Use the Text property to access the control's text.  Use the HTMLText property to retrieve the MS HTML text form the control's text. Use the Load/LoadFromUnicode method to load the control's text from a file. Use the Save/SaveAsUnicode method to save the control's text to a file. Use the InsertText method to insert programmatically new lines to the control. Use the DeleteLine method to delete programmatically a line based on its index. The Count property counts the lines in the control. Use the SelText property to insert text at cursor position. Use the CaretLine property to specify the index of the current line.