Chapter 8. Ink Controls

Now that you’re familiar with most of the Tablet PC Platform, let’s take a look at two of the higher-level classes in the SDK. InkEdit and InkPicture combine aspects of tablet input, ink data management, and recognition into easy-to-use controls. They make it simple to add digital ink features to an application because they capture, manipulate, and store ink without much intervention. Forms developers especially will find them useful. Simply dropping InkEdit or InkPicture controls onto a form might be all that your application needs!

Achtung Baby

Your deep understanding of the platform-managed APIs will help you pick up the ink controls quickly because they expose some of the same interfaces. Before diving into the individual ...

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