Gavin Gear's Tech Blog
Overview of Ink support in Silverlight, MSDN conceptual topic
If you want a good high level overview of what Ink support in Silverlight, check out the conceptual...
Author: Gavin Gear - MSFT Date: 05/09/2007
Silverlight ink enabled photo browser – download the example code!
Here’s a comprehensive example project that shows you how to implement an ink enabled photo browsing...
Author: Gavin Gear - MSFT Date: 05/08/2007
Silverlight Ink Session @ Mix07, See the video!
Check this out: Sam George (Principal Dev Lead @ Microsoft) demonstrates how to implement web based...
Author: Gavin Gear - MSFT Date: 05/07/2007
Want to see some demos of Ink in Silverlight? Check out this video from Mix07!
Want to see some demos of Ink in Silverlight? Check out this video from Mix07! While we were setting...
Author: Gavin Gear - MSFT Date: 05/04/2007
How To: Implement an Ink enabled Silverlight Photo Annotation Webpage
Now that Ink support in Silverlight 1.0 Beta is live, I thought I’d take an opportunity to walk you...
Author: Gavin Gear - MSFT Date: 05/02/2007
New Channel 9 post on the basics of adding Ink to your Silverlight webpage
Adam Kinney posted this entry on Channel 9 about how to add ink support to your silverlight web...
Author: Gavin Gear - MSFT Date: 05/01/2007
Silverlight 1.0 Beta with Ink Support Announced at Mix07
Today at Mix Microsoft Silverlight 1.0 Beta was announced. One of the exciting features in...
Author: Gavin Gear - MSFT Date: 04/30/2007
Going to Mix07? Come by the Sandbox!
With Mix07 just around the corner, I’d like to give everyone attending an invitation to drop by the...
Author: Gavin Gear - MSFT Date: 04/26/2007
Silverlight how-to: Sliding in an image with clip geometry using xaml
On of the really cool things about Microsoft Silverlight is the ability to implement animations in...
Author: Gavin Gear - MSFT Date: 04/25/2007
Microsoft Silverlight Announced...
Today Microsoft announced the official name for WPFe: Microsoft Silverlight! I think that sounds...
Author: Gavin Gear - MSFT Date: 04/16/2007
Using CreateFromXaml() in WPFe? XamlStringBuilder could save you time!
In WPFe JavaScript code, it's handy to be able to build up a xaml string dynamically, then call...
Author: Gavin Gear - MSFT Date: 04/06/2007
Check out this Mobile PC Application building contest, win a UMPC!
If you come up with a good idea for a Mobile PC aplication, you could end up winning a Samsung UMPC...
Author: Gavin Gear - MSFT Date: 03/15/2007
New InkAnalyzer explorer tool from Josh Einstein
Josh Einstein recently released a cool tool that exposes a lot of information about the internal...
Author: Gavin Gear - MSFT Date: 03/05/2007
Intoducing PathMaker – a tool for creating path markup for WPF/e
I have been working on projects using WPF/e where I composite portions of one image over other...
Author: Gavin Gear - MSFT Date: 02/15/2007
VS project template for an Ink-Enabled Windows Forms Tablet PC application
I recently realized that I have been performing the same sequence of actions over and over in Visual...
Author: Gavin Gear - MSFT Date: 01/25/2007
Shape recognition with the Tablet PC Platform InkAnalysis API
One of the cool capabilities of the Tablet PC InkAnalysis API is the ability to recognize shapes...
Author: Gavin Gear - MSFT Date: 01/24/2007
Have you checked out WPF/e?
If you haven't heard of it, you should check out WPF/e! What is it you ask? WPF/e stands for...
Author: Gavin Gear - MSFT Date: 01/23/2007
A new year and new challenges for Gavin in the world of Tablet PC
Well, this year marks a milestone for me at Microsoft. After 6.5 years of working in Test and Test...
Author: Gavin Gear - MSFT Date: 01/03/2007
Tablet PC: Getting started with InkAnalysis in WPF
So far, I’ve highlighted working with the new InkAnalysis API (common API that exposes both ink...
Author: Gavin Gear - MSFT Date: 12/07/2006
InkAnalysis in action, new search tool for Tablet PC
Ed Holloway just released a search tool for the Tablet PC that was written using the InkAnalysis...
Author: Gavin Gear - MSFT Date: 11/27/2006
Mobile PC Developers: Two great webcasts coming up…
MSDN Webcast: Windows Vista Sync Center for Windows Mobile Developers – Mon, 11/27, 1:00 P.M. PTIf...
Author: Gavin Gear - MSFT Date: 11/27/2006
Tablet PC: Cool UMPC developer webcast coming up...
If you are interested in developing applications for the UMPC (Ultra-Mobile PC) you should check out...
Author: Gavin Gear - MSFT Date: 11/13/2006
Virtual Earth 3D Beta1 –vs- Google Earth head to head! You won’t believe what you see…
I recently went on a dirtbiking trip with my new Garmin GPS and was really impressed by Google...
Author: Gavin Gear - MSFT Date: 11/07/2006
Tablet PC: InkAnalysis now available from the RTM Windows Vista SDK
Well, now that the Windows Vista SDK has been released to the web:...
Author: Gavin Gear - MSFT Date: 11/07/2006
Tablet PC: New InkAnalysis post on getdotnet...
Today Rick Spencer uploaded a cool sample illustrating you can add a custom handwriting input panel...
Author: Gavin Gear - MSFT Date: 11/06/2006
Tablet PC: How to redistribute the COM InkAnalysis API with your application
Yesterday, I posted about how to redistribute the Winforms InkAnalysis API with your application....
Author: Gavin Gear - MSFT Date: 10/20/2006
Tablet PC: How to redistribute the Windows Forms InkAnalysis API with your application
So what does it take to redistribute the Winforms InkAnalysis API with your application? Not much....
Author: Gavin Gear - MSFT Date: 10/19/2006
Tablet PC: Overview of InkAnaysis events
The InkAnalysis API exposes functionality for both layout analysis (parsing) of ink, and the...
Author: Gavin Gear - MSFT Date: 10/04/2006
Tablet PC: Generating ink from scratch and using the InkAnalyzerBase class
In recent posts, I’ve demonstarted the use of the “Windows Forms” and “COM” layers of the...
Author: Gavin Gear - MSFT Date: 09/28/2006
Tablet PC: Gettting started with InkAnalysis using C++ / COM
In this post, I’m going to guide you through the process of creating an InkAnalysis application...
Author: Gavin Gear - MSFT Date: 09/27/2006
Tablet PC: What APIs/languages/IDEs can I use to develop InkAnalysis applications?
Well I’m glad you’re wondering! There are a few options you have when you install the “Tablet PC...
Author: Gavin Gear - MSFT Date: 09/26/2006
Tablet PC: Performing multi-language recognition with the InkAnalysis API
One of the important scenarios to consider when developing a world class Ink-enabled application is...
Author: Gavin Gear - MSFT Date: 09/19/2006
Tablet PC: The InkAnalysis API has RTM’d and the download is LIVE!
Recently, I’ve been blogging about the new InkAnalysis API which integrates layout analysis with...
Author: Gavin Gear - MSFT Date: 09/15/2006
Tablet PC: Recognition accuracy head to head: InkAnalyzer -vs- RecognizerContext
I’ve blogged about handwriting recognition using the RecognizerContext object and the new...
Author: Gavin Gear - MSFT Date: 09/14/2006
Tablet PC: Getting started with InkAnalysis – intro to parsing
Last time: https://blogs.msdn.com/gavingear/archive/2006/09/11/750005.aspx We took a look at...
Author: Gavin Gear - MSFT Date: 09/12/2006
Tablet PC: Getting started with InkAnalysis – asynchronous analysis
In my last post: https://blogs.msdn.com/gavingear/archive/2006/09/07/745132.aspx I demonstrated how...
Author: Gavin Gear - MSFT Date: 09/11/2006
Tablet PC: Getting started with InkAnalysis – basic handwriting recognition
I’ve spent the last few weeks blogging about existing APIs in the Tablet PC Platform SDK related to...
Author: Gavin Gear - MSFT Date: 09/07/2006
Tablet PC: Getting setup to develop applications with InkAnalysis
In my post yesterday: https://blogs.msdn.com/gavingear/archive/2006/09/05/741536.aspx I gave a...
Author: Gavin Gear - MSFT Date: 09/06/2006
Tablet PC Developers: Windows Vista SDK for RC1 is LIVE!
I’m very excited about Windows Vista RC1. I’m running it on my Toshiba M200 Tablet PC, along with...
Author: Gavin Gear - MSFT Date: 09/05/2006
Tablet PC: Performing Ink layout analysis with the Divider object
In my last few posts, I’ve talked about various handwriting recognition scenarios using the Tablet...
Author: Gavin Gear - MSFT Date: 09/01/2006
Tablet PC: Performing handwriting recognition with an arbitrary recognizer using RecognizerContext
By default, when you instantiate a RecognizerContext object you get either a recognizer that...
Author: Gavin Gear - MSFT Date: 08/31/2006
Tablet PC: Using WordLists and Coerce mode with the RecognizerContext
In my last post, I demonstrated setting the Factoid property on a RecognizerContext object. Setting...
Author: Gavin Gear - MSFT Date: 08/30/2006
How To: Perform asynchronous handwriting recognition with the RecognizerContext object
So far, I have illustrated a couple basic handwriting recognition scenarios using the...
Author: Gavin Gear - MSFT Date: 08/25/2006
How To: Using Recognition Alternates in the Tablet PC SDK using RecognizerContext
Now that we've taken a look at how to perform handwriting recognition with the Tablet PC Platform...
Author: Gavin Gear - MSFT Date: 08/24/2006
How To: Perform basic handwriting recognition with the RecognizerContext object
In my last post I created a basic Windows Forms project that references the Tablet PC API (1.7) and...
Author: Gavin Gear - MSFT Date: 08/22/2006
How To: Create a basic Windows Forms based Ink application in C#
In this posting I'm going to show you how easy it is to get started building "Ink Enabled"...
Author: Gavin Gear - MSFT Date: 08/21/2006
Getting started with Tablet PC Application development using the Tablet PC Platform SDK 1.7
If you are interested in developing applications that make use of Tablet PC features (Ink...
Author: Gavin Gear - MSFT Date: 08/18/2006
Welcome to Gavin Gear's Tech Blog
Hi: My name is Gavin Gear, and I'm a Software Engineer (Write test code) currently working on the...
Author: Gavin Gear - MSFT Date: 08/17/2006