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PHP form requiring a hand written signature

Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 11:18 pm
by ridshack
Hi,

Im trying to figure out how to have a client using a tablet pc sign and have the image uploaded into a mysql field so I can put it back together with a PHP form for printing and archiving.

Any Ideas how I can approach this?

Thank you,

Ridshack

Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 12:26 am
by Christopher
You probably need to write some sort of client side application, in Java for example, that will capture the image from the tablet and post that image to the webserver.

Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 12:37 am
by ridshack
Thanks for the reply - Im scared of just that. I havnt a clue on how to do that. Still open to other ideas. Darn, you probably right.

Ridshack

Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 12:45 am
by Christopher
I would check with the tablet manufacturer to see if they have an automated/scriptable solution that will save the signature image to disk. From there you could probably handle the upload. You also might want to search on someplace like Freshmeat.net or Sourceforge.net to see if anyone has solved this problem already.

Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 2:05 am
by Chris Corbyn
Are you opposed to using Flash for this small part? There's a flash app called ffART which is for drawing pictures (similar to MS Paint -- although probably better :P). Take a look at least, it's might be suitable ;) Once drawn, the image is generated on the server.