RealTimeStylus.WindowInputRectangle Property

Gets or sets the input rectangle for the RealTimeStylus object.

Definition

Visual Basic .NET	Public Property WindowInputRectangle As Rectangle
C#	public Rectangle WindowInputRectangle { get; set; }
Managed C++	public: __property Rectangle* get_WindowInputRectangle(); public: __property void set_WindowInputRectangle(Rectangle*);

Property Value

System.Drawing.Rectangle. The input rectangle in pixels.

This property is read/write.

(0, 0, 0, 0)	Default. The input rectangle maps to the window bounds.
System.Drawing.Rectangle	The input rectangle maps to the Rectangle object.

Exceptions

COMException :
ObjectDisposedException : The object is already disposed.

Remarks

The input region is the intersection of the window bounds and the value of this property. When this property is set to the empty rectangle, the RealTimeStylus object will collect over the whole window, even when the window is resized.

Once the RealTimeStylus object starts collecting ink, it continues to collect ink until the stylus is raised, even if the stylus is moved outside of the input region. You can choose to handle ink that is collected outside of the input region differently in either an attached IStylusSyncPlugin object or the attached IStylusAsyncPlugin object.

This value can not be changed while the stylus is down.

Examples

This Microsoft® Visual C#® .NET example is a snippet from a form's Load event handler, which creates a GestureRecognizer, DynamicRenderer, and two RealTimeStylus objects, attaches the objects in a cascaded RealTimeStylus model, and enables dynamic rendering, gesture recognition, and tablet pen data collection through the RealTimeStylus. The GestureRecognizer object is set to recognize single-stroke gestures and to only recognize the Right, ChevronRight, and ArrowRight application gestures. The primary RealTimeStylus object's WindowInputRectangle property is explicitly set to use the entire control to which the RealTimeStylus object is attached. The form itself implements the IStylusAsyncPlugin interface and is attached to the RealTimeStylus object.

[C#]using Microsoft.Ink;
using Microsoft.StylusInput;
using Microsoft.StylusInput.PluginData;

// ...

// The panel where the tablet pen data is collected.
private System.Windows.Forms.Panel thePanel;

// Declare the RealTimeStylus objects, the GestureRecognizer plugin,
// and the DynamicRenderer plug-in.
private Microsoft.StylusInput.RealTimeStylus thePrimaryRealTimeStylus = null;
private Microsoft.StylusInput.RealTimeStylus theSecondaryRealTimeStylus = null;
private Microsoft.StylusInput.GestureRecognizer theGestureRecognizer = null;
private Microsoft.StylusInput.DynamicRenderer theDynamicRenderer = null;

// The form's Load event handler.
private void theForm_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
    // ...

    // Create a DynamicRenderer attached to the drawing area ,
    // and enable dynamic rendering.
    this.theDynamicRenderer = new DynamicRenderer(this.thePanel);
    this.theDynamicRenderer.Enabled = true;

    // Create a GestureRecognizer, and set it to recognize single-stroke gestures.
    this.theGestureRecognizer = new GestureRecognizer();
    this.theGestureRecognizer.MaxStrokeCount = 1;

    // Allow gesture recognition for specific gestures.
    this.theGestureRecognizer.EnableGestures( new ApplicationGesture[]
        {
            ApplicationGesture.Right,
            ApplicationGesture.ChevronRight,
            ApplicationGesture.ArrowRight
        } );

    // Enable gesture recognition.
    this.theGestureRecognizer.Enabled = true;

    // Create the primary and secondary RealTimeStylus objects.
    this.thePrimaryRealTimeStylus = new RealTimeStylus(this.thePanel);
    this.theSecondaryRealTimeStylus = new RealTimeStylus();

    // Add the secondary RealTimeStylus to the primary's asynchronous plug-in collection.
    this.thePrimaryRealTimeStylus.AsyncPluginCollection.Add(
        this.theSecondaryRealTimeStylus);

    // Add the dynamic renderer to the primary's synchronous plug-in collection.
    this.thePrimaryRealTimeStylus.SyncPluginCollection.Add(this.theDynamicRenderer);

    // Add the gesture recognizer to the secondary's synchronous plug-in collection.
    this.theSecondaryRealTimeStylus.SyncPluginCollection.Add(this.theGestureRecognizer);

    // Add the form to the secondary's asynchronous plug-in colleciton.
    this.theSecondaryRealTimeStylus.AsyncPluginCollection.Add(this);

    // Set the input rectangle to the entire panel for the RealTimeStylus.
    this.thePrimaryRealTimeStylus.WindowInputRectangle = new Rectangle(0,0,0,0);

    // Enable the RealTimeStylus, which allows notifications to flow to the plug-ins.
    this.thePrimaryRealTimeStylus.Enabled = true;

    // ...
}