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September 07, 2008  
Subject: Use WinFX (FlowDocumentReader etc.) in non-GUI application?
Group: microsoft.public.windows.developer.winfx.avalon
Date: 3/7/2008 2:11:05 AM
From: P Chase [Email Address Protection]

I am interested to use the document-formatting capabilities of
FlowDocumentReader etc. for a proposed server application, which will
not have a graphical user interface. Is this feasible?

The idea would be to use the FlowDocumentReader to layout some text,
on a programmatically-set page layout. We'd then print it (to XPS,
maybe), without ever displaying it on a screen.

I'm new to .Net, but experienced in programming. Any hints anyone can
give on approaches to take, Web sites to visit, maybe even books to
buy?

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