Set RTF text into WPF RichTextBox control

Create an Extension method

    public static void SetRtf(this RichTextBox rtb, string document)
    {
        var documentBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(document);
        using (var reader = new MemoryStream(documentBytes))
        {
            reader.Position = 0;
            rtb.SelectAll();
            rtb.Selection.Load(reader, DataFormats.Rtf);
        }
    }

Then you can do WinForm-esque style

richTextBox1.SetRtf(rtf);

Do you really have to start with a string?

One method to load RTF is this:

rtfBox.Selection.Load(myStream, DataFormats.Rtf);

You probably should call SelectAll() before that if you want to replace existing text.

So, worst case, you'll have to write your string to a MemoryStream and then feed that stream to the Load() method. Don't forget to Position=0 in between.

But I'm waiting to see somebody to come up with something more elegant.