// Create the local context recognization, this will be used during the recognition

private RecognizerContext _context = new RecognizerContext();

// Needed for the recognition to actuall kick off

inkEdit.Recognition += new InkEditRecognitionEventHandler( inkEdit_Recognition );

// Needed so we can run recognition with alternates
Context.RecognitionWithAlternates += new RecognizerContextRecognitionWithAlternatesEventHandler( Context_RecognitionWithAlternates );

// This needs to be set to define the mode the control is in.

//    We do not want to listen for gestures, so we dont use InkAndGesture

this.inkEdit.InkMode = Microsoft.Ink.InkMode.Ink;

// When writing in the text box the controll will not perform immediate reconigition so this

//   tells the controll how long to wait before it attemps to reconize your handwriting to text

this.inkEdit.RecoTimeout = 1000;

// If you dont set this to true, you will not be able to use the mouse to 'write'

this.inkEdit.UseMouseForInput = true;

// Create the recognization

Context = new RecognizerContext();

// The wordlist object here needs to be populated by you with the list of valid values

//   that can be reconized.  This can be a list of zip codes for example

Context.WordList = wordList;

// If using a word list, then the factoid needs to be set to WordList

Context.Factoid = Factoid.WordList;

Context.RecognitionFlags = RecognitionModes.WordMode | RecognitionModes.Coerce;

// copy the strokes from the InkEdit control into the new

// RecognizerContext

Context.Strokes = e.RecognitionResult.Strokes.Ink.Clone().Strokes;

// Kickoff the bacground recognization

Context.BackgroundRecognizeWithAlternates();

private void Context_RecognitionWithAlternates( object sender, RecognizerContextRecognitionWithAlternatesEventArgs e )

{

    // Because the background recogizition runs on a seperate thread, we need to check for

    //   invoke so we dont do cross thread calls.

    if ( InvokeRequired )

    {

        BeginInvoke( new RecognizerContextRecognitionWithAlternatesEventHandler( Context_RecognitionWithAlternates ), sender, e );

        return;

    }

    //  I clear the values, because i only want valid data from the word list.

    inkEdit.Clear();

    // I only want to allow valid data in my Ink Text Box, so if the confidence is Poor, then i will clearn

    //   the values

    if ( e.Result.TopConfidence != RecognitionConfidence.Poor )

    {

        // Since we have a solid confidence level, set the top match value

        inkEdit.SelectedText = e.Result.TopString;

        inkEdit.SelectionStart = inkEdit.SelectionStart + e.Result.TopString.Length;

    }

    else

    {

        // Clearing the text box because we only allow values that have a solid confidence level

        inkEdit.SelectedText = string.empty;

        // If you wanted to do something with the alternate values from the wordlist, do i there

        HandleAlternates( e.Result.GetAlternatesFromSelection() );

    }