Imports System
Imports System.Windows
Imports System.Windows.Controls
Imports System.Windows.Media
Imports System.Windows.Media.Imaging
Imports System.Globalization

Namespace SDKSample

    Class RenderTargetBitmapExample
        Inherits Page

        Public Sub New()

            Dim myImage As New Image()
            Dim [text] As New FormattedText("ABC", New CultureInfo("en-us"), System.Windows.FlowDirection.LeftToRight, New Typeface(Me.FontFamily, FontStyles.Normal, FontWeights.Normal, New FontStretch()), Me.FontSize, Me.Foreground)

            Dim drawingVisual As New DrawingVisual()
            Dim drawingContext As DrawingContext = drawingVisual.RenderOpen()
            drawingContext.DrawText([text], New System.Windows.Point(2, 2))
            drawingContext.Close()

            Dim bmp As New RenderTargetBitmap(180, 180, 120, 96, PixelFormats.Pbgra32)
            bmp.Render(drawingVisual)
            myImage.Source = bmp
            ' Add Image to the UI
            Dim myStackPanel As New StackPanel()
            myStackPanel.Children.Add(myImage)
            Me.Content = myStackPanel

        End Sub 'New
    End Class 'RenderTargetBitmapExample
End Namespace 'ImagingSnippetGallery

using System;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Media;
using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;
using System.Globalization;

namespace SDKSample
{
    public partial class RenderTargetBitmapExample : Page
    {
        public RenderTargetBitmapExample()
        {

            Image myImage = new Image();
            FormattedText text = new FormattedText("ABC",
                    new CultureInfo("en-us"),
                    FlowDirection.LeftToRight,
                    new Typeface(this.FontFamily, FontStyles.Normal, FontWeights.Normal, new FontStretch()),
                    this.FontSize,
                    this.Foreground);

            DrawingVisual drawingVisual = new DrawingVisual();
            DrawingContext drawingContext = drawingVisual.RenderOpen();
            drawingContext.DrawText(text, new Point(2, 2));
            drawingContext.Close();

            RenderTargetBitmap bmp = new RenderTargetBitmap(180, 180, 120, 96, PixelFormats.Pbgra32);
            bmp.Render(drawingVisual);
            myImage.Source = bmp;

            // Add Image to the UI
            StackPanel myStackPanel = new StackPanel();
            myStackPanel.Children.Add(myImage);
            this.Content = myStackPanel;
        }
    }
}