Microsoft.Ink.dll and CLR that ships in VS.NET 2005
It's been a while since the last blog, and I've been hearing multiple mentions of this issue recently - in fact it's been my primary task for the last week, so I'd like to share what's sharable.
In Microsoft.Ink.dll which is an operating system component in Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005, there were some code issues which resulted in an incompatibility of this managed assembly with CLR 2.0. An updated Microsoft.Ink.dll for the Tablet PCs which need to install CLR 2.0 is available on the link below.
http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/0/6/506a0663-dadc-4b98-95d6-43ef39c56338/WindowsXP-KB900722-x86.exe
Developers are also interested in getting an updated MSM (Windows Installer Merge Module) which allows them to ship Microsoft.Ink.dll in their setup application. We are actively trying to get this out - in the mean while there is an alpha release of the updated Microsoft.Ink.dll MSM in the Mobile PC and Tablet PC Software Development Kit September Release at http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/d/f/cdfc8b4b-c4a2-4ab0-b290-eed0ec3d0ec4/MPCSDKSetup.exe which was shipped in sync w\ PDC. tpcman17.msm in this CTP had the update for CLR 2.0 in it, although there is an issue in the assembly file version (note not assembly version) which requires the target PC to be free from having Microsoft.Ink.dll on it. You can get going with this - although I acknowledge this is not ideal.
We are doing our best to ensure our partner needs are met, while also executing on Vista.
More interesting news to come soon ...
Koji Kato - Platform Lead Program Manager - Tablet PC
