> We were thinking web app because then we wouldn't have to outsource some > sort of Windows Programmer... But right now, we are just prototyping > things out and exploring our options. I appreciate your reassurance that > barcode reading isn't as mammoth an idea as one might think it to be.
Nope, not at all mammoth. Your standard USB barcode reader comes with its own software to read the barcode and translate it into plain data. Then it's up to your application to do something with the data. > What we also need to do is make sure that we have a "locked down" > system. We cannot have people CTRL-ALT-DELETE'ing out of the application > and messing with the standard OS. Best case scenario, you don't have any input device at the kiosk other than the barcode reader...touchscreens are the most popular for this sort of thing. This limits the potential user to only the options you present to them. I don't know how you'd lock down a standard Windows setup with keyboard, mouse etc. -- there are probably ways to do that. Can you reveal any more details about the proposed application, or is it confidential? -- Josh ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 & experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJW Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:280870 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
