[SDBUG] App for web browsers with scanners using apache over Unix/Linux?

[Can Erkin Acar]

Most barcode scanners just emulate a keyboard (or can be configured to do so),
that is, they just enter the barcode data as keystrokes into the application.
So using them would be straightforward, just a textbox where the user can
enter data manually or using a barcode scanner.

In you application you should validate the input make sure it is all numeric
with correct length, verify the checksum etc. But it is just another text input
as far as your application is concerned.

On 8/19/07, Pedro Moreno <pmoreno at oakwest.com> wrote:
>   Hi people.
>
>    I want to know if some here knows about applications that could run
> from the browsers and use bar code scanners like Symbol scanners.
>
>    Reason, we had at work some app that use bar code scanners and run
> over Access, but i don't want my clients need to depend of OS like
> Windows + the Office package, i will prefer to use any  browser like
> Firefox or IExplore to run this app, but using the scanner, my great
> doubt is if this is possible, because in my case i still don't see any
> app that run in the browser and use scanners.
>
>     Example, i will like to create the app with PHP, Python or any other
> language for web, the server could be Unix(FreeBSD)/Linux(Centos) with
> Apache. The client will just need a OS with a browser and a scanner to
> do the work.
>
>    Does someone knows if this goal is possible and have some experience
> with or have seen something like it?
>
>    Thanks all for your time!!!
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