Re: render html to image without browser window

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"CBW" <charisw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I have html text (in a string buffer) that I would like to render to a
> DC. Rather than creating a web browser window, I would like to simple
> write the text directly to the IHTMLDocument2 instance. The write is
> successful (the WriteHTMLtoDoc() function), but the DrawToDC()
> function fails with hresult catastrophic failure. Is it possible to
> do this without creating a window?

Probably not. Why can't you create a hidden window?
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