Basic Handwriting Recognition

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Basic Handwriting Recognition

This examples shows how to use the InkOverlay class to add basic handwriting recognition to a GUI app. It also uses TextBox, Button, and SplitContainer. To run this example, you will need to download and install the Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition SDK 1.7. If you running Windows Vista, you probably do not need to install anything.

import sys
import clr
clr.AddReference('System.Drawing')
clr.AddReference('System.Windows.Forms')
clr.AddReference('Microsoft.Ink, Version=1.7.2600.2180, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35')
from System.Drawing import Font, Color
from System.Windows.Forms import (Form, DockStyle, Panel, TextBox, Button,
                                  SplitContainer, Orientation)
from Microsoft.Ink import InkOverlay

f = Form()
f.Text = 'InkOverlay Example'

btn = Button()
btn.Text = 'Erase'

pnl = Panel()
pnl.BackColor = Color.Khaki
overlay = InkOverlay(pnl)
overlay.Enabled = True

tb = TextBox()
tb.Font = Font('serif', 20)
tb.Multiline = True

sc = SplitContainer()
sc.SplitterWidth = 10
sc.Orientation = Orientation.Horizontal

# Layout
f.Width = 600
f.Height = 400
sc.Dock = DockStyle.Fill
btn.Dock = DockStyle.Top
tb.Dock = DockStyle.Fill
pnl.Dock = DockStyle.Fill
f.Controls.Add(sc)
sc.Panel1.Controls.Add(btn)
sc.Panel1.Controls.Add(pnl)
sc.Panel2.Controls.Add(tb)

# Event handling
def OnStroke(sender, args):
    tb.Text = overlay.Ink.Strokes.ToString()
overlay.Stroke += OnStroke

def OnClick(sender, args):
    overlay.Ink.DeleteStrokes()
    pnl.Refresh()
    tb.Text = ''
btn.Click += OnClick

f.ShowDialog()

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