On 7/31/06, Carlos A <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greetings fellow coders! I have a need to capture the data from a USB > connected magentic stripe card reader into our web-based app. The reader came > with its own desktop-app to interact with the reader but I need to get the > data into our web forms. As far as I know, there's no way to have CF capture > the data directly since its on the users local machine. Will I have to resort > to Java or the dreaded .NET? > > Any ideas or anyone have any previous experience with this? >
In general, mag-stripe readers will have a mode that just sends data in a stream that looks like keyboard data to the computer. Some will actually have a ps/2 connector to connect inline with a ps/2 keyboard, or in the case of you USB one, it will just look like a second keyboard. So then you just have to make sure that you have focus on the right field in your web app before swiping the card. There may be some kind of setting on your reader to set how it sends the data, but in my experience, the default was to just look like a keyboard. (disclaimer...I haven't done this with a web app, just a Access form, but it still was just keyboard input...no special interface required). -- 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:248266 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
