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ContextNode.Type Property

Gets the context node type for this ContextNode object.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Ink
Assembly:  Microsoft.Ink.Analysis (in Microsoft.Ink.Analysis.dll)

'Declaration
Public ReadOnly Property Type As Guid
'Usage
Dim instance As ContextNode 
Dim value As Guid 

value = instance.Type

Property Value

Type: System.Guid
The context node type for this ContextNode object.

See the ContextNodeType class for the type GUID values.

The following example shows how to use the Type property of a ContextNode object, selectedNode. The text of a TextBox, selectedResultsTextBox, is filled differently depending on the type of node. In most cases, the recognized string is used, but for InkWord, the line's recognized string is used, and the word is selected in the TextBox.

Select Case selectedNode.Type
    Case Microsoft.Ink.ContextNodeType.WritingRegion
        Dim writingRegion As WritingRegionNode = _
            CType(selectedNode, WritingRegionNode)
        selectedResultsTextBox.Text = writingRegion.GetRecognizedString()
    Case Microsoft.Ink.ContextNodeType.Paragraph
        Dim paragraph As ParagraphNode = _
            CType(selectedNode, ParagraphNode)
        selectedResultsTextBox.Text = paragraph.GetRecognizedString()
    Case Microsoft.Ink.ContextNodeType.Line
        Dim line As LineNode = _
            CType(selectedNode, LineNode)
        selectedResultsTextBox.Text = line.GetRecognizedString()
    Case Microsoft.Ink.ContextNodeType.InkWord
        Dim inkWord As InkWordNode = _
            CType(selectedNode, InkWordNode)
        Dim parentNode As ContextNode = inkWord.ParentNode
        If TypeOf parentNode Is LineNode Then 
            Dim parentLine As LineNode = CType(parentNode, LineNode)
            ' Put parent line's recognized string into the text box
            selectedResultsTextBox.Text = parentLine.GetRecognizedString()

            ' Select the text that corresponds to the ink word 
            Dim subNodes As New ContextNodeCollection(theInkAnalyzer)
            subNodes.Add(inkWord)
            Dim start As Integer 
            Dim length As Integer
            parentLine.GetTextRangeFromNodes(subNodes, start, length)
            If start >= 0 AndAlso length > 0 Then
                selectedResultsTextBox.Select(start, length)
            End If 
        End If 
        ' Show the time stamp 
        If inkWord.ContainsPropertyData(Me.timeStampGuid) Then 
            Dim timeStamp As DateTime = _
                CType(inkWord.GetPropertyData(Me.timeStampGuid), DateTime)
            timeStampLabel.Text = timeStamp.ToShortTimeString()
        End If 

        ' Snippet to demonstrate GetPropertyDataIds 
        Dim propertyDataIds() As Guid = inkWord.GetPropertyDataIds()

        ' Snippets to demonstrate loading and saving 
        Dim data As Byte() = inkWord.SavePropertiesData()
        If (Not inkWord.LoadPropertiesData(data)) Then
            MessageBox.Show("Cannot load property data")
        End If 
    Case Microsoft.Ink.ContextNodeType.InkDrawing
        Dim drawingNode As InkDrawingNode = CType(selectedNode, InkDrawingNode)
        selectedResultsTextBox.Text = drawingNode.GetShapeName()
    Case Microsoft.Ink.ContextNodeType.InkBullet
        Dim bulletNode As InkBulletNode = CType(selectedNode, InkBulletNode)
        selectedResultsTextBox.Text = bulletNode.GetRecognizedString()
    Case Microsoft.Ink.ContextNodeType.Object
        Dim selectedObject As ObjectNode = selectedNode
        selectedResultsTextBox.Text = selectedObject.GetRecognizedString()
    Case Microsoft.Ink.ContextNodeType.CustomRecognizer
        Dim customRecognizer As CustomRecognizerNode = selectedNode
        selectedResultsTextBox.Text = customRecognizer.GetRecognizedString()
    Case Else
        selectedResultsTextBox.Text = String.Empty
End Select

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.0
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