I've done a bit of work with POS (point of sale) systems and can confirm, as Nathan suggested, that they almost always emulate a keyboard.
On Aug 11, 10:34 am, "Nathan Kennedy" <[email protected]> wrote: > Apologies for multiple posting, but I did a quick Trade Me search and I > believe the following type of hardware would work with my suggestion: > > http://www.trademe.co.nz/Business-farming-industry/Retail-hospitality... > of-sale-equipment/Other/auction-228951977.htm > > Thanks, > > Nathan. > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Nathan Kennedy > Sent: Tuesday, 11 August 2009 10:26 a.m. > To: [email protected] > Subject: [phpug] Re: Magnetic Card Reading to a PHP/Flash app > > Aaron, > > I don't know from experience, but does the card reader in question emulate a > keyboard? If so, then I guess it would be just a matter of ensuring that the > application keeps the input box selected so that when a scan comes in it > just essentially submits a form. > > As I say, I don't know this from experience, but it may be some food for > thought. > > Thanks, > > Nathan. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
