Thanks Terry...I have a call into them already..they are going to send me a tech to talk to about this. I appreciate your help.
Brian > Head on over to: > http://symbol.com/products/mobile_computers/mobile_computers.html > > We created an Asset Cycle Count system using Symbol scanners. The > scanner app is programmed in .Net and replicates to SQL2000 during the > sync process. I then have a CF app to manage the entire process and > provide reporting using the same data. > > There are so many products that you can choose from. It really comes > down to what your exact needs and budget are. We could not use a > networked scanner due to the remote nature of some of the assets and > elected to perform a sync each night. > You can choose from Win CE or Palm based scanners. > I suppose you could use a wireless device with a browser and connect > to a CF web site, but I think you would get more functionality using > either Palm or Win CE(or whatever the latest flavor is) for the > application. > > Terry > > > > Thanks for the reply Peter... > > > > I guess what I'm asking is more on the lines of has anyone done what > I > > am trying to do. I would need some type of scanner that I can > either > > program to run my code, or can operate like a wireless device > (mobile > > phone, PDA, etc..) and go to a webpage. I really couldn't care how > > > the data is formated, I can always parse it and stick it into the DB. > > > I just need to interface with the scanner and that the scanner be > > wireless. > > > > Brian > > > > > > > > > I think you need to expand on what you're asking. (You are asking > a > > > > > question, right?) > > > > > > Putting data into a database is simple enough with CF, but you > need > > a > > > way to provide CF with the data in the first place. > > > The scanner should have documentation of some sort which explains > > > how > > > it can provide the data - what protocols it might use, what format > > > the > > > data with be in, etc. > > > Check that, and once you know how the data is coming in, then > > someone > > > can probably help with how to put it into the DB. > > > > > > > > > > I am needing to do something where the client takes a document > > (with > > > a > > > > barcode) to a location (with a barcode), scan the doc then scan > > > the > > > > > > > location and it be added to the DB. The scanner will not be > > plugged > > > > > > > into the keyboard. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Brian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:269701 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
