too small, shifted to the right.
• Cell.Select selects complete table row.
• Vertical text alignment can not be set in merged table cells.
• Faulty behaviour of Paragraph.Text in table cells.
• Text is not displayed, if a table spans a page break and vertical alignment has been set.
• Setting txTableCellVertAlign value for the first cell in a row sets the alignment for the table row.
• TXW document which could be saved in v13 could not be saved in v16 or v15.
• Delete and Backspace keys have different effects on paragraph formatting in v16 and v17.
• Unable to load documents containing 'Forced end of column' character and tables.
• Table at the end of a document is not deleted correctly.
• Text Control Words crashes upon loading a specific document.
• Whitespace is lost when loading TXTextControl.StringStreamType.RichTextFormat.
• ResetContents does not reset page orientation.
• HangingIndent is not working properly.
• Image size will be changed, if zoom values are set to random numbers

What’s new in TX Text Control ActiveX 17.0?

• Text Selections - Text selections in tables have been extended so that it is now possible to select table columns and rectangular areas of table cells. Table columns can be formatted and copied to the clipboard. The TableColumn.Select method has been added to support this feature programmatically. Text selections are now displayed with a transparent blue bitmap. The new SelectionViewMode property can be used to display selections with the classic selection view mode.
• Merged Table Cells - Table cells can be merged with the new Table.MergeCells method. The method merges all selected cells to a single cell which has the same width and the same content as the original cells. The new Table.SplitCells method can be used to split previously merged cells. Table cells can only be merged, if more than one cell is selected, and if the selection is in a single table. The Table.CanMergeCells property can be used to check whether cells can be merged.
• Named Table Cells - Each table cell can have a name which can be used to store any string data associated with the cell. The new TableCell.Name property can be used to get or to set a cell's name. The name is stored only, when the TXTextControl file format is used.
• Colored Table Lines - Table lines can be colored. Each line of a table cell can have a different color. All text filters and the TXTextControl file format have been extended so that this feature can be exchanged with other applications. The TableCellFormat class has been extended with the LeftBorderColor, TopBorderColor, RightBorderColor and BottomBorderColor properties to set these attributes programmatically. Colored table lines can also be set with the built-in dialogbox for setting table attributes.
• Page Borders - Borders can now be defined for each page of a document section. A page border can have a top, left, right or bottom line or a combination of these lines. The line width and the color can be defined for each line separately. For each line a distance can be specified, which is either a distance to the edge of the page or to the text. The page border can surround the text including page headers and footers or only the text of the page. The border can be defined for the first page, for all pages or beginning with the second page. The new PageBorder class represents all these attributes of a page border. The SectionFormat class has been extended with the new PageBorder property to can set all these attributes programmatically. The page settings dialog box has also been extended so that an end-user can define a page border.
• Digital Signatures - PDF files can be saved digitally signed with an X.509 certificate. The SaveSettings class has been extended with the SaveSettings.DigitalSignature property to set a certificate for a saving process. The DigitalSignature class used with this property represents the X.509 certificate and all other information necessary to digitally sign the file.
• HTML Format - The TX Text Control HTML import filter now uses the parsing rules described in the W3C specification of HTML5.

TX Text Control ActiveX Server can combine data from various sources (HTML forms, databases, Word files) to build documents that can be saved in a number of formats (PDF, DOC, RTF, HTML, XML). For example, an invoice from an online store can easily be created, combining data from a web user with data from a database. The resulting print-ready file can be sent to the web user who can save or print it.

Generate dynamic content such as quotes or invoices on-the-fly - Using TX Text Control ActiveX Server, a print-ready document can be generated on-the-fly using information from a set of databases and user data from a web browser. The resulting document can be displayed in the browser, saved to disk or sent by e-mail. As documents are generated on-the-fly, it is not physically stored on the server. This reduces redundancy and at the same time, gives users direct access to up-to-date, live information.

Create print-ready PDF files on a web server - Using Abobe's Portable Document Format (PDF), documents immediately becomes compatible to a wide range of end devices - from most PDAs to any desktop PCs.

Convert documents on demand into most word processing formats - TX Text Control ActiveX Server can be used to convert documents on a server into most popular word processing formats, including MS Word, XML, RTF, PDF or HTML.

Use information from databases for mail-merge applications on a server - Assemble documents from sources like a set of databases or physical files. The contents of database fields can be inserted at specified positions in a previously prepared template.

Programmatic word processing - All word processing functions normally available from menu items and dialog boxes can be applied from code. Options include find&replace, fonts, paragraph indents and alignment, inserting tables and images, and many more. Just as a piece of text is selected with the mouse, it can be selected from code, for instance to underline it or change its text color.

One TX Text Control ActiveX Server license is valid for one developer and one server. In addition, the ActiveX Server license includes one Enterprise client license for client-side development.

TX Text Control ActiveX Server is deployed as an automation server on Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS). Most properties and methods of the approved OCX interface are available in ASP / ASP.NET projects, making TX Text Control ideally suitable for web server applications