Reference

Microsoft Ink API Documentation

The following table gives a high-level view of the Microsoft Ink support namespaces. This table can help the developer understand what ink API resources are available. For the best inking experience using Microsoft Ink APIs on Windows 10, Wacom encourages the developer to use the more recent APIs to take advantage of the ink capture, analysis, and rendering functionality: namely, the Windows.UI.Input.Inking and Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls namespace APIs.

All items in the Namespace and Ink Classes of Note columns can be found in Microsoft documentation: https://docs.microsoft.com.

TABLE

Namespace	Ink Classes of Note	Application Type	Earliest Supported Windows OS	Reference
Windows.UI.Input.Inking	InkDrawingAttributes InkPoint InkPresenter InkRecognizer InkStrokeBuilder InkStrokeContainer InkStrokeInput PenAndInkSettings PointerPoint PointerPointProperties	UWP	Windows 10	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/uwp/api/windows.ui.input.inking?view=winrt-22621
Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls	InkCanvas	UWP	Windows 10	https://docs.microsoft.com/uwp/api/windows.ui.xaml.controls
Windows.Devices.Input	MouseDevice PenDevice PointerDevice TouchCapabilities	WPF	Windows 10	https://docs.microsoft.com/uwp/api/windows.devices.input
System.Windows.Input.StylusPlugins	DynamicRenderer RawStylusInput StylusPlugin	WPF	Windows 10	https://docs.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.windows.input.stylusplugins
Microsoft.Ink	InkAnalyzer InkCollector InkOverlay InkRecognizer Strokes Tablets	WPF	Windows 10	https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/ms836493(v=MSDN.10).aspx
System.Windows.Ink	InkCanvas GestureRecognizer StrokeCollection	WPF	Windows Vista	https://docs.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.windows.ink
System.Windows.Controls	InkCanvas InkPresenter	WPF	Windows Vista	https://docs.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.windows.controls
RealTimeStylus classes and interfaces	DynamicRenderer RealTimeStylus StrokeBuilder	Win32	Windows XP	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/tablet/realtimestylus-reference

See Also

Overview - Introduction to and overview of Microsoft Ink APIs

Basics – Details on how to write Ink API applications

FAQs – Useful Ink API programming tips