> Regards > -Nick Don't you wish that your name was Leeroy (And that your surname had an S on the end).
Kind regards, Keri Henare --------------------------------------------------- [e] [email protected] [w] kerihenare.com [m] (+64) 021 874 552 [t] @kerihenare PLEASE NOTE: I check my email 3 times per day and will respond at these intervals. For anything urgent please ring me. --------------------------------------------------- On 6/10/2010, at 12:33 PM, Nick Jenkin wrote: > Hi Aaron > > I have been thinking about how you could do this. I think the best > option would be to write a flash app that connects to a webcam. Staff > then place the barcode in front of the webcam and a picture is taken > and you could then write an algorithm to read the barcode. This would > allow you detect when the barcode was entered, as you would obviously > need to take a picture. > > I've been digging around for some algorithms for this, it would appear > this guy has done something: > http://gurulib.wordpress.com/2007/12/28/a-flash-based-webcam-barcode-reader/ > > It will also be more efficient than those old barcode scanners because > a good webcam these days can do about 50fps. > > Regards > -Nick > > > On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 9:41 AM, Stig Manning <[email protected]> wrote: >> I stand by my comments, but I wasn't able to '[read] the primary gotcha' of >> your original post because there wasn't enough information. >> >> You should be ready for the ire of open-source developers (especially on a >> PHPUG list) when suggesting that JS can't do the job, while searching for an >> (closed source) Active-X solution instead. Good solutions were being posted, >> but without your feedback or consideration. >> >> If you have an embedded browser in some kind of software (one again we have >> no information), you can run a Java applet to communicate with both the >> browser and client-side devices like USB. >> >> -Stig >> >> AaronC wrote, On 6/10/2010 9:23 AM: >>> >>> Thanks Keri, >>> >>> Point noted. But I don't think that offers much defence to Stig's >>> comments. I wasn't discounting the suggestions that were given one >>> bit. >>> >>> Big misunderstanding on both sides, and I should have been clearer on >>> why javascript is a limitation going forward. I may have posted in the >>> wrong forum on this one, but PHPUG is one of my more active groups and >>> I thought someone may have already gone down this path without JS >>> (e.g. a known ActiveX control). >>> >>> I don't underestimate the power of JS, I've worn my ExtJS/Qooxdoo/ >>> Jquery hat many times and love the stuff. It's just in this instance, >>> due to hardware and software (browser) constraints, we require an >>> alternate method. I should have been clearer that that was all I was >>> asking. >>> >>> Actually, I assumed this was a dead thread, I sent that response two >>> days ago. We've made ground elsewhere, so thanks for your time >>> everyone. >>> >>> Cheers >>> A >>> >> >> -- >> 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]
