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#1

Hi, anybody knows how to create a button to run a scanner to scan a document on a form?

Thanks

#2

That won’t be easy as php is running on your webserver, not on your browser. So you should need a javascript solution. However security issues prevent you from doing it. If you search for document scanning within javascript you will get some options. But I think you will have to scan the document into a certain directory using a desktop application, then pick it up by an upload using scriptcase. Directly scan from a javascript might require java, activex, silverlight or flash. I suggest you start googling with that. I couldn’t find a suitable answer so far. One interesting link on first sight might be : http://www.chestysoft.com/ximage/javascript/activex-scan-upload.asp but this is a commercial product. I don’t know anything about it. Another one is : http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/45241/How-to-Scan-Tiff-and-PDF-from-the-Web Same issue, it requires a commercial part. Haven’t found open-source solutions.

#3

Plenty of thanks. I have searched for the same and found the following commercial site that can be used in php code. You can check the online demo http://www.dynamsoft.com/demo/DWT/online_demo_scan.aspx
Thanks anyways.

#4

Plenty of thanks. I have searched for the same and found the following commercial site that can be used in php code. You can check the online demo http://www.dynamsoft.com/demo/DWT/online_demo_scan.aspx and this free from sourceforge http://sourceforge.net/directory/os:windows/freshness:recently-updated/?q=twainx

Thanks anyways.

#5

The sourceforge item is nice, hadn’t found it and I should … So thanks for that, will be useful and I will try that one out. Still, it’s an activex component to be installed in your browser.

#6

We are needing the same feature. We will try all the above and report our findings.

#7

Thanks, hope can succeed in adding this feature.!!

#8

So far the Chestysoft solution looks most promising. Uses ActiveX so we are writing plugin for FireFox.

#9

I found a free online document scanning that can help users to scan while they’re using Scriptcase:
http://cumuluspro.com/en/

Thanks

#10

http://www.dynamsoft.com/Products/WebTWAIN_Overview.aspx
http://www.foxray.com/en/xbound-scan-client/web-scan-client.html