Layered Form + InkPicture = DoodleTop

One of the things we got when mainstream desktop Windows inherited the infrastructure from XP Tablet Edition was the InkPicture control.

While there are lot of things you can do with this, few people seem to be playing with it. Odd because it has an excellent API for use in VB6: it is just another nice control we get as part of Windows.

Combining that with layered windows led to a fun prototype application: "DoodleTop."


Requirements

Windows XP Tablet Edition, or any Windows version from Vista through 10.


DoodleTop

So the idea here is that you do screencasts presenting your conclusions from your research into the Illuminati. But it would be great to be able to circle your points, highlight them, even sketch or doodle a bit on those blown up images of the All Seeing Eye.

DoodleTop to the rescue:


This is just rough of course. More likely you would want to move the "control panel" into a separate non-layered Form that you can drag onto a second monitor or just hide/show via a function key or something. Here's that "control panel" area:



Anyway maybe this is a fun concept that might get you thinking and playing with the Tablet Ink controls we got so many years ago.

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