How to lauunch the scanning process?

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jphilve
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How to lauunch the scanning process?

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Hi all,

I am developping a Web applicaytion with php/mysql.The OS on the server is Windows 2003,and all the clients have Windows XP on their machine,and I have this requirement:
On the client(user) of the Web application,there is a scanner which
is connected to the client machine and when the user puts a document (such as a paper containing text and images) on the surface of the scanner, he can click on a button on a form of the Web application and this click must trigger the scanning process and the file resulting of the scanning must be placed in a folder of the client machine (let's say this folder is D:\Images).
I don't know how I can implement this.
Please , how can I solve this problem?
Thanks you in advance for your answers.
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Re: How to lauunch the scanning process?

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Cannot be done in PHP. If the users are browsing with IE then you can might be able to use some JavaScript magic or ActiveX control.


This is a job for a client-side application.
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