Hi, if your webcam can have a flash frontend build, then you can use javascript to remote control the flash.
However you phrase it, your question can be rephrased into: "can Javascript remote control the browser widget I need" Kind Regards, Jochen Daum P.S.: Do you know a good builder that may want to attend a business breakfast? Chief Automation Officer Automatem Ltd Phone: 09 630 3425 Mobile: 021 567 853 Email: [email protected] Skype: jochendaum Website: www.automatem.co.nz http://twitter.com/automatem http://nz.linkedin.com/in/automatem http://www.xing.com/go/invite/3425509.181107 http://www.aucklandbusinessnetworking.co.nz On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 3:07 PM, Aaron Cooper <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks James, > > Again, I am well aware it is no different from a keyboard. > > Noone's really reading the primary gotcha of my post so I'll just close > this one now. > > Cheers people > Aaron > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* James McGlinn <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Monday, October 04, 2010 3:00 PM > *Subject:* Re: [phpug] [OT] - USB Barcode Scanner to Web > > Many of the promoters using Eventfinder for ticketing use our web-based > ticket validation system at http://pro.eventfinder.co.nz. > > They plug in a USB scanner, and scan ticket barcodes directly into the web > application. > > Javascript detects the characters typed, handles changing focus amongst the > fields as needed, and finally submits the code via Ajax and updates the > parts of the screen required to provide feedback to the operator. > > It's straightforward - as Olwen pointed out the device just sends > characters into the input buffer exactly like a keyboard. > > > Kind regards, > James McGlinn > __________________________________ > CTO > Eventfinder Limited > Suite 106, Heards Building > 2 Ruskin Street, Parnell, Auckland 1052 > Phone: +649 365 2342 > Mobile: +6421 633 234 > > [email protected] | www.eventfinder.co.nz > > > > On 4/10/2010, at 1:51 PM, Cliff Black wrote: > > This is correct. > Barcode scanners emulate keyboards, so each number/char entered is a > ‘keypress’ – usually followed by a carriage return (this is often changeable > in the scanner units configuration) when the code has finished read. > This allows you to write javascript to suit the behaviour you require. > If you’re using a form with multiple fields, and have the carriage return > setting on your scanner, I would recommend disabling the ‘submit on enter’ > action and rebind the submit to a specified element (button/image) only. > This will prevent the scanner triggering a submit prematurely. > ~ C > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Olwen Williams > *Sent:* Monday, 4 October 2010 1:32 p.m. > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [phpug] [OT] - USB Barcode Scanner to Web > > As far as I know most barcode scanners look like keyboards. No personal > experience, but that's what I've gathered. > On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 12:45 PM, Aaron Cooper <[email protected]> > wrote: > Has anyone had any experience with getting USB devices to execute events > on web pages? (Webcam would be an example) > We have a central application and hardware that we want to enhance with > a USB barcode scanner. A global design goal is for the application to post > data to a new page as soon as a scan is performed, without user action. > Javascript and hidden fields have their limitation in this respect, so I > am thinking along the lines of ActiveX here. Just wanted to see if anyone > here has done something similar. > Cheers > Aaron > -- > NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug > To post, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to > [email protected]<nzphpug%[email protected]> > -- > NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug > To post, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to > [email protected] > > -- > NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug > To post, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to > [email protected] > > > -- > NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug > To post, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to > [email protected]<nzphpug%[email protected]> > > -- > NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug > To post, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to > [email protected]<nzphpug%[email protected]> > -- NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected]
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