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[Brew Hutch]

Hi,
I'm trying to convert the HTML format that has an image to the RTF format:
I use the following codes to get a string of RTF and then bind it

Dim content  As String = "<img src='c:\image1.png'/>"
Dim htmlProvider As New HtmlFormatProvider()
Dim raddoc As RadDocument = htmlProvider.Import(content)
Dim rtfProvider As New RtfFormatProvider()
Dim rtf As String = rtfProvider.Export(raddoc)

XMAL 

<telerikRTF:RtfDataProvider Rtf="{Binding rtf}" RichTextBox="{Binding ElementName=rrtb}" />
<telerik:RadRichTextBox Grid.Row="1" Name="rrtb" />

Note the xmal code is referred from this thread http://www.telerik.com/community/forums/wpf/richtextbox/create-an-instance-of-richtextbox.aspx

So what I get when running the application is the red X image (see attached file).
Could you please advise or give me basic sample of code to address this problem?

Thanks,
Brew