RE: [flexcoders] What I wish Flex/Flash Player could do...

James Thu, 18 Aug 2005 03:24:56 -0700

Hello Ted,

I was looking for a way to read a card reader from comm. port, as the current configuration I have to deal with uses a barcode scanner on the wedge.

Any help would greatly be appreciated

James

From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Theodore E Patrick
Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 6:53 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [flexcoders] What I wish Flex/Flash Player could do...

Flash can handle these via a standard MS Keyboard Wedge Driver. We shipped a kiosk with a card reader and the Flash Player can directly parse data entered. Basically all these devices can be reduced to keyboard input so when you swipe a card or scan a barcode, it just types data really fast.

Actually I believe I have an example that does just this very thing…

Just put 3 V2 TextInput controls on stage and name the instances: ti_name, ti_card, ti_date and use this code:

Key.addListener(this)

function onKeyDown(){

var self = arguments.callee

var k = String.fromCharCode(Key.getAscii())

if(self.storage == undefined) self.storage=””

self.storage = self.storage + k

if(self.storage.split("?").length == 3 ){

var sname = self.storage.split("^")[1]

var scardbase = self.storage.split("?;")[1].split("?")[0].split("=")

ti_name.text = sname

ti_card.text = scardbase[0]

ti_date.text = scardbase[1]

self.storage = ""

}

This will parse the values from a standard 3 phase credit card reader. In the kiosk that used this we tested cards from starbucks, visa, amex, subway and all worked perfectly. When each type of device, you just need to know what to look for in parsing the data received.

One less thing for Ethan :)

Cheers,

Ted J

From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Bullotta
Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 1:20 PM
To: [email protected]; [email protected]
Subject: RE: [flexcoders] What I wish Flex/Flash Player could do...

Here's another one for Ethan then... :)

The Flash Player (along with Flex and AS) should have an input extensibility model that supports input focus management and input from other mechanisms/devices such as:

- Barcode readers

- RFID readers

- Card readers

- Others...

This would open up a whole new class of applications for Flex/Flash.

- Rick Bullotta

SAP Labs, LLC

From: [email protected] on behalf of JesterXL
Sent: Mon 8/15/2005 9:28 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] What I wish Flex/Flash Player could do...

I forwarded your request to the Central Dev group for Ethan Malasky to
hopefully pick up. Since Central is hopefully the future of Flash, and
ultimately Flex on the desktop, things like this are perfect.

It just so happens SQL on the client was requested by multiple people
already there, so your request from a different demographic WITH the
keywords of "occasionally connected" just adds mad credence.

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