Convert a Silverlight text to a path

Question

Is there any way to render a Silverlight text to a path or graphics object at runtime? I know this can be done using the design tools, but I want to be able to do this on the fly.

I've seen an example that calls a webservice which uses WPF constructs to convert a WPF FormattedText object to a PathGeometry, but those objects aren't available in Silverlight.

I'm pretty sure this just isn't supported in Silverlight, but thought it was worth asking.

Answer 1

As you suspected, you'd have to do it server-side to convert the text to a PathGeometry which is supported in Silverlight. What are you trying to achieve?