How can I load .ascx user control from console application or windows service?

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Published on 2010-04-19T14:23:48Z Indexed on 2010/04/19 14:43 UTC
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We use ascx user controls as templates for documents (e.g. invoices). Now I need to load,render to HTML, then transform to PDF these controls from windows service.

So, what's the correct way/workaround? TemplateControl.LoadControl(path) doesn't work.

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