Chapter 3 - Introduction to the Tablet PC Platform SDK

Part II

The Tablet PC Platform SDK

Chapter 3

Introduction to the Tablet PC Platform SDK

Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition comes bundled with special Tablet PC features that focus on digital ink. Many of these features can be programmatically accessed using Microsoft s Tablet PC Platform SDK. If you develop applications for the Tablet PC, you ll no doubt need to understand the SDK.

In this chapter, we first walk you through the mechanics of the SDK, its constituent parts and installation. Once you re up and running, we ll delve into the managed API, which is the heart of the Tablet PC Platform SDK. We ll introduce the main objects in the managed API and also analyze the differences between the managed API and the Ink controls. By the end of the chapter, you should understand the main components of the SDK, the reasoning behind its design, and some fundamentals about the managed API and Ink controls.



Building Tablet PC Applications
Building Tablet PC Applications (Pro-Developer)
ISBN: 0735617236
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2001
Pages: 73

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