InkAnalyzer Class

Article
12/12/2007

Provides access to layout analysis, writing and drawing classification, and handwriting recognition.

Namespace: System.Windows.Ink
Assembly: IAWinFX (in iawinfx.dll)
XML Namespace: https://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Class InkAnalyzer
    Implements IDisposable
'Usage
Dim instance As InkAnalyzer

public class InkAnalyzer : IDisposable

public ref class InkAnalyzer : IDisposable

public class InkAnalyzer implements IDisposable

public class InkAnalyzer implements IDisposable

Not applicable.

Remarks

To add or remove strokes to the InkAnalyzer for analysis, use the AddStroke, AddStrokes, RemoveStroke, or RemoveStrokes methods. These methods update the DirtyRegion property, which is the region for which strokes are analyzed in the next analysis operation.

To analyze ink, use the Analyze or BackgroundAnalyze method. During analysis, the InkAnalyzer performs layout analysis, stroke classification, and handwriting recognition.

During analysis, the InkAnalyzer raises a number of events. Set the SynchronizingObject property to specify the thread upon which the InkAnalyzer raises events generated during background analysis. Many InkAnalyzer events support the data proxy features of the InkAnalyzer. For more information, see Data Proxy with Ink Analysis.

To stop the analysis process from within an event handler, call the Abort method.

To modify the language the ink analyzer uses to recognize handwriting, use SetStrokeLanguageId or SetStrokesLanguageId. To modify how the ink analyzer classifies specific strokes, use SetStrokeType or SetStrokesType.

The InkAnalyzer loads all of the installed ink recognizers. The InkRecognizersByPriority property gets an InkRecognizerCollection containing each InkRecognizer available. If more than one ink recognizer supports a specific language, use SetHighestPriorityInkRecognizer to set which ink recognizer handles strokes of that language.

For information about providing context for the ink analysis operation, see CreateAnalysisHint, DeleteAnalysisHint, and GetAnalysisHints.

The ink analyzer represents analysis results as a string or as a tree of ContextNode objects. To access the recognized string, use GetRecognizedString. To access the root of the tree, use the RootNode property. The ink analyzer has the following methods for finding specific context nodes or text.

FindInkLeafNodes
FindLeafNodes
FindNode
FindNodes
FindNodesOfType
GetNodesFromTextRange
GetTextRangeFromNodes

To work with alternate analysis results, use GetAlternates and ModifyTopAlternate.

To save analysis results, use SaveResults. To load saved results, use Load.

For more information about using the InkAnalyzer to analyze ink, see Ink Analysis Overview.

You must explicitly call the Dispose method on any InkAnalyzer object to which an event handler has been attached before the object goes out of scope

Example

The following example creates a new InkAnalyzer and attaches the StrokesChanged event handler to the Strokes property on the InkCanvas, theInkCanvas.

theInkAnalyzer = New InkAnalyzer()

AddHandler theInkCanvas.Strokes.StrokesChanged, AddressOf Strokes_StrokesChanged

theInkAnalyzer = new InkAnalyzer();

theInkCanvas.Strokes.StrokesChanged += 
    new StrokeCollectionChangedEventHandler(Strokes_StrokesChanged);

The following example defines the Strokes_StrokesChanged event handler, which adds the strokes that have been added to theInkCanvas to theInkAnalyzer and removes the strokes that have been removed from theInkCanvas from theInkAnalyzer.

' This event occurs whenever a stroke is added, removed, or partially erased
' from the InkCanvas.
Sub Strokes_StrokesChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As StrokeCollectionChangedEventArgs) 
    If e.Added.Count > 0 Then
        theInkAnalyzer.AddStrokes(e.Added)
    End If
    
    If e.Removed.Count > 0 Then
        theInkAnalyzer.RemoveStrokes(e.Removed)
    End If

End Sub 'Strokes_StrokesChanged

// This event occurs whenever a stroke is added, removed, or partially erased
// from the InkCanvas.
void Strokes_StrokesChanged(object sender, StrokeCollectionChangedEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.Added.Count > 0)
    {
        theInkAnalyzer.AddStrokes(e.Added);
    }

    if (e.Removed.Count > 0)
    {
        theInkAnalyzer.RemoveStrokes(e.Removed);
    }
}

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
System.Windows.Ink.InkAnalyzer

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Windows 98, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows CE, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.0