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2dotrs
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April 20, 2006
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Invoking Document Scanners from Coldfusion

  • April 20, 2006
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I have a requirement to be able to capture and store either in an oracle Database or on a fiile server copies of paperwork.. What I'm looking for is whether it is feasible to be able from within Coldfusion to read a scanner stream like a barcode reader.
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2dotrsAuthor
Participant
April 27, 2006
I have determined that if the Scanner is TWAIN compliant, then I should be able to invoke the scanner through TWAIN software loaded to the PC. Are there any CF Tags that will allow this to happen?
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philh
Inspiring
April 28, 2006
Allowing a Web page to run software on the client is a security issue. If you're looking to upload the image data through a Web page, absent an applet, you'll have to save the file locally and upload through the usual form controls.
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philh
Inspiring
April 21, 2006
Where does the scanner write to by default?
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Anonymous
April 20, 2006
If you are planning to use a bar code scanner, remember that it can be enabled to act as a keyboard. So you can place your mouse cursor in a text box, scan a barcode and enter the data into the text box.
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2dotrsAuthor
Participant
April 20, 2006
The requirement calls for scanning documents to reproduce as an image rather than convert to a text stream. The image will be stored.
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