Feature difference between TX Text Control 28.0 (64-bit) and Microsoft RichEdit Control (64-bit) – PB Docs 2019

The UI is old fashioned and not updated for long
time.

The UI is more modern and user
friendly.

The font and size in the toolbar does not display
at initial launch.

The font and size in the toolbar display at
initial launch.

RichText DataWindows cannot successfully retrieve
data.

RichText DataWindows can successfully retrieve
data.

The SaveAs of RichText DataWindows only supports
save to PDF in Distill! Method, and the method must be
specified before save.

The SaveAs of RichText DataWindows supports save
to PDF in Distill! or NativePDF! method. NativePDF! method
will be used if none is specified.

The RMB menu of RichTextEdit control and RichText
DataWindow only supports inserting files of RTF and TXT
formats.

The InsertDocument and SaveDocument
functions of RichTextEdit control only support files of RTF
and TXT formats.

Therefore,

InsertDocument (“*.htm”,true) returns
-1

InsertDocument(“*.doc”,true) returns
-1

SaveDocument (string f,
{FileTypeDoc!|FileTypeHTML!|FileTypePDF!}) returns -1 and
FileExists event is not triggered.

The RMB menu of RichTextEdit control and RichText
DataWindow supports inserting files of RTF/TXT/DOC/DOCX/HTML
formats.

The InsertDocument function of
RichTextEdit control supports files of RTF/TXT/DOC/DOCX/HTML
formats.

The SaveDocument function of RichTextEdit
control supports files of RTF/TXT/DOC/DOCX/HTML/PDF formats
and can trigger the FileExists event correctly.

If the document inserted into RichTextEdit
control and RichText DataWindow contains tables, tables will
not display.

The RMB menu of RichTextEdit control and RichText
DataWindow supports 4 RichText presentation settings: Input
Fields Names Visible, Returns Visible, Tabs Visible and Spaces
Visible.

The RMB menu of RichTextEdit control and RichText
DataWindow supports 3 RichText presentation settings: Input
Fields Names Visible, ControlChars Visible (covering Returns
Visible, Tabs Visible and Spaces Visible), and Input Fields
Visible.

RichTextEdit control and RichText DataWindow do
not support the status bar property.

When locating the footer through ShowHeadFoot,
Position returns the header (which is incorrect); when
locating the footer manually, Position returns the correct
value.

The footer and header areas of RichTextEdit
control and RichText DataWindow cannot display at the same
time as the main content area, unless you call
ShowHeaderFooter(true).

The footer and header areas of RichTextEdit
control and RichText DataWindow can display at the same time
as the main content area.

Mouse wheel does not scroll a RichTextEdit
page.

The preview mode of RichTextEdit control and
RichText DataWindow is more like a print preview, for example,
the left side will show the paper size/margin/page
information, and the margin and page settings can be
dynamically modified.

In preview mode of RichTextEdit control and
RichText DataWindow, the left side does not show the paper
size/margin/page information.