Learn all about the basics for building Smart Client applications that leverage the portability and power of the Tablet PC platform. In this session, Frank La Vigne introduces developers to the hardware, software, and development options available to building out Smart Client solutions on the Tablet PC.

Adding Ink functionality can dramatically add value to existing applications without adding significant amounts of code and we will see just how easy it can be to take an existing application and add support for Digital Ink, handwriting recognition, and document recognition.

Frank LaVigne, Applied Information Sciences

Frank La Vigne is a Microsoft® Tablet PC MVP and Lead Designer for Applied Information Sciences (AIS) in Northern Virginia. Frank started in software development when he was twelve, writing BASIC programs for the Commodore 64. He began his professional career writing Visual Basic 3 applications for Wall Street firms in 1993. He then moved on to be the first webmaster for a major book retailer. Frank then went on to develop a large multinational online banking project in Germany. In 2004, Frank became heavily focused on Tablet PC application development. Since then, he has been working on various tablet-based solutions. You can read more on his blog at http://www.franksworld.com/