Hello Dangel, I was a part of team that was devloping solutions for (Point of Sale) POS devices. Those devices have to integrate with Scanners, Barcode Readers, Printers, Cash Drawers etc. As per my experience, to intercat with such devices, there is standard called OPOS. You can find implementation of that in C++, Java and .NET.
To interact with Scanner using Flex, you either need to implement OPOS standard in Flex or need to find one already implemented. However, as Flex is mainly targeted for RIA application (mainly web clients), I don't think it is possible to interact sith such devices directly from Flex becuase of Security constraints. If you are designing desktop application in Flex using AIR then may be you can interact with those devices directly. Alternatively, you can write a server application in C++, Java or C#/.NET that interact with those devices. Whenever the server gets input from the scanner, it forwards that to the Flex application using Sockets. Hope this helps. Regards, Jehanzeb --- dengelwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Abyss Knight: > > It seems that the example is for reading bar codes > with a cam corder > rather than a hand held bar code scanner. Or is the > principle the > same? My requirements are quite specific regarding a > scanner, any > other hand held device falls out of scope. Can't see > the code example > at any rate. Thanks, > > rad > > --- In [email protected], nan patel > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > hey I just got this Flex project at Mercedes Benz > are you > interested...spread the word they need to build the > team for 6-7 > people. > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: Abyss Knight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Friday, December 7, 2007 2:43:11 PM > > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: new to FLEX > > > > It can be done! > > > > http://renaun. com/blog/ ?p=33 > > > > Source code should be available, but the link > fails. You can > probably > > email them and get a copy, as it was a Derby > entry. > > > > -- William > > > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com, "dengelwood" > <richard.dengel@ ...> > > wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I am new to FLEX development, but am quite > excited about the > > > possiblities of this IDE. Question: My company > is using hand held > USB > > > bar code scanners to enter user data into one or > more text > fields. Is > > > it possible in FLEX to capure such scanned data? > Anything to > point me > > > in the right direction would be helpful. Thanks! > > > > > > rad > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping
