O.K. Thanks, so it could be an active X control then ?
"Ernest E Vogelsinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > At 23:12 21.02.2003, Ian said: > --------------------[snip]-------------------- > >Is it possible to read information on the client serial port and return it > >to the server ? > --------------------[snip]-------------------- > > Sure. But not with PHP. > > PHP is working "behind the scenes", at the webserver. Not at the client. > > What you can do is write a program (intended for the client operating > system). Associate this plugin with a specific mimetype so the browser will > execute it when this mimetype (or extension) is received from the server, > then let this program respond to the server with serial data. > > > -- > >O Ernest E. Vogelsinger > (\) ICQ #13394035 > ^ http://www.vogelsinger.at/ > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
