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Development Articles

• Creating an Ink-Enabled ListBox Component for Tablet PC.  In this MSDN article and sample code, Leszynski Group demonstrates how to write your own custom component that extends the existing ListBox control to support ink collection and recognition.

• Creating an Ink-Aware Masked Numeric Input Component for Tablet PC.  In this MSDN article and sample code, Leszynski Group demonstrates how to write your own custom component to collect, recognize, format, and validate data on a Tablet PC using masked ink input fields.

• Creating a User Control to Capture Signatures on a Tablet PC.  In this MSDN article and sample code, Leszynski Group demonstrates how to write your own user control to collect and render ink signatures on a Tablet PC, and how to encrypt and serialize the signatures for safe transmission and storage.

• Creating a Scalable Ink Picture Control for Tablet PC.  In this MSDN article and sample code, Leszynski Group demonstrates how to write your own custom control to collect scalable ink annotations on graphics, with rich editing abilities, on a Tablet PC.

• Context Tagging Tips and Tricks.  Leszynski Group has extensive experience with the Context Tagging Tool in the Tablet PC Software Development Kit.  This article helps to shortcut your tagging efforts by listing some of the tricks we've learned.

• Digital Ink Signatures - Concepts and Technologies.  In this groundbreaking MSDN article, Leszynski Group discusses concepts and practices related to pen-based signatures on the Tablet PC, including the collection, preservation, and protection of electronic signatures created with a digital pen in Tablet PC applications.

• Mobile Ink Jots 4: Writing Solid Tablet PC Applications.  In this issue of MSDN's Mobile Ink Jots column, Leszynski Group runs down a list of common bugs and other coding mistakes that commonly appear in the course of developing Tablet PC applications, and demonstrates how to avoid them.

• Mobile Ink Jots 3: Ink on the Web.  In this issue of MSDN's Mobile Ink Jots column, Leszynski Group details the long-awaited support for Ink-enabling Web applications, now available in Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005.

• Mobile Ink Jots 2: All About Lonestar.  In this issue of MSDN's Mobile Ink Jots column, Leszynski Group describes the major innovations in Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005, codenamed "Lonestar", for the end user and the developer.

• Using InkEdit, InkPicture, and Enhancing the Appearance of Ink.  In this MSDN whitepaper, Leszynski Group teaches developers how to use the new ink controls on the Tablet PC.  It discusses the InkEdit and InkPicture controls, and teaches how to enhance the appearance of ink strokes within these controls.

• Using the InkPicture Stroke and NewInAirPackets and NewPackets Events.  In this MSDN whitepaper, Leszynski Group teaches developers how to use the new ink controls on the Tablet PC.  It discusses the InkPicture control's Stroke event, the NewInAirPackets event, and the NewPackets event, and includes examples.

• Using CustomStrokes, Renderer, and ExtendedProperties to Manipulate Ink.  In this MSDN whitepaper, Leszynski Group discusses using ink controls, including the CustomStrokes collection, selective rendering using the Renderer object, and how to show and hide ink using ExtendedProperties.