InkRecognizerGuide.Midline Property

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2012-10-19

Gets or sets the midline height. The midline height is the distance from the baseline to the midline, of the drawn box.

Namespace: System.Windows.Ink
Assembly: IAWinFX (in IAWinFX.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Property Midline As Double
'Usage
Dim instance As InkRecognizerGuide 
Dim value As Double 

value = instance.Midline

instance.Midline = value

public double Midline { get; set; }

public:
property double Midline {
    double get ();
    void set (double value);
}

public function get Midline () : double 
public function set Midline (value : double)

Property Value

Type: System.Double
The midline height of the guide.

Remarks

A midline is an imaginary horizontal line with which the top of the main body of each character is aligned, and excludes the portion of a lowercase letter that extends above the main body.

The value is 0 if the midline is not present.

Examples

The following sets all of the values in the InkRecognizerGuide simultaneously.

Dim guideBoxTop As Double = 0
Dim guideBoxBottom As Double = 50
Dim guideBoxLeft As Double = 0
Dim guideBoxRight As Double = 600

Dim WRITINGBOXMARGIN As Integer = 10

' Find the midline of the guide box. 
Dim midline As Double = (guideBoxBottom - guideBoxTop) / 2 + guideBoxTop

theGuide.Rows = 1
theGuide.Columns = 0
theGuide.Midline = midline

theGuide.WritingBoxLeft = guideBoxLeft - WRITINGBOXMARGIN
theGuide.WritingBoxTop = guideBoxTop - WRITINGBOXMARGIN
theGuide.WritingBoxRight = guideBoxRight + WRITINGBOXMARGIN
theGuide.WritingBoxBottom = guideBoxBottom + WRITINGBOXMARGIN

theGuide.DrawnBoxLeft = guideBoxLeft
theGuide.DrawnBoxTop = guideBoxTop
theGuide.DrawnBoxRight = guideBoxRight
theGuide.DrawnBoxBottom = guideBoxBottom

double guideBoxTop = 0;
double guideBoxBottom = 50;
double guideBoxLeft = 0;
double guideBoxRight = 600;

const int WRITINGBOXMARGIN = 10;

// Find the midline of the guide box. 
double midline = (guideBoxBottom - guideBoxTop) / 2 + guideBoxTop;

theGuide.Rows = 1;
theGuide.Columns = 0;
theGuide.Midline = midline;

theGuide.WritingBoxLeft = guideBoxLeft - WRITINGBOXMARGIN;
theGuide.WritingBoxTop = guideBoxTop - WRITINGBOXMARGIN;
theGuide.WritingBoxRight = guideBoxRight + WRITINGBOXMARGIN;
theGuide.WritingBoxBottom = guideBoxBottom + WRITINGBOXMARGIN;

theGuide.DrawnBoxLeft = guideBoxLeft;
theGuide.DrawnBoxTop = guideBoxTop;
theGuide.DrawnBoxRight = guideBoxRight;
theGuide.DrawnBoxBottom = guideBoxBottom;

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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