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whitepaper Topic Overview: Enterprise Mobility2006-03-22 11:32:20
  Forrester's enterprise mobility research focuses on how mobile and wireless technologies affect businesses: how they deploy their employees, how they communicate with their customers, and how they use their assets. Through mobile technologies, companies have the potential to catalyze changes ranging from incremental productivity improvements to a radical redefinition of business processes. Some specific coverage areas include mobile policy and strategy definition; mobile application architectures; laptops, notebooks, and handheld computers; wireless email; mobile operating systems; wireless LANs (WLANs); and third-generation (3G) wireless services.   
whitepaper Windows Vista February 2006 CTP (Build 5308) Review, Part 12006-03-08 Penton Media
  Vista's wide range of product editions is confusing, but at least Microsoft is now breaking out functionality that was previously available only in XP Media Center or XP Tablet PC Edition. Both Vista Home Premium and Ultimate editions include the Vista version of Media Center, and Home Premium, Business, and Ultimate all include the latest Tablet PC features. This change should make these technologies more widespread, which is a welcome change.

Tags: Windows Vista		   
whitepaper Using Ink in 3-D With Windows Presentation Foundation2006-03-01 Microsoft
  In February 2006, Microsoft released a Community Technology Preview of Windows Presentation Foundation (formerly code-named "Avalon"), the new presentation subsystem for Windows that unifies development of documents, graphics, and applications into a common platform. The InkCanvas element in this new platform is the "One-stop shopping" solution for collecting and rendering ink inside of applications designed for Windows Presentation Foundation.

Tags: Windows Vista, Presentation Software		   
whitepaper Microsoft Sudoku: Optimizing UMPC Applications for Touch and Ink2006-03-01 Microsoft
  As is the case for many developers, today's passions frequently become tomorrow's development projects, and so it took little more than the flight back to the United States for the author to have the first version of his C# Sudoku implementation up and running. But he wasn't satisfied. Something was missing. There was something thrilling about setting the logically discovered numbers crisply onto the paper with the pen or pencil, a property that was lost in the game's translation into Windows Forms. Sudoku is the quintessential application for a Tablet PC. After downloading the Tablet PC SDK to his computer the next day, the author soon transformed this keyboard-and-mouse powered game into one that is completely pen-driven.

Tags: Windows Vista, Application Development		   
whitepaper Windows Vista Hardware Requirements - Is Your Tablet PC Ready?2006-02-24 TabletPCReviewSpot.com
  As many future-conscious consumers consider a particular model Tablet PC to purchase, one question often comes up. Will this Tablet PC model be upgradable to Windows Vista? Well for those of you who have been wondering, there is some good news for you. For starters you don't need the top-of-the-line hardware in order to run Windows Vista. However you don't need the top-of-the-line hardware in order to run Windows Vista. However you will need to make the right choices in order to run this to take advantage of certain features that will remain unavailable if you choose the wrong specifications in your next Tablet PC purchase. This paper makes you more familiar with the best "Vista ready" hardware choices.

Tags: Windows Vista		   
whitepaper Using the Ink Explorer2006-02-01
  Ink Explorer is a sample application that the Tablet PC team sometimes uses at conferences when discussing the architecture of digital ink in Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition. Ink Explorer is very useful for learning about how to use the ink APIs, containing good examples of the kind of code necessary to use in ink-enabled applications.

Tags: Windows Vista		   
whitepaper Capture and Playback of Ink Data in Tablet PC Applications2006-01-01 Microsoft
  Ink Recorder is a mechanism for capturing and playing back information associated with data collected from Ink objects. The Ink Recorder sample enables some new scenarios for writing, debugging, and testing ink-enabled applications. Whether the user is interested in creating unit tests for an ink-enabled control, creating automated tests to validate stability in the application, or adding some debugging ability for ink, the InkRecorder object's capture and playback functionality will help the user. Ink Recorder takes full advantage of the detail of the ink capabilities within the Tablet PC Platform API. This paper explores new concepts such as automating ink creation for testing and debugging new applications, or even as a unique feature in new ink based applications.

Tags: Windows Vista, Application Development		   
whitepaper The Pen Is Mightier With GDI+ and the Tablet PC Real-Time Stylus2005-12-01 Microsoft
  Many programming interfaces are the result of a compromise between the polar ideals of simplicity and versatility. Some, however, break the interface in two and pursue both goals independently. They keep the simple programming interface for many common programming tasks, but also provide a versatile interface for more unusual needs. Such a separation between the simple and versatile characterizes the application programming interface for the Tablet PC. Much of the Tablet PC API is remarkably easy. With just a few lines of code one can attach an InkOverlay object to any Windows Forms control. Yet, as a result of this simplicity, InkOverlay has some severe and inescapable limitations.

Tags: Application Development		   
whitepaper Developing Ink-Driven Applications With OrangeGuava Desktop2005-12-01 Microsoft
  While the Tablet PC platform enables the user to use ink in standard Windows Forms Applications, the new form factor also makes it possible to use a computer in ways that are closer to how people naturally perform tasks. The ink-driven application model is one such approach. Users write whatever they choose to on a permanently available input area, and the data is sent to the appropriate application for processing, rather than taking the time to find and start an application that does what they want. This paper discusses the benefits of an ink-driven approach, the platform diagram, and how to build an ink-driven application, using a simple currency converter as an example.

Tags: Windows Vista, Application Development		   
whitepaper The Evolution of Tablet PC Technologies in Microsoft Windows Vista2005-09-29 03:00:02
  In Windows Vista, Tablet PC shifts into the mainstream. Ink becomes more ubiquitous, integrating directly into the presentation subsystem in Windows Presentation Foundation. Ink Analysis offers new and exciting ways to parse handwriting. There are more APIs for COM developers. Touch screens enter into the Tablet PC realm. Tablet PC Input Panel makes some APIs accessible and integrates new functionality. All Tablet PC Platform components support partial trust. Tablet PC technologies deliver native 64 bit platform components. And Tablet PC technologies are ubiquitous across all Windows Vista editions.