WPF Instantly launches user controls to display it as PNG

Question

I want to create a software user control in a DLL so that I can save it as a PNG file later. This is usually not a problem with PngBitmapEncoder and RenderTargetBitmap.

These are my questions:

• How to instantiate a control? Just with a new operator?
• Do I need to create an instance in a separate thread?
• How to get a control to update all its children and display it again?

This is my code to create a user control and save it as a PNG file (LetterFrequency is a user control):

    [STAThread]
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        LetterFrequency let = new LetterFrequency();
        let.Width = 600;
        let.Height = 400;
        let.Background = Brushes.White;

        let.Measure(new Size(let.Width, let.Height));
        let.Arrange(new Rect(new Size(let.Width, let.Height)));

        let.UpdateLayout();

        RenderTargetBitmap bitmap = new RenderTargetBitmap((int)let.Width, (int)let.Height, 96d, 96d, PixelFormats.Pbgra32);
        bitmap.Render(let);

        PngBitmapEncoder png = new PngBitmapEncoder();
        png.Frames.Add(BitmapFrame.Create(bitmap));

        using (Stream stm = File.Create("test.png"))
        {
            png.Save(stm);
        }
    }

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    public partial class Window1 : Window
{
    System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherTimer snapshotTimer;

    public Window1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();

        this.Width = 600;
        this.Height = 400;
        let.Width = 600;
        let.Height = 400;
        let.Background = Brushes.White;     

        this.Loaded += new RoutedEventHandler(Window1_Loaded);
    }

    void Window1_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        this.snapshotTimer = new System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherTimer();
        this.snapshotTimer.Interval = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2);
        this.snapshotTimer.Tick += new EventHandler(snapshotTimer_Tick);
        this.snapshotTimer.IsEnabled = true;
    }

    void snapshotTimer_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        this.snapshotTimer.IsEnabled = false;
        WritePng();
    }

    void WritePng()
    {
        RenderTargetBitmap bitmap = new RenderTargetBitmap((int)let.Width, (int)let.Height, 96d, 96d, PixelFormats.Pbgra32);
        bitmap.Render(let);

        PngBitmapEncoder png = new PngBitmapEncoder();
        png.Frames.Add(BitmapFrame.Create(bitmap));

        using (Stream stm = File.Create("test.png"))
        {
            png.Save(stm);
        }

        this.Close();
    }
}