Stylus.Name Property

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10/19/2012

Gets the name of the Stylus object.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public ReadOnly Property Name As String
'Usage
Dim instance As Stylus 
Dim value As String 

value = instance.Name

public string Name { get; }

public:
property String^ Name {
    String^ get ();
}

public function get Name () : String

Property Value

Type: System.String
The name of the Stylus object.

Remarks

The name is defined by the manufacturer of the digitizer.

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 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

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