[help]BarCode Scanner
[help]BarCode Scanner
So here's the deal. My sister has presented a task for me to make a easier way of managing her upcoming ASB dance (for high school).
So they want a way to abandon paperwork and basically use student ID cards to log when the student check in and out of the dance. Thing is I dont know how to read the student barcode.
So basically can you help me out with this.
Thanks.
So they want a way to abandon paperwork and basically use student ID cards to log when the student check in and out of the dance. Thing is I dont know how to read the student barcode.
So basically can you help me out with this.
Thanks.
I suggest VB.net & The Cat (if they don't already have a barcode scanner)
All barcode scanners really do is read the barcode and convert them to keystrokes and then takes those keystokes "hhfygrtsjdhasl28432894" and converts them to numbers '223895" those numbers are then used for whatever.
If you get your hands on a CAT (free at radioshack {used to be, don't know if they still have them} then all you need to do is create some simple logic to handle how the cards are read.
We can help you, let me know and I will move it, if it has to be C++ , then I am sure these guys can help you as well.
Also, if they are using magnetic strip cards, You can get a really cool phone component that allows you to scan credit cards, it uses the audio input of the device, it is 100% free and when you sign up for Square on your android and/or their main site (free) they send it to you to accept credit cards from your android.
Concept is the same though, write a application that takes advantage of this magnetic card strip reader.
Either way, seriously this is the most basic logic you can do in development, similar to that of a POS, doesn't get much easier.
All barcode scanners really do is read the barcode and convert them to keystrokes and then takes those keystokes "hhfygrtsjdhasl28432894" and converts them to numbers '223895" those numbers are then used for whatever.
If you get your hands on a CAT (free at radioshack {used to be, don't know if they still have them} then all you need to do is create some simple logic to handle how the cards are read.
We can help you, let me know and I will move it, if it has to be C++ , then I am sure these guys can help you as well.
Also, if they are using magnetic strip cards, You can get a really cool phone component that allows you to scan credit cards, it uses the audio input of the device, it is 100% free and when you sign up for Square on your android and/or their main site (free) they send it to you to accept credit cards from your android.
Concept is the same though, write a application that takes advantage of this magnetic card strip reader.
Either way, seriously this is the most basic logic you can do in development, similar to that of a POS, doesn't get much easier.
Originally Posted by NexonShock
