Fuon See Tu
Just to clarify.
What you want is called a wedge scanner, This type of scanner plugs in to
your keyboard cables INBETWEEN your keyboard and your computer. The scanner
then reads the barcode and decodes it and fills in the data on screen. The
scanner WILL NOT go through and fill in all the data automatically in all
your prompts on your screen. You have to trigger/scan each barcode prompt by
prompt.
What you are asking is very doable. We do it all the time for our
Manufacturing clients when we set up barcoding processes for them to collect
labor, part transactions etc.
I have even played around with them (a little) in a intranet apllication,
just to insure they would work okay
Enjoy
Bob Lehman
New Horizon Mgmt and Consulting
440-542-0992
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Osborne [Mojo]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 6:09 PM
Subject: RE: Bar Code Scan
> Back when CueCats were all the rage, I wrote a CF app that would take the
> input from it, decode it, and do neat things with the UPC. Being the geek
> that I am, I didn't have much use for it beyond cataloguing my (comic)
> books. But, it all really depends on your scanning hardware. The CueCat
is
> a keyboard shunt, so it inputs character data and is therefore pretty easy
> to work with in a web context. If your scanner hardware is anything more
> complex than that, you're going to end up having to write browser
> plugins/ActiveX controls to get the data in, etc. As far as cost, CueCats
> are free. Visit your local RadioShack or do a web search.
>
> -R
>
> http://www.rickosborne.org/CueCat/
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fuon See Tu [mailto:]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 16:31
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Bar Code Scan
>
>
> hey guys, I am working on a bar code scanning ticketing solution for a
> certain festival. People can print their tickets online (it generates a
gif
> image of a bar code). What I wanted to know was how would the bar code
> scanner work with the database? Is there some intermediatory software
> involved? Is there some scripting involved? also how much does a simple
> bar code scanner/software cost anyways?
>
> Ideally, i'd like the scanner person to be sitting in front of the puter
> connected to the admin website, and when he scans the ticket, the info
gets
> pasted into a form on the site and runs the neccessary query. is that
> possible? HEHEHE..
>
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