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copied!<p>For item one, you should be able to merge as many images together using the Blit method from the <a href="http://writeablebitmapex.codeplex.com/" rel="nofollow">WriteableBitmapEx</a> project. Since you can merge your images together in any way you want, you can ensure they cover wide tile widths and any ppi you need.</p> <p>To cover the second item, the following will overlay text on an image:</p> <pre><code>private static ImageSource createBitmapImageWithImage(string text, int x, int y, Color textColor, BitmapSource bitmapSource) { using(var mem = new MemoryStream()) { //Create Formatted Text var textBlock = new TextBlock { Text = text, Foreground = new SolidColorBrush(textColor), FontFamily = new FontFamily("Courier New"), FontSize = 40 }; //Moves an object two dimensionally var tf = new TranslateTransform { X = x, Y = y }; //Overlay text on existing image var bmpImage = new WriteableBitmap(bitmapSource); bmpImage.Render(textBlock, tf); bmpImage.Invalidate(); //Convert back into bitmap bmpImage.SaveJpeg(mem, bmpImage.PixelWidth, bmpImage.PixelHeight, 0, 100); mem.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin); var image = new BitmapImage(); image.SetSource(mem); return image; } } </code></pre> <p>Of course you can pass in the text block too, or the options to configure the text block. But I wanted to show how you can format the text however you want.</p> <p>Your third request is covered by <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsphone/develop/hh202942%28v=vs.105%29.aspx" rel="nofollow">background tasks</a>. In your phone solution, add a new project and you can select background task. It is fairly straightforward to have this call your code to update the images. Nokia even created a <a href="http://www.developer.nokia.com/Community/Wiki/How_to_create_simple_Background_Agent_in_Windows_Phone" rel="nofollow">walk through</a> on how to add one with code examples.</p>

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