The fingerprint reader may have software that has COM capabilities too. So you might be able to use a COM call to the software to get the fingerprint ID (big huge "password" mentioned) that it generates. Reading directly from the device would probably mean writing a custom driver since even if you can connect directly to the bus, you gotta know what to do with the data coming in and out of it. Seeing as it's a Microsoft USB fingerprint reader, there's a halfway decent chance that the included software (or some similar third party app or plugin) has COM capabilities. -TG = = = Original message = = = On 5/31/05, Joe Harman <cjharman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Has anyone out there found a way to get information from a USB device > running on their computer... what i am trying to do is retrive the > fingerprint ID that the Microsoft USB fingerprint reader returns for a > finger print and put it in a webpage form??? > > There has to be a way to do it... > > -- > Joe Harman > --------- > Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path > and leave a trail. - Ralph Waldo Emerson > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > AFAIK, the fingerprint reader acknowledges the fingerprint is correct, then inputs some HUGE password into the form, and if it isn't correct, it doesn't put the password in..... So is what you are doing really needed? If so, I'd look into a browser plugin...this isn't something PHP can do.... -- PHP rocks! "Knowledge is Power. Power Corrupts. Go to school, become evil" Disclaimer: Any disclaimer attached to this message may be ignored. However, I must say that the ENTIRE contents of this message are subject to other's criticism, corrections, and speculations. This message is Certified Virus Free -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php ___________________________________________________________ Sent by ePrompter, the premier email notification software. Free download at http://www.ePrompter.com. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
