Stylus.Buttons Property
Gets the StylusButtons object available on the Stylus object.
Namespace: Microsoft.StylusInput
Assembly: Microsoft.Ink (in Microsoft.Ink.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Public ReadOnly Property Buttons As StylusButtons
'Usage
Dim instance As Stylus
Dim value As StylusButtons
value = instance.Buttons
public StylusButtons Buttons { get; }
public:
property StylusButtons^ Buttons {
StylusButtons^ get ();
}
public function get Buttons () : StylusButtons
Property Value
Type: Microsoft.StylusInput.StylusButtons
The StylusButtons obect available on the Stylus object.
Remarks
The buttons described in the StylusButtons object may include the pen tip, the eraser end, and the barrel button.
Examples
This Microsoft Visual C# .NET example is a snippet from a form's helper method, StylusDataToString. The helper method takes a Stylus object and returns a string containing information about the Stylus object and its buttons.
using Microsoft.Ink;
using Microsoft.StylusInput;
using Microsoft.StylusInput.PluginData;
// ...
// Declare the RealTimeStylus objects, the GestureRecognizer plugin,
// and the DynamicRenderer plug-in.
private Microsoft.StylusInput.RealTimeStylus thePrimaryRealTimeStylus = null;
private Microsoft.StylusInput.RealTimeStylus theSecondaryRealTimeStylus = null;
private Microsoft.StylusInput.GestureRecognizer theGestureRecognizer = null;
private Microsoft.StylusInput.DynamicRenderer theDynamicRenderer = null;
// ...
// Returns information about a given stylus.
private string StylusDataToString(Stylus theStylus)
{
System.Text.StringBuilder result = new System.Text.StringBuilder();
// Add information about the tablet pen.
result.Append(
string.Format(" Name = {0}, Id = {1}, ContextId = {2}, Inverted = {3}, Button Count = {4}."
+ Environment.NewLine, theStylus.Name, theStylus.Id,
theStylus.TabletContextId, theStylus.Inverted, theStylus.Buttons.Count));
// Add information about each of the tabet pen's buttons.
for (int i=0; i<theStylus.Buttons.Count; i++)
{
result.Append(
string.Format(" Button {0}: Name = {1}, Id = {2}" + Environment.NewLine,
i, theStylus.Buttons.GetName(i), theStylus.Buttons.GetId(i)));
}
return result.ToString();
}
Platforms
Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003
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.
Version Information
.NET Framework
Supported in: 3.0
See Also
Reference
Microsoft.StylusInput Namespace
Microsoft.StylusInput.PluginData.StylusButtonDataBase