Web Application and image scanner

[Fabio C. Barrionuevo da Luz]

Hello Node and Javascript developers. 

Anyone know any alternative to client-side Java and Java Applets in a Web application to capture images from Network or USB scanner and send to server somehow (WebDAV, HTTP POST FILE, or other way)? 

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Fábio C. Barrionuevo da Luz
Acadêmico de Sistemas de Informação na Faculdade Católica do Tocantins - FACTO
Palmas - Tocantins - Brasil - América do Sul

[Aria Stewart]

On May 28, 02014, at 14:48, Fabio C. Barrionuevo da Luz <bna...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello Node and Javascript developers.
>
> Anyone know any alternative to client-side Java and Java Applets in a Web application to capture images from Network or USB scanner and send to server somehow (WebDAV, HTTP POST FILE, or other way)?

Chrome extensions can, unless you can deploy a thicker client app to the end-user.

To read from a network or USB scanner, you need lower-level access to the network or hardware than a web browser allows. This means Java, ActiveX, or a native app, or Chrome extensions (to get real sockets).

Node’s not much help unless you’re using it to develop a native app a la cloudup, or can run more than a browser.

Aria

[OldMster]

We use the Webtwain client side components for this.  Not free or open source, but we haven't found any that are.  Webtwain has been rock solid for us.

http://www.dynamsoft.com/Products/WebTWAIN_Features.aspx

Mark