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The WPDLLInt object is the central part of the TextDynamic word processing component. It publishes some methods to initialize the control and several interfaces. Most important are the interfaces Memo and Memo2.

 

To load the the DLL use SetDLLName

To initialize the engine and set Your License keys use EditorStart

 

To initialize the editor and select the editing mode (single editor, split screen...) use SetEditorMode.

 

The interface Memo is used to access and program the editor #1.

 

The TextDynamic control also includes a secondary editing engine. It can be use to display thumbnails, display the result of a reporting or mail merge process or it can be used to display the same text as Editor #1 at a different location and zoom setting ("splitscreen").

The second engine can be programmed through interface Memo2.

 

Since in certain modes the user can work freely with both editors, You can use interface CurrMemo to program the editor which is currently active. The objects Memo, Memo2 and CurrMemo all include the properties and methods of the in case of IWPMemo interface.

 

 

The interface IWPMemo publishes sub interfaces to change the font and paragraph attributes of the text (TextAttr, CurrAttr, CurSelAttr), to move the cursor and insert text or data (TextCursor). It includes methods to load and save the text (LoadFromFile ...), methods modify the behavior and display of the editor (SetBProp, SetIProp) and properties to change the layout and display. (LayoutMode, WordWrap, AutoZoom).

 

 

 

Work with the powerful mail merge, create documents under program control using the TextCursor API or the optional reporting.

 

 

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TextDynamic Product Pages .NET / OCX

 

In both cases the word processing is performed by an optimized native windows DLL, the TextDynamic kernel. When using the OCX please specify the path to the DLL in property DLLName.

 

When using .NET you can please use the static method SetDLLName(string) as early as possible in the program (before InitializeComponent):

WPDynamic.WPDLLInt.SetDLLName("S:\\Appname\\WPTextDLL01.dll");

 

This loads and fixes the engine DLL in memory. It will be used for all the editors created by the application and unloaded only when the application closes or UnloadDLL was explicitly called.

 

We tried to make the OCX and the .NET control work as similar as possible. But we also added some exclusive utility classes and methods to the .NET library which provide a very tight integration. So the control works nicely with .NET framework Streams and preserves the PNG data loaded into .NET Pictures objects.

 

The interfaces (IWPMemo, IWPTextCursor, ...) are the same in the .NET assembly and in the OCX. This makes it possible to make the source code exchangeable. In this reference we mainly include examples developed in C#.

 

Usually you will access the interfaces like this:

 

IWPMemo Memo = wpdllint1.Memo;

IWPTextCursor TextCursor = Memo.TextCursor;

 

TextCursor.InputText("Hello World");

Memo.Reformat();

 

wpdllint1.ReleaseInt(TextCursor); // Please use ReleaseInt to avoid problems caused by the garbage collector!

wpdllint1.ReleaseInt(Memo);

 

The events published by this control however are implemented differently. While the OCX uses an event interface the .NET wrapper of course uses delegates. The parameter list of this delegates has been slightly modified to make the integration perfect.

 

The PDF manual includes an introduction which shows how to create a "first" application in C#, VB.NET and VB6. It also shows how to use the important method SetLayout to load the file which contains the description of the user interface (in TextDynamic everything can be configured, the order of the buttons, captions and images).

The method SetEditorMode is used to switch the different tool panels on and off, it is also used to activate spell check, PDF export and other optional features. (The options must be included in license).

 

When using the registered version you need to set your license key using the method EditorStart.

 

The following interfaces are supported by TextDynamic: