Document generation with TX Text Control
Invoices, quotes, contracts: as long as documents are copied together by hand from old files, it costs time and produces errors. In this training, I get your developers to the point where they generate documents automatically from their own software, from the Word template to the finished PDF via the Mail Merge API. Hands-on throughout, on working code.
Text Control MVP · Microsoft MVP since 2013 · 200+ trainings & workshops
Is this training right for your team?
It's aimed at .NET teams that want to generate documents and reports automatically from their own software. If you recognize yourselves here, it fits.
An end to copy-paste documents
Invoices, quotes, or contracts are still copied together by hand from old files at your place. We replace that with automated generation straight from your software.
Templates the business team maintains itself
Templates are created in Word or the TX designer, so non-developers can adjust them without anyone touching code.
Desktop or server, one concept
Whether WinForms, WPF, or server-side in ASP.NET: the Mail Merge API works on the same principle everywhere. We align it with your environment.
Content
This structure has proven itself across many trainings. Whether desktop (WinForms/WPF) or server-side (ASP.NET), and depending on your team's prior knowledge, we shift the emphasis; the core stays the same.
Basics of TX Text Control
- •What is TX Text Control?
- •Differences to other reporting tools
Creating templates
- •Basic knowledge of template creation
- •TX Text Control Words as a report designer
- •Create templates in Microsoft Word
- •Inserting fields
- •Repeating blocks
- •Insert images
- •Insert barcodes
- •Formatting with styles
- •Include subdocuments
Merging templates and data with the Mail Merge API
- •Overview of the Mail Merge API
- •Merging POCO objects and lists
- •Merging datasets and datatables
- •Handling merge events
- •Save documents as DOCX, PDF, or HTML
- •Printing documents
Not an interchangeable trainer. You get me.
Document generation with TX Text Control is a niche topic. That’s exactly why it matters who you bring in for it.
The vendor itself recognizes me as an MVP and recommends me to its customers. It doesn’t get much closer to the source.
Not just in the training room: I’ve built document generation with TX Text Control into client projects. I teach what I’ve built myself.
Recognized by Microsoft for over a decade and proven in more than 200 trainings. Training is my craft, not a side gig.
No junior subcontractor, no canned course. From the intro call to the last line of live coding: always me, matched to your TX environment.
Hands-on exercises with my support: your developers write the code, I’m right there to help where it gets tricky.
Frequently asked questions
What prior knowledge does my team need? +
C# skills and experience with .NET. Which environment you run TX in (WinForms, WPF, or ASP.NET) doesn’t matter: the concepts are the same.
Do we need a TX Text Control license for the training? +
A development license makes sense for the exercises; a trial version is enough to get started. We’ll clarify what you need in the intro call.
Does the training cover both desktop and server? +
The core, templates and the Mail Merge API, is identical in both cases. We put the emphasis on your environment: desktop application or server-side generation in ASP.NET.
Is the training remote or on-site? +
Both. Remote or on-site in Bad Breisig, Germany.
Is this slide theory or real practice? +
Hands-on live coding on working code throughout. I adapt the program to your TX environment and your team’s prior knowledge in advance.
Reviews
We are very happy to recommend our Text Control MVP André Krämer as an external trainer and consultant, who can always help our customers efficiently and in a target-oriented manner thanks to his many years of project experience.
Mr. Krämer took a lot of time for a workshop with us. He came very well prepared and the meeting was extremely productive. His expertise in the area of cross-platform development is impressive.
Tell me where your team stands. I'll tailor the training to fit.
André Krämer
Microsoft MVP since 2013 · AI & .NET Trainer · Book Author
CEO of Quality Bytes GmbH
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