Summary
In this chapter, we looked at the two ink controls available in the Tablet PC Platform SDK: InkEdit and InkPicture. We first discussed InkEdit, which adds inking ability to RichTextBox, the standard system textbox control. InkEdit’s primary purpose is to enable the user to write directly in textboxes. Without InkEdit, pen users need to bring up the Tablet PC Input Panel to enter text data into your application. InkEdit gives you the choice between automatic ink-to-text conversion, where ink is recognized after a pause in the user’s writing, and manual conversion, where your application calls Recognize when appropriate. It also detects some basic gestures while letting your application listen for other gestures of interest.
We then took ...
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