Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 00:07:40 +0100 From: Howard Jones <howie@thingy.com> To: perikillo <perikillo@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [freebsd-questions] FreeBSD + PHP + Barcode scanners for Web Application? Message-ID: <46C8CD3C.5060704@thingy.com> In-Reply-To: <51d7a5160708191407t394e8629yd9078e640a20ea4b@mail.gmail.com> References: <51d7a5160708191407t394e8629yd9078e640a20ea4b@mail.gmail.com>
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perikillo wrote: > Hi people. > > Look we have some applications at work, that use scanners Manufacture by > Symbol. Those applications were created in Access, but i want to create > those app for a Web browser, my doubt is: > > Does someone here has a app running from the browser that use bar code > scanners? > Which languages did u use, python, php, other? > A lot of barcode scanners work by generating keycodes (either connected via an adaptor to the PS/2 connector, or USB) so they should work in anything really... the one we have at work certainly will just write into Notepad or whatever has keyboard focus when you hit the scanner's "Go" button. > Did u have problems with fonts? > Huh? For reading barcodes? For printing them (or displaying in a webpage), there are a bunch of libraries around that generate images, a quick Google showed up: for PHP: http://www.phpclasses.org/browse/package/2176.html for command-line (anything): http://ar.linux.it/software/barcode/barcode.html Have fun! Howie
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