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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 07/27/06 13:00
walterbyrd wrote:
> Peter Fox wrote:
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>>Or why not maintain the file at the server end without it being saved on
>>the user's computer?
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> It might help to know what I am trying to do.
>
> A very small warehouse just got a portable scanner. On recieving data,
> the data is scanned in, then the data from the scanner is transfered to
> a desktop PC. After the data is transfered to the PC, the user needs to
> update the online database with that data. The database is kept online
> because the clients need to view the inventory.
>
> The process needs to be simplified as much as possible because the
> warehouse workers are not that sophisticated with technology.
>
> I don't think the online system can directly access the portable
> device. Even if the device is connected, and ActiveSync is running. So
> there must be a temporary stage, where a file is kept on the desktop
> PC.
>
Quite simple,actually.
Most scanners use standard serial or keyboard interface. Simply read
the data in from the scanner and update the database directly. C/C++
would be good languages for this. Depending on the data and how you
need to handle it, shouldn't be more than a few hundred LOC.
Why do the intermediate step and complicate matters?
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