RE: Flex barcode reader
Thanks everyone. I will take all these suggestions and review with my team. .. Ben Nadel Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer Nylon Technology 350 7th Avenue Floor 10 New York, NY 10001 212.691.1134 x 14 212.691.3477 fax www.nylontechnology.com Warning: The nutritional content of this email has not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. ~| CF 8 â Scorpio beta now available, easily build great internet experiences â Try it now on Labs http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs_adobecf8_beta Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:280999 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
Re: Flex barcode reader
I wrote a Pharmaceutical Return Web App in PHP and any old Bar Code Scanner off ebay worked fine??? I dont see why you would need drivers? It just gets translated like a keyboard As for locking pc's down I used to use software called Frotres from FortresGrand.com Worked great Eric On 6/12/07, Kevin Aebig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You could contract an hour or two of time from any winforms guys to build > you a wrapper for the application to lock it down. > > Otherwise I would suggest looking at doing it that way for a number of > reasons: > > - The wrapper would have better security and harder to circumvent > - You can check to make sure the internet connection is up > - Many more options to use for barcode reading if that one falls through > > Cheers, > > !k > > -Original Message- > From: Ben Nadel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 2:26 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Flex barcode reader > > My company is building a prototype for a self-service kiosk that will > need to read barcodes and communicate with a remote ColdFusion server. > We were thinking of taking at look at the Flex Barcode Reader that is on > Adobe Community samples. > > Does anyone have any suggested starting points considering: > > - The kiosk is self-service > - The kiosk will make remote procedure calls over a network > - The kiosk will not be running ColdFusion (but will talk to CF over the > network) > > Thanks. Sorry for the very broad question, but I just through I would > throw it out there. > > ... > Ben Nadel > Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer > Nylon Technology > 350 7th Avenue > Floor 10 > New York, NY 10001 > 212.691.1134 x 14 > 212.691.3477 fax > www.nylontechnology.com <http://www.nylontechnology.com/> > > Warning: The nutritional content of this email has not been approved by > the Food and Drug Administration. > > > > > > ~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJQ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:280881 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: Flex barcode reader
I'm working on a similar project. SAVE YOUR MONEY! You don't have to use sitekiosk or kiosk apps. You want to lock down your browser? FINE! you can already lock down your browser AKA kiosk mode in mozilla firefox. you can also make internet explorer show nothing but whatever you want to show (no tools, no menus no scrollbars). it's as if you were running a full blown app. you can also disable the CTR-ALT-DEL keys easily. I havent been messing with RPCs yet. For now, the kiosk just checks with the server every x minutes to see if there are any new updates that need to be downloaded, any new files that need to be loaded, or if the system needs to be restarted. YES, all of this from an admin on the main server. You know, have flags in the database that tells X server to download X files or restart at X time. of course maybe RPC is better? =) Lemme know what u think! have any suggested starting points considering: > >- The kiosk is self-service >- The kiosk will make remote procedure calls over a network >- The kiosk will not be running ColdFusion (but will talk to CF over the >network) > ~| ColdFusion MX7 and Flex 2 Build sales & marketing dashboard RIAâs for your business. Upgrade now http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2?sdid=RVJT Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:280880 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
RE: Flex barcode reader
You could contract an hour or two of time from any winforms guys to build you a wrapper for the application to lock it down. Otherwise I would suggest looking at doing it that way for a number of reasons: - The wrapper would have better security and harder to circumvent - You can check to make sure the internet connection is up - Many more options to use for barcode reading if that one falls through Cheers, !k -Original Message- From: Ben Nadel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 2:26 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Flex barcode reader My company is building a prototype for a self-service kiosk that will need to read barcodes and communicate with a remote ColdFusion server. We were thinking of taking at look at the Flex Barcode Reader that is on Adobe Community samples. Does anyone have any suggested starting points considering: - The kiosk is self-service - The kiosk will make remote procedure calls over a network - The kiosk will not be running ColdFusion (but will talk to CF over the network) Thanks. Sorry for the very broad question, but I just through I would throw it out there. ... Ben Nadel Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer Nylon Technology 350 7th Avenue Floor 10 New York, NY 10001 212.691.1134 x 14 212.691.3477 fax www.nylontechnology.com <http://www.nylontechnology.com/> Warning: The nutritional content of this email has not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. ~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:280878 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: Flex barcode reader
If the pc you are using has windows xp on it, why not just use the mmc snap in that is built into windows..you can prevent CTRL-ALT-DELTE, access to any drive thru my computer, or to my computer, etc... On 6/12/07, Eric Haskins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wrote a Pharmaceutical Return Web App in PHP and any old Bar Code > Scanner off ebay worked fine??? I dont see why you would need drivers? It > just gets translated like a keyboard > > As for locking pc's down I used to use software called Frotres from > FortresGrand.com > > Worked great > > Eric > > > On 6/12/07, Kevin Aebig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > You could contract an hour or two of time from any winforms guys to build > > you a wrapper for the application to lock it down. > > > > Otherwise I would suggest looking at doing it that way for a number of > > reasons: > > > > - The wrapper would have better security and harder to circumvent > > - You can check to make sure the internet connection is up > > - Many more options to use for barcode reading if that one falls through > > > > Cheers, > > > > !k > > > > -----Original Message- > > From: Ben Nadel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 2:26 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Flex barcode reader > > > > My company is building a prototype for a self-service kiosk that will > > need to read barcodes and communicate with a remote ColdFusion server. > > We were thinking of taking at look at the Flex Barcode Reader that is on > > Adobe Community samples. > > > > Does anyone have any suggested starting points considering: > > > > - The kiosk is self-service > > - The kiosk will make remote procedure calls over a network > > - The kiosk will not be running ColdFusion (but will talk to CF over the > > network) > > > > Thanks. Sorry for the very broad question, but I just through I would > > throw it out there. > > > > ... > > Ben Nadel > > Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer > > Nylon Technology > > 350 7th Avenue > > Floor 10 > > New York, NY 10001 > > 212.691.1134 x 14 > > 212.691.3477 fax > > www.nylontechnology.com <http://www.nylontechnology.com/> > > > > Warning: The nutritional content of this email has not been approved by > > the Food and Drug Administration. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~| CF 8 â Scorpio beta now available, easily build great internet experiences â Try it now on Labs http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs_adobecf8_beta Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:280883 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: Flex barcode reader
> 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
Re: Flex barcode reader
There's software out there to help you out. I've used SiteKiosk ( http://www.sitekiosk.com/) and it was a cinch to set up the running application, what the user could/couldn't do, etc. Koen ~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJQ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:280867 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
RE: Flex barcode reader
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. AIR is an interesting possibility. 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. Thanks, Ben -Original Message- From: Josh Nathanson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 5:04 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Flex barcode reader > My company is building a prototype for a self-service kiosk that will > need to read barcodes and communicate with a remote ColdFusion server. > We were thinking of taking at look at the Flex Barcode Reader that is > on Adobe Community samples. I should think any old barcode reader will work fine. Once the barcode is read at the kiosk, it will just be sending regular data across the network to CF. If the Flex one is easy to use/configure then it should work fine. I presume since you are looking at Flex this will be a web app that the user is interacting with? Maybe this would be a good app to use AIR or something desktop oriented? -- Josh ~| Create Web Applications With ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2. Build powerful, scalable RIAs. Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJS Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:280861 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
Re: Flex barcode reader
> My company is building a prototype for a self-service kiosk that will > need to read barcodes and communicate with a remote ColdFusion server. > We were thinking of taking at look at the Flex Barcode Reader that is on > Adobe Community samples. I should think any old barcode reader will work fine. Once the barcode is read at the kiosk, it will just be sending regular data across the network to CF. If the Flex one is easy to use/configure then it should work fine. I presume since you are looking at Flex this will be a web app that the user is interacting with? Maybe this would be a good app to use AIR or something desktop oriented? -- Josh ~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJQ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:280858 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
Flex barcode reader
My company is building a prototype for a self-service kiosk that will need to read barcodes and communicate with a remote ColdFusion server. We were thinking of taking at look at the Flex Barcode Reader that is on Adobe Community samples. Does anyone have any suggested starting points considering: - The kiosk is self-service - The kiosk will make remote procedure calls over a network - The kiosk will not be running ColdFusion (but will talk to CF over the network) Thanks. Sorry for the very broad question, but I just through I would throw it out there. .. Ben Nadel Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer Nylon Technology 350 7th Avenue Floor 10 New York, NY 10001 212.691.1134 x 14 212.691.3477 fax www.nylontechnology.com <http://www.nylontechnology.com/> Warning: The nutritional content of this email has not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. ~| Create Web Applications With ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2. Build powerful, scalable RIAs. Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJS Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:280853 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
