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On Oct 10, 2008, at 10:09 AM, Andrew Barton wrote:
Hi Daniel,
Sounds like a very interesting project, but this is not my area of
expertise. I primarily work on java web applications. I have never
installed a java process as a service.
But, perhaps this is a good question to bring to the next JUG
discussion. Someone in the group may have an idea.
Sorry I can't be of more assistance,
Andy
On Oct 10, 2008, at 8:11 AM, Mayhew, Daniel wrote:
Andrew,
Thank you for your kind words.
Here is a description of my project:
The project I'm working on is related to CatCard, particularly the
mag stripe. I needed an excuse to code while I was working so I
decided to write a program that would be useful to the CatCard
office. I sell departments mag stripe readers that I program to
output specific data depending on whether they need to search a
database based on UID, ISO, or name. The reader outputs the data
as if a user had typed it into the keyboard. That works fine for
the most part, but here at the CatCard office they need to search
different databases that are all using different keys; i.e. some
need to search by name, some ISO, some UID, and some ISO+000. In
order to facilitate this I wrote a program that will allow the
reader to remain in its default state (output everything on the
stripe) and then chop up the data and display it in text boxes with
a "copy to clipboard" button next to each. I added some other
features that make it more convenient to use such as pre-selection
so the user can determine in advance what element should be pasted
to the clipboard so they don't have to press the "copy to
clipboard" button every time.
This works great, however, what I really want the program to do is
be transparent to the user unless they need to change the output
(from UID to ISO, for example). To do this I would need to have
the program run as a service, to differentiate input from the
keyboard and the mag stripe reader (USB API?), and to determine
what window has focus and paste the data into that window's text
field (the window is either going to be a search dialog box or a
text editor like Word or Textpad).
So, there it is. I'm trying to make it so the user can change the
output of a mag stripe reader on the fly without reprogramming the
reader and the process by which the data gets output is transparent
to the user.
Any help would be appreciated.
Dan Mayhew
University of Arizona
CatCard Office
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
520.331.2250
From: Andrew Barton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 5:14 PM
To: jug-discussion@tucson-jug.org
Subject: Re: [jug-discussion] Next week's meeting
I second your suggestion that we begin meeting with a discussion of
issues and interesting things we have run across. This could even
result in future discussion topics / presentations.
Andy
On Oct 9, 2008, at 4:32 PM, William H. Mitchell wrote:
At 03:58 PM 10/9/2008, Dan Mayhew wrote:
I'm a newbie that would like to get involved with JUG in order to
improve my skills (I'm a 2nd year CS student).
I compliment you on your initiative. I'd personally like to see
more such forward-looking students.
I also have a project that I need some advice on. Would I be able
to take 5 minutes or less of your time and show you what I'm
working on? I'd like to see if anyone can point me in the right
direction.
Sounds reasonable to me, assuming we get a meeting together. And/
or post it to the list, for a wider base.
I've often thought it would be interesting to start meetings with a
quick circle around the room to give people a chance to seek real-
time advice on issues they currently face and/or pass along useful
things they've recently come across.
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