Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 provides the Pen Input Panel (PIP). The PIP automatically enables text input in the form of freeform handwriting, individual characters, or characters from an on-screen QWERTY keyboard. This is the simplest and often the best solution for text entry in a Tablet PC application.
Controls that support the Text Framework Services additionally enable users to correct misrecognitions on a word-by-word basis after the initial recognition.
It is easy to use an InkOverlay together with a Timer and the handwriting recognition APIs to create a customized ink-enabled TextBox.
This sample demonstrates the use of PIP, Text Framework Services, and InkOverlay. First, a simple TextBox into which data is entered from the PIP is demonstrated. Second, the Text Framework Services capabilities of a RichTextBox are demonstrated: after entering text with the PIP, select a word and the PIP will reappear, displaying alternatives for that word. Finally, a TextBox, InkOverlay, and Timer are used to enable ink-gathering on the surface of the TextBox. After the Interval of the Timer expires without any new Strokes added, the ink is recognized and the text is added to the TextBox.
This sample requires that the following be installed: