Bob I suggest you email Frank Conroy about the bar code swiping technology he is using in Boston. His email is [EMAIL PROTECTED]
David Blocker ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 10:17 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Data capture with R-Base > > I have a great opportunity for a programming contract that > I would like to accomplish in Rbase. However I am not sure > that I can do it. (Although I have been told if I can dream it..!) > > It is basically a time and job tracking program and I need to > capture data from barcode swipe terminals in real time. > I cannot use an intermediate file collection program as I need > to immediately process data as a barcode card is swiped by > an operator and then display some information on a screen. > > Using a keyboard wedge type swipe reader would work great > except I can only have one swipe terminal per PC. (That I know of) > This project will need at least 10 swipe terminals and while I may > very well have 3-4 PC units in the system, I cannot have a full PC for > each swipe terminal. The project will also expand to where I will > probably need 15 swipe terminals within the year. My "dream" that > would most definitely land a nice contract, is to have 4 swipe > terminals tied to one PC. I would have the monitor screen setup up > in quandrants and when a swipe was made on swipe reader A, > quandrant A would show processed data, same for reader B, C > and D etc. > I can handle the screen functions and programming, it is just reading > the swipe readers with Rbase that is posing the problem. > > A posting some time ago mentioned mobile units and direct > table updates. Perhaps someone could head me in the right > direction there. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated! > > Sincerely, > Bob Thompson > Thompson Technology Consultants > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
