Display XML on bitmap

I'm developing WinMobile application with printing suppot.

One of subtasks is customizable reports. Printer API is very specific.

It can print text, but only 4 font sizes; left, right, centered, no word wrap.

Also it can print bitmaps.

So idea is to draw report on bitmap and then print it by API.

From you, I need XML based report template language. (I think better to use HTML subset. May be <DIV> <IMG> <TABLE> will be enough.)

And I need module that draw this template on bitmap.

From report templates I need:

1. Blocks of text (<DIV>?) with

- bounding rect (opt)

- background color (opt)

- background image (opt)

- fonts (color, size, weight, underline and so on)

- word wrap

- text alignment (left, right, center, justify)

- absolute positioning

- relative positioning

2. Images. <IMG>

- no stretch or scale

- crop;

- width/height required

- centered or aligned

3. Tables:

- width

- height

- row/col spans

- borders

That's all for now.

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3rd party opensource libraries acceptable.

You can use GDI or GDI+

You can use C++, C# or VB.NET

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If you know (or plan to use) 3rd party opensource project that can help, point this in your bid.

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Ask if you have any question.

I made some investigations, so I need class with interface:
class CXMLPrinter {
public:
CXMLPrinter();

//Layout xml for specified width and return calculated height
int Layout(String xml, int width);

BOOL Draw(RECT bounds, String fileName) {
Bitmap bmp(bounds.width, bounds.height, Format32bitRGB);
if (!PrepareBitmap(bounds, bmp))
return false;
if (!CreateBMP((bounds.width, bounds.height, bmp.scanline0, fileName))
return false;
return true;
}

protected:

BOOL PrepareBitmap(RECT bounds, Bitmap bmp);
}

I'll provide DLL with conversion routine:
VB.NET signature:
<DllImport("BMPCreator.dll")> _
Public Shared Function CreateBMP( _
ByVal iWidth As Integer, _
ByVal iHeight As Integer, _
ByVal pScanLine0Ptr As IntPtr, _
ByVal sFile As String) As Integer
End Function

C++ signature:
BMPCREATOR_API int CreateBMP(int width, int height, BYTE *pScanLine0Ptr, WCHAR *fName);

.NET C Programming XML

Project ID: #429368

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