just putting on my BA hat for a second I know the service call is spitting out RTF, but why RTF and not, say, PDF? it sounds like you just need to render them, not interact with them.
just curious On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 8:11 AM, Steven Nagy <steven.n...@readify.net>wrote: > Thanks for the various responses. > > > > The Telerik control – I couldn’t see that it supported RTF. Its funny > because there’s lots of RichTextbox controls out there but very few actually > support RTF (most have their own versions of WPF’s FlowDocument instead). > > > > I suspect these issues are because different companies have different > implementations of the specification. Plus the specification has many > versions. > > Plus some writers/readers may be more tolerant to invalid control codes, > while others are more strict. What the world needs is an RTF validator where > you can post your RTF. > > > > I didn’t know Silverlight supported XPS, I’ll investigate that option. > > > > Thanks for the sample Carl, I actually need RTF though, including image > data which is embedded in the RTF as binary. Pretty much fill RTF support in > SL is required. > > > > Tried the ComponentOne control as well – didn’t seem to support tables > properly either. This seems to be a common problem. > > > > Thanks again all. > > *Steven Nagy > *Readify | Senior Developer > > M: +61 404 044 513 | E: steven.n...@readify.net | B: azure.snagy.name > > > > *From:* ozsilverlight-boun...@ozsilverlight.com [mailto: > ozsilverlight-boun...@ozsilverlight.com] *On Behalf Of *jason schluter > *Sent:* Saturday, 15 May 2010 1:02 AM > *To:* ozsilverlight@ozsilverlight.com > *Subject:* RE: RTF in silverlight > > > > Perhaps you can convert it to XPS? > ------------------------------ > > From: steven.n...@readify.net > To: ozsilverlight@ozsilverlight.com > Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 16:31:31 -0700 > Subject: RTF in silverlight > > Hi all, > > > > I've got the a bunch of RTF coming from a service call that needs to > render. > > I have two options: Find a control that can render RTF or convert the RTF > to something else on the server side that can be rendered natively. > > > > For option 1, it seems the new SL4 RichTextbox doesn't support RTF (unless > I've missed the mechanism for importing RTF text into the control?). I've > trialed the DevExpress tool but it fails to render RTF with tables. I'm > currently pulling down the ComponentOne RichTextbox to see if it does any > better. > > > > I've also tried option 2 - using a WPF rich textbox (in memory only) to > load the RTF and then push out various output formats. It supports output to > XAML but of course the XAML is not compliant with Silverlight. > > > > I have my fingers crossed for the component one control but I'm not > hopeful. I was wondering if anyone had any other suggestions on how to > approach this and if anyone has found a good RTF control for silverlight. > > > > Client side is SL4 and server side is .Net 4.0. > > > > Cheers, > > > > *Steven Nagy > *Readify | Senior Developer > > M: +61 404 044 513 | E: steven.n...@readify.net | B: azure.snagy.name > > _______________________________________________ > ozsilverlight mailing list > ozsilverlight@ozsilverlight.com > http://prdlxvm0001.codify.net/mailman/listinfo/ozsilverlight > >
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