Tilt is: XTilt: The plane angle between the Y-Z plane and the plane that contains the Y axis and the axis of the input device (typically a pen/stylus). Wintab: A unitless number reported for the wheel on the airbrush pen only. MIS: Pen tip-to-surface pressure data value from 0 through max pen pressure. Wintab: Pen tip-to-surface pressure data value from 0 through max pen pressure. MIS: Height above tablet surface (arbitrary count). Wintab: Height above tablet surface (arbitrary count). MIS: Y screen coordinate in device-independent pixels (DIP). Wintab: Y tablet or screen coordinate (pixels), depending on the Wintab context. MIS: X screen coordinate in device-independent pixels (DIP). Wintab: X tablet or screen coordinate (pixels), depending on the Wintab context. MIS: Specifies the time of the packet in milliseconds when the ink packet was received by the app. Absolute mode timestamps are synced with the system clock. Wintab: Depending on the Wintab context, specifies either the time in milliseconds when the ink packet was posted from the hardware (absolute mode), or the elapsed time in milliseconds since the last packet (relative mode). The table below gives a high-level summary of the pen properties that can be obtained from Wintab and from Microsoft Ink APIs (MIS): How does ink data returned through Wintab compare to the data supported through Microsoft Ink APIs?
Get the tablet driver that supports your device at. Do Wacom devices support Windows Ink APIs?Īll Wacom tablets supported by the Wacom driver are supported by this API.
Please see Overview for a list of the typical ink apps. What types of applications benefit from using Microsoft Ink APIs Please see the list of Wintab pros and cons of each API on the Wintab FAQs page. What are the pros and cons of using the Microsoft Ink APIs vs Wintab in my app? The WILL Ink API provides system ink data within a structure framework supporting stroke rendering and semantic analysis. Technically, Wintab does not supply system ink, but it does provide support for delivering very high quality tablet data to your app.
There are two other APIs that can be considered: Wintab (overview here: Wintab Overview) and the WILL SDK. What other options are available for adding ink to my app? Please see Reference for more information.
Wacom strongly encourages use of the latest Windows 10 Microsoft Ink APIs as they afford the broadest range of ink support over all Windows 10 supported platforms. This is a developer choice based on the target platform(s), operating system(s), and the type of desktop app that is needed. Which Microsoft Ink API framework is the best one to use for my app?