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Building Tablet PC Applications

by Su, Philip; Jarrett, Rob

ISBN13: 9780735617230
ISBN10: 0735617236
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 2002-09-25
Publisher: Microsoft Press

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Summary

Many pen-based software platforms have been introduced in the last decade, but only recently has the introduction of faster processors and hardware enabled mainstream introduction of tablet-sized pen-based PCs. This book tackles the challenge of writing compelling Tablet PC software on two fronts. First, it distills decades of usability research into pen-based computing to present an authoritative discussion of the optimal design of pen-based user interfaces. Second, it provides an in-depth exposition of the Tablet PC Ink SDK, complete with tips and tricks on how developers can produce the most powerful and natural "ink-aware" applications.

Author Biography

Philip Su is a lead developer at Microsoft in the Tablet PC group, working on integration of the Tablet PC platform into Microsoft Journal software. Previously, he worked as a lead developer on Microsoft Money and as a software design engineer on Microsoft Word. Philip is also the founder and CEO of Sonetics Software, LLC, a company that specializes in digital audio software. Philip has won numerous awards, including the prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship as well as the Maryland Technical Invention of the Year Award. His areas of interest include discrete digital audio processing, multimodal user interfaces, and digital media. He holds dual B.S. degrees in computer science and neurobiology, graduating summa cum laude from University of Maryland.

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction

xvii

Part I The Tablet PC and Its Applications

Tablet Computing Comes of Age

(22)

What Makes a Tablet Computer

(5)

Form Factor

(1)

Pen Input

(1)

Stand-Alone and General-Purpose

(1)

What Isn't a Tablet Computer

(1)

The Role of Tablet Computers

(2)

A Brief History of Tablet Computing

(9)

GRiD GRiDPad

(1)

GO PenPoint

(1)

Microsoft Windows for Pen Computing

(1)

Apple Newton

(2)

Palm Computing PalmPilot

(1)

Microsoft Pocket PC

(1)

In a Little While

(1)

The Microsoft Tablet PC

(7)

The Birth of Microsoft Tablet PC

(1)

Microsoft Tablet PC Hardware Guidelines

(1)

Microsoft Tablet PC Software

(2)

Could This Be the One?

(3)

Designing Tablet PC Applications

(40)

User Research

(7)

Tablet Usability

(1)

Application Usability

(4)

Pen Usability

(1)

Of Mice and Pen

(1)

Tablet Displays

(1)

Digitizer Technology

(13)

Digitizer Distortion

(2)

Parallax

(2)

Still Motion

(3)

Handedness

(2)

Thinking in Ink

(19)

Ink Modeling

(3)

Ink Interaction

(7)

Ink Realism

(8)

Part II The Tablet PC Platform SDK

Introduction to the Tablet PC Platform SDK

(30)

A Sort of Homecoming

(7)

Finding the Right Operating System for the Job

(1)

Managed APIs

(1)

Ink Controls

(1)

COM Automation APIs

(1)

Sample Applications

(1)

Installing the Tablet PC Platform SDK

(7)

System Requirements

(1)

Getting the SDK

(1)

Setting Up Your Environment

(5)

Anatomy of the Tablet PC Platform SDK

(1)

Overview of the Managed API

(13)

All That You Can't Leave Behind

(1)

Design Goals of the API

(5)

Managed API Object Survey

(3)

Ink Data Management API

(1)

Ink Recognition API

(1)

Ink Control Comparison with Managed API

(2)

Welcome to the Great Adventure

(1)

Tablet PC Platform SDK: Tablet Input

(80)

Sample Applications

(1)

Capturing Input from the Pen

(2)

Requirement #1---Mouse Emulation

(1)

Requirement #2---Digital Ink

(1)

Requirement #3---Pen-Based Actions

(1)

Summing Up the Requirements

(1)

Anatomy of the Tablet PC's Tablet Input Subsystem

(11)

Tablet Hardware

100

(1)

Chock-full of HID-y Goodness

101

(1)

The Center of the TIS Universe: Wisptis.exe

102

(6)

Winlogon Desktop Support

108

(1)

What About Ink?

109

(1)

Platform SDK Support for Tablet Input

109

(54)

Getting Ink from a Tablet

109

(3)

When Ink Is Not Enough

112

(9)

InkCollector Events

121

(21)

InkOverlay Events

142

(1)

Specifying the Tablet Data to Capture---Packet Properties

142

(13)

Extending InkOverlay Behaviors

155

(1)

Sample Application: TopOfPenErase

155

(5)

Sample Application: ModelessSwitch

160

(3)

Getting Introspective

163

(9)

Tablets Collection

163

(1)

Tablet Class

163

(7)

Common Properties on InkCollector and InkOverlay

170

(2)

Best Practices for InkCollector and InkOverlay

172

(3)

Tablet PC Platform SDK: Ink Data Management, Part I

175

(70)

Ink and Stroke Objects

176

(32)

Introduction to the Ink, Stroke, and Strokes Classes

178

(8)

Using Strokes Collections

186

(7)

Creation, Deletion, and Ownership of Stroke Objects

193

(15)

Rendering Digital Ink

208

(32)

Renderer Class

208

(17)

Adding Style---The DrawingAttributes Class

225

(15)

Special Rendering Effects

240

(5)

Tablet PC Platform SDK: Ink Data Management, Part II

245

(102)

Stroke Geometry

245

(36)

Computing the Bounding Box of a Stroke

246

(2)

Retrieving the Points of a Stroke

248

(3)

Computing Intersections of a Stroke

251

(7)

Retrieving and Setting the Packet Data of a Stroke

258

(2)

Retrieving the Cusps of a Stroke

260

(3)

Putting It Together---the StrokeDataViewer Example

263

(13)

Transforming Strokes

276

(5)

Targeting and Hit-Testing Ink Strokes

281

(30)

Different Types of Hit-Testing

281

(3)

Hit-Testing Functions

284

(27)

Splitting and Trimming Ink

311

(14)

Splitting Strokes

311

(1)

Clipping/Trimming Strokes

312

(13)

Serialization, the Clipboard, and Drag and Drop

325

(16)

Serialization

325

(9)

Using the Clipboard

334

(7)

Implementing Drag and Drop

341

(6)

Tablet PC Platform SDK: Ink Recognition

347

(74)

Recognizer Architecture

348

(3)

Text vs. Object Recognition

348

(1)

Synchronous vs. Asynchronous Recognition

349

(1)

Recognition Results

350

(1)

Performing Simple Recognition

351

(16)

Recognizing Text

351

(3)

Recognizing Application Gestures

354

(13)

Using the Recognition Classes

367

(54)

Obtaining a Recognizer to Use

367

(1)

Initiating a Recognition Session

368

(3)

Supplying Strokes to the Recognizer

371

(1)

Getting Results I: Easy Synchronous Recognition

372

(4)

Getting Results II: Electric Boogaloo (a.k.a. Harder Synchronous Recognition)

376

(8)

Getting Results III: The Final Chapter (a.k.a. Asynchronous Recognition)

384

(7)

Working with Recognition Results

391

(21)

Storing Recognition Results

412

(1)

Recognition Properties

413

(2)

Improving Recognition Results

415

(6)

Ink Controls

421

(38)

Achtung Baby

421

(1)

InkEdit

422

(24)

InkEdit Basics

423

(10)

Working with Ink

433

(2)

Recognizing Ink and Gestures

435

(9)

InkEdit Parting Thoughts

444

(2)

InkPicture

446

(13)

Part III Advanced Tablet PC Topics

Updating Existing Applications

459

(56)

Even Better than the Real Thing

459

(4)

User Benefits of Integration

460

(2)

Business Benefits of Integration

462

(1)

Technical Considerations

463

(28)

Application Design

463

(6)

Performance

469

(22)

InkPadJunior

491

(10)

Part IV Appendixes

A BuildingTabletApps Library Reference

501

(10)

B Tablet PC Hardware Guidelines

511

(4)

Index

515

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