On 7/24/06, George Abraham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > Is there any way a card reader (for id card swipes) can interface with a web > browser that is running a web application? Or do we have to write special > client software for the interface? We could run this using ActiveX controls > on the client-side browser too, I guess. > > > Thanks, > George >
I believe most card readers by default just emulate a keyboard, sending a string of characters and possibly a return at the end. So you just have to have focus on the right box in your web form when the card is swiped, and you are all set. -- Jim Wright Wright Business Solutions [EMAIL PROTECTED] 919-417-2257 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:247521 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
