As was said before, PHP cannot do anything on a different computer than the script is running. What might be the best option is to use PHP for the web-enabled interface and database manipulation and then create a simple VB/C++ microsoft GUI that would simply scan the document in, upload it and fire up MSIE to the webpage showing a list of "newly scanned documents".
Perhaps check out PHP-GTK for writing win32 GUI apps with PHP. -- Scott Hurring Systems Programmer EAC Corporation scott (*) eac.com -- "Todd Williamsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Luis, > > That is fine and dandy for anybody, but this needs to be idiot proof; > meaning he has a bunch of girls maybe high school kids working there doing > this stuff and if the wrong information goes into the wrong patients files > he could get his ass in a sling legally. > > You are right, re-writing a scanning program is the wrong way of doing it, > but there is a way to do an API call which would call the TWAIN32.dll file, > Photoshop does it, and most imaging applications do as well. Now, being > able to tie in the scanning application with this application looks like the > easy part, the hard part is getting those newly scanned files in a folder > where they belong and being automatically tied into the patient's > information is the hard part. > > I am thinking PHP isn't up to this task, and Visual Basic will be better > suited, damn I hate saying that! > > > > "Luis Ferro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > Hi there, > > > > For a complex task as such, and without needing to "rewrite" the wheel > > (that means write a new scanning program) i would use: > > > > a) a scanner that works in a networked environment and as the ability to > > send the scannings to emails (i remmeber that the network scanners from > > HP can do it - even if they are a bit weird to configure...) > > b) create either a global mail drop box to send all scanned documents to > > it or create a mail box for each patient... > > c) write a much simpler pop3/imap program to handle the archiving needs > > with a web interface... > > > > For scanning, the good doctor would only need to go to the scanner, > > place the document and press a button... in the scanner > > > > For archiving, he would just go to the site and place the newly scanned > > documents in the patient file... > > > > Cheers, > > Luis Ferro > > TelaDigital > > > > P.S.- warning... the HP net scanners are weird to configure as they > > require a domain to "distribute" the scannings and have some limitations > > with regard of the ip network settings of the scanning server and the ip > > of the scanners by themselfs. They must reside in the same net mask... > > which in large distributed networks is a no-no... apart from that, they > > work very well... > > > > > -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
