Mobile PC Development in Windows VistaWindows Vista integrates mobility and Tablet and Touch Technology directly within all of its mainstream versions. There is no longer a Tablet PC version of Windows. The uniform integration of these technologies into Windows Vista results in improvements in: infrastructure, network location awareness, power awareness, support for Tablet and Touch echnology, vastly improved ink analysis, integrated speech recognition, and Microsoft SideShow technology. Some of these changes are directly apparent to the user in changes to the user interface, while others improve the general Tablet PC experience. To get an overview of the obile PC features that are new in Windows Vista and to read about developer resources, see Windows Vista on Mobile PCs as well as the Mobility and Tablet PC Road Map. If you don’t find what you are looking for, send e-mail to mobdvctr@microsoft.com and tell us what you need. We are grateful for your feedback!
Silverlight Ink SDK Sample
This Silverlight 1.0 sample implements an writing surface by using the Silverlight InkPresenter element. The InkCanvas class in this sample includes some of the functionality found in the WPF InkCanvas class including writing and drawing, erasing, selection, and more. Requirements: Silverlight 1.0 runtime RTM or later. | Silverlight and Windows Journal
Use the Windows Journal Reader Supplemental Component to convert handwriting and drawing in Windows Journal notes to a Microsoft Silverlight Web application. Once in the Silverlight application, you can view and edit the notes in the Web browser. Download the sample code or play with the interactive Silverlight version of a converted Journal note. | Hot off the Press! Create an Ink-Enabled Sidebar Gadget Using Silverlight
Check out Gavin Gear's Tech Blog to learn how to use Silverlight to create an inkable surface on a Sidebar gadget. | Silverlight and Ink
Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering the next generation of Microsoft .NET–based media experiences and rich interactive applications for the Web. Adding ink annotation is a way to make Silverlight content more interactive and personal. Using Silverlight Beta 1.0, Julie Lerman explores Silverlight's InkPresenter object and demonstrates embedding ink on a Web page. | Webcast Series: Learn to Use Applications Optimized for Mobile PCs
Which applications work best when you're on the go with your notebook, Tablet PC, Ultra-Mobile PC, or Windows SideShow device? This new webcast series provides an in-depth look at applications built for Windows Vista mobility. Special features include: data synchronization, power management, ink annotation, ink recognition, network awareness, data access, enhanced UI for touch, and Windows SideShow gadgets. | Check Out Updates to Our Mobile PC Hands-On Labs!
In addition to updating many of our labs to Windows Vista, we also have three great new Windows Presentation Foundation labs addressing: InkCanvas Element, Ink Analysis, and Adding Ink and Custom Rendering to Video. Use this step-by-step information to learn to build mobile PC and Tablet PC applications. | The Ultra-Mobile PC
Learn more about the ultra-mobile PC (UMPC)—a device-like computer that is small, mobile, and runs the full Windows operating system (currently Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 and soon Windows Vista). Check out the Development Quick Start Guide for information on transferring your applications to a UMPC. Download the UMPC Display Emulator to test your application's layout and screen behavior as it appears on a UMPC. |
Technical ArticlesMake Your WPF Apps Power-Aware
As mobile computers become increasingly prevalent, battery life has become more important. Hardware manufacturers are aware of this and design mobile devices with battery consumption in mind. But can the same be said for your software? If not, maybe you should begin to think about coding software that is power-aware. | Improving a Graphics Application with Tablet APIs
Demonstrates how to write an application for colorizing digital photos using the inking support provided by Tablet PC APIs.
| Creating Portable Encoded Custom Dictionaries that Improve Handwriting Recognition Results
This white paper demonstrates how to compile an encoded custom dictionary, compatible with the Tablet PC Platform. | Get Started Writing Gadgets for Windows SideShow Devices
Jeff Richter focuses on SideShow hardware devices and how to write a SideShow gadget to communicate with these devices. The article uses the managed Windows SideShow .NET Framework Components 1.0 API.
| Using the Ink Explorer Ink Explorer provides access to all the properties of ink strokes for examination by the user, giving insight into the architecture of the Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition implementation of digital ink. Sample code in C#. | Power Policy Configuration and Deployment in Windows Vista
This paper describes the Windows Vista power policy store, demonstrates common power policy configuration tasks, and provides reference information about native power settings in Windows Vista. | Microsoft Sudoku: Optimizing UMPC Applications for Touch and Ink Stephen Toub discusses Sudoku, the number puzzle game, and demonstrates how to build an application to solve puzzles, generate puzzles, and enable enhanced game play for ultra-mobile PC and Tablet PC. |
Columns
Mobile Ink Jots is the forum where we address the issues surrounding you, the developer, and your relationship with ink. Recent column: Using Gestures in Tablet PC Applications | Tablet 101 Tablet 101, written by Tablet PC development experts, answers to both general and specific hurdles when approaching the platform. Recent column: Strokes and Recognition |
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