Ink Class

Represents the collected strokes of ink within an ink space.

Definition

Visual Basic .NET	Public Class Ink Inherits Object Implements ICloneable, IDisposable
C#	public class Ink : Object, ICloneable, IDisposable
Managed C++	public __gc class Ink : public Object, ICloneable, IDisposable

Members Table

The following table lists the members exposed by the object.

Events

Event	Description
InkAdded	Occurs when a stroke is added to the Ink object.
InkDeleted	Occurs when a stroke is deleted from the Ink object.

Fields

Field	Description
InkSerializedFormat	Returns a string that contains the name of the format for ink serialized format (ISF) for querying the Clipboard.

Methods

Method	Description
AddStrokesAtRectangle	Specifies the known Strokes collection to insert into this Ink object at a specified rectangle.
CanPaste	Returns a value that indicates whether data (either on the Clipboard , or as an IDataObject ) can be converted to an Ink object.
Clip	Removes the portions of a Stroke object or Strokes collection that are outside a given rectangle.
ClipboardCopy	Copies an Ink object or Strokes collection to the Clipboard .
ClipboardPaste	Pastes an IDataObject , either specified or from the Clipboard , to this Ink object.
Clone	Creates a copy of this Ink object.
CreateStroke	Creates a Stroke object from points or packet data.
CreateStrokes	Creates a Strokes collection for this Ink object.
DeleteStroke	Deletes a Stroke object from the Ink object.
DeleteStrokes	Deletes a Strokes collection from the Ink object.
Dispose	Releases resources used by the Ink object.
Equals	Determines whether two Object instances are equal. Inherited from Object .
ExtractStrokes	Extracts Stroke objects from the Ink object and returns a new Ink object containing the extracted Stroke objects.
Finalize	Frees the resources of the current Ink object before it is reclaimed by the garbage collector.
GetBoundingBox	Returns the bounding Rectangle that contains all of the Stroke objects in the Ink object.
GetHashCode	Serves as a hash function for a particular type, suitable for use in hashing algorithms and data structures like a hash table. Inherited from Object .
GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. Inherited from Object .
HitTest	Returns the Strokes collection contained within the specified area.
ICloneable.Clone
Ink	Initializes a new instance of the Ink class.
Load	Populates a new Ink object with known binary data.
MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object . Inherited from Object .
NearestPoint	Returns the Stroke object within the Ink object that is nearest to a known Point .
ReferenceEquals	Determines whether the specified Object instances are the same instance. Inherited from Object .
Save	Converts the Ink object to a specified format and returns the binary data in a Byte array.
ToString	Returns a String that represents the current Object . Inherited from Object .

Properties

Property	Description
CustomStrokes	Gets the CustomStrokes collection to be persisted with the ink.
Dirty	Gets or sets the value that indicates whether an Ink object has been modified since the last time the ink was saved.
ExtendedProperties	Gets the collection of application-defined data.
Strokes	Gets a copy of the Strokes collection contained in the Ink object.

Inheritance Hierarchy

Object

Ink

Remarks

Caution: To avoid a memory leak, you must explicitly call the Dispose method on any Ink object to which an event handler has been attached before the object goes out of scope.

An Ink object is a container of stroke (point) data. The stroke data, or the points collected by the pen, are put into an Ink object. The Strokes property contains the data for all strokes within the Ink object.

The InkCollector object, InkOverlay object, InkPicture control, and InkEdit control collect points from the input device and put them into an Ink object. These objects essentially act as the source that distributes ink into one or many different Ink objects, which act as containers that hold the distributed ink.

The ink space is a virtual coordinate space to which the coordinates of the tablet context are mapped. This space is fixed to a HIMETRIC coordinate system. In ink space coordinates, a move from 0 to 1 equals 1 HIMETRIC unit. This mapping makes it easy to relate multiple Ink objects.

The Renderer object manages the mappings between ink and the display window.

Class Information

Namespace	Microsoft.Ink
Assembly	Microsoft.Ink (microsoft.ink.dll)
Strong Name	Microsoft.Ink, Version=1.7.4009.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=a2870d9cc4d021c8