InkAnalyzer.GetAlternates Method (Strokes, Int32)

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10/19/2012

Returns up to the specified number of analysis alternates for the specified strokes.

Namespace: Microsoft.Ink
Assembly: Microsoft.Ink.Analysis (in Microsoft.Ink.Analysis.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function GetAlternates ( _
    strokes As Strokes, _
    maximumAlternates As Integer _
) As AnalysisAlternateCollection
'Usage
Dim instance As InkAnalyzer 
Dim strokes As Strokes 
Dim maximumAlternates As Integer 
Dim returnValue As AnalysisAlternateCollection 

returnValue = instance.GetAlternates(strokes, _
    maximumAlternates)

public AnalysisAlternateCollection GetAlternates(
    Strokes strokes,
    int maximumAlternates
)

public:
AnalysisAlternateCollection^ GetAlternates(
    Strokes^ strokes, 
    int maximumAlternates
)

public function GetAlternates(
    strokes : Strokes, 
    maximumAlternates : int
) : AnalysisAlternateCollection

Parameters

strokes
Type: Microsoft.Ink.Strokes

The strokes for which to get analysis alternates.

maximumAlternates
Type: System.Int32

The number of analysis alternates to return.

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.Ink.AnalysisAlternateCollection
Up to maximumAlternates of the top analysis alternates for strokes.

Remarks

The top alternate is returned as the first alternate of the collection.

The Stroke objects in strokes do not have to represent adjacent areas of the document.

Examples

This example gets up to five of the top alternates for the Strokes, theStrokes, associated with the InkAnalyzer, theInkAnalyzer It then adds the recognized strings for the alternates to the System.Collections.Specialized.StringCollection, theAlternateStrings.

' Get 5 analysis alternates for the strokes collection and add the 
' recognized string to a collection.
theAlternateCollection = Me.theInkAnalyzer.GetAlternates(theStrokes, 5)
theAlternateStrings.Clear()
Dim theAlternate As Microsoft.Ink.AnalysisAlternate
For Each theAlternate In theAlternateCollection
    theAlternateStrings.Add(theAlternate.RecognizedString)
Next theAlternate

// Get 5 analysis alternates for the strokes collection and add the 
// recognized string to a collection.
theAlternateCollection = this.theInkAnalyzer.GetAlternates(theStrokes, 5);
theAlternateStrings.Clear();
foreach (Microsoft.Ink.AnalysisAlternate theAlternate
    in theAlternateCollection)
{
    theAlternateStrings.Add(theAlternate.RecognizedString);
}

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.0

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