-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 11:10 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Bar Code Scan
Importance: Low
Back when CueCats were all the rage, I wrote a CF app that would take the
input from it, decode it, and do neat things with the UPC. Being the geek
that I am, I didn't have much use for it beyond cataloguing my (comic)
books. But, it all really depends on your scanning hardware. The CueCat
is
a keyboard shunt, so it inputs character data and is therefore pretty easy
to work with in a web context. If your scanner hardware is anything more
complex than that, you're going to end up having to write browser
plugins/ActiveX controls to get the data in, etc. As far as cost, CueCats
are free. Visit your local RadioShack or do a web search.
-R
http://www.rickosborne.org/CueCat/
-----Original Message-----
From: Fuon See Tu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 16:31
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Bar Code Scan
hey guys, I am working on a bar code scanning ticketing solution for a
certain festival. People can print their tickets online (it generates a
gif
image of a bar code). What I wanted to know was how would the bar code
scanner work with the database? Is there some intermediatory software
involved? Is there some scripting involved? also how much does a simple
bar code scanner/software cost anyways?
Ideally, i'd like the scanner person to be sitting in front of the puter
connected to the admin website, and when he scans the ticket, the info gets
pasted into a form on the site and runs the neccessary query. is that
possible? HEHEHE..
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