Tablet.DeviceKind Property

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10/07/2012

Gets the TabletDeviceKind value that indicates the type of the tablet device.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public ReadOnly Property DeviceKind As TabletDeviceKind
'Usage
Dim instance As Tablet 
Dim value As TabletDeviceKind 

value = instance.DeviceKind

public TabletDeviceKind DeviceKind { get; }

public:
property TabletDeviceKind DeviceKind {
    TabletDeviceKind get ();
}

public function get DeviceKind () : TabletDeviceKind

Property Value

Type: Microsoft.Ink.TabletDeviceKind
The TabletDeviceKind value that indicates the type of the tablet device.

Remarks

This property is new to the Microsoft.Ink version 6.0 assembly.

Examples

In this example, the Button object btOpenFile is made to be a different size, depending upon the type of tablet device that is being used.

Private Sub AdjustInterface(ByVal theTablet As Tablet)
    Select Case theTablet.DeviceKind
        Case TabletDeviceKind.Mouse
            btOpenFile.Size = New Size(24, 24)
        Case TabletDeviceKind.Pen
            btOpenFile.Size = New Size(32, 32)
        Case TabletDeviceKind.Touch
            btOpenFile.Size = New Size(48, 48)
    End Select 
End Sub

private void AdjustInterface(Tablet theTablet)
{
    switch (theTablet.DeviceKind)
    {
        case TabletDeviceKind.Mouse:
            btOpenFile.Size = new Size(24, 24);
            break;
        case TabletDeviceKind.Pen:
            btOpenFile.Size = new Size(32, 32);
            break;
        case TabletDeviceKind.Touch:
            btOpenFile.Size = new Size(48, 48);
            break;
    }
}

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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