Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The Tablet PC -- 2 Introduction to Visual Basic .NET -- 3 Working with VB .NET -- 4 Basics of the .NET Framework -- 5 Introduction to the VB .NET Language -- 6 Object- Oriented Programming with VB .NET -- 7 Strings, GDI+, and Error Handling in VB .NET -- 8 Math and Random Number Functions in VB .NET -- 9 Your First Program -- 10 Console Application Input/ Output -- 11 Your First Windows Forms Application -- 12 Obtaining the Tablet PC SDK -- 13 Introduction to Ink- Enabled Applications -- 14 Tablet PC Full Screen Utility -- 15 Tablet PC Screen Rotation and Special Buttons -- 16 Creating an MP3 Player -- 17 Form Effects -- 18 Using Gestures to Control Tablet Media Player -- 19 Getting Started with Microsoft Agent -- 20 Advanced Microsoft Agent -- 21 Speech Input with SAPI -- 22 Custom Grammars for Speech Recognition -- 23 WMI and Hardware -- 24 Power Management for the Tablet PC -- 25 Virtual Joystick -- 26 Pong Game -- 27 Not Quite a Magic Ball -- 28 Storing Ink in a Database -- 29 3D Rendering with OpenGL and DirectX 9 -- 30 Using Third- Party Engines -- 31 Tablet Fax -- About the CD-ROM -- Index.