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We build a Silverlight 2.0 application using the InkPresenter to let users annotate a pre-defined collection of images, perform handwriting recognition, and save the annotations and recognized text into a server-side database.
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Silverlight 2 features a rich and robust control model that is the basis for the controls included in the platform and for third-party control packages. You can also use this control model to build controls of your own. In the August 2008 issue of MSDN Magazine, Jeff Prosise describes how to ...
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In the August 2008 issue of MSDN Magazine, Matt Milner covers several topics regarding development with Windows Workflow Foundation, some that are intended to address specific reader questions, such as how to safely share a persistence database ...
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LINQ is a powerful tool enabling quick filtering data based on a standard query language. It can tear through a structured set of data using a simple and straightforward syntax. In the August 2008 issue of MSDN Magazine, Jared Parsons demonstrates a ...
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One of the very cool features of Silverlight that hasn't gotten the attention it deserves is the InkPresenter control, which enables Internet users to draw directly onto Silverlight applications from their browser. In the August 2008 issue of MSDN Magazine, Julia Lerman builds ...
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One of the neat things about XAML is that you can not only declare your objects using an XML syntax, but that you can define transformations to rotate, move, and skew your objects. In the August 2008 issue of MSDN Magazine, in an article adapted from his upcoming book Introducing Microsoft Silverlight ...
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Microsoft has a long history of introducing new features to shipped products, often under the banner of Power Toys or Power Tools. In the August 2008 issue of MSDN Magazine, Brian Randell takes you on a tour of some useful tools for ...
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