Where is all of the TabletPC sample code? Is it just me, or excluding the SDK from Microsoft, is there very little source code floating around for creating applications on the  Tablet PC? Just for giggles, do a Google search on “using Microsoft.Ink”. You’ll likely get between 100 and 150 hits. Not to put that in perspective, search for “using System.Windows.Forms” and take a look at the 11,000+ hits you get on that one!

Now don’t get me wrong here, Microsoft has put together a very good SDK with some great examples, but it’s hard to find a lot more than that. If anybody knows of some good sources of example code to learn from, please let me know! In seeing this, one of my goals is to try and post more useful code relating to Tablet PC development. It’s my hope also to encourage others to do the same.

Here are a few of the better links that I have found:

• Creating Tablet PC Applications with VS.Net – Code Magazine
• Creating Custom Ink Enabled Components - .Net Developers Journal
• Tablet PC Articles - Leszynski Group
• Master the Pen Using Ink Controls in Your Tablet Applications – DevX
• Ink Based Animation Editor - AniEd
• Microsoft Tablet PC Platform SDK
• Tablet PC Capstone - University of Washington

Stay tuned for some Ink code!

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