Superior Formatting Options
Additional features have been added to give end users more control of how tables are formatted at page breaks. A new formatting attribute is available that can be used to specify that a complete row is moved onto the next page, if at least one line of text has already been pushed onto the next page.
This is important for various applications such as report generators where long data lists are created and a complete entry (for instance a specific article) should be visible on the same page.
Additionally, in version 12.0, it is now possible to insert a forced page break at any cell in a table, using the CTRL+ENTER key combination.
Specify Minimum Cell Height
Until version 12.0, only cell widths could be adjusted. With the goal of creating aesthetically pleasing tables, a minimum cell height can now be specified. Should a cell contain more content that the minimum height of the cell allows, it grows in order to accommodate the additional content.
This results in better looking documents when imported from Microsoft Word or HTML.
New Tabbed Dialog Boxes
All of these features can be set using the new built in dialog box (see screenshots below) or directly from program code, using the TableCellAttribute property (ActiveX) or the TableCell and the TableRow class (.NET). Additional elements have been added to the dialog box to adjust the table frame in detail. It is possible to set the cell frame and the background color for every single table cell. Possible values for the frame styles are: None, Box, All and Grid.
New Image Attributes Dialog Box
Also new tabbed dialog box has been implemented to set and adjust all properties of inserted images. It may be used to set general attributes such as size, wrapping style, scaling and text distances.
As of TX Text Control 12.0, the compression and resolution of exported images can be set. The last tab page of the new dialog box allows end users to set the filename, format, resolution and compression of exported images. Similarly, whether image data should be embedded in the main document, or stored as external files may be set.
The saving style specifies whether the image is embedded in the document, a reference to the original file is inserted or the image should be exported to an external image file.
The resolution can be specified for all types of images. If you choose to export the image as a JPG, additionally the compression quality can be adjusted in a range from 1% to 100%.
New Event for Images
Also new in TX Text Control 12.0 is an event for images. By trapping this event, developers can add a pop-up menu on a right-mouse click, for example, to offer end users direct access to these new dialog boxes, clipboard operations or similar actions.
Anchored to a paragraph
In prior versions of TX Text Control, images and OLE objects could either be inserted as a single character or geometrically positioned, relative to the complete document. Version 12 of TX Text Control introduces a third method that is called anchored to a paragraph. This means that the text still flows around the image or OLE object, but the geometrical position is relative to the paragraph to which it is anchored. If more text is inserted before the paragraph, the object is moved along with the text.
Find more:
http://www.textcontrol.com/news/versions/1200/dialog_images.htm
http://www.textcontrol.com/news/versions/1200/tables_details.htm
