Drawing a WPF UserControl with DataBinding to an Image

Question

So I\'m trying to use a WPF User Control to generate a ton of images from a dataset where each item in the dataset would produce an image...

I\'m hoping I can set it

Answer 1

Well, one of your problems is that you need to call Measure and Arrange on your UserControl before trying to render. Put this before creating the RenderTargetBitmap object:

template.Measure(new Size(template.Width, template.Height));
template.Arrange(new Rect(new Size(template.Width, template.Height)));

That will at least get your UserControl to start rendering.

The second problem is the data binding. I haven't been able to crack that one; there may be something extra you need to do to get the bindings to evaluate. However, you can work around it: If you set the TextBlock contents directly rather than through data binding, it does work.