Passport card scanner integration in >net project

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I want to integrate a passport card scanner to my project(desktop apllication). and collect details then save into databse(database is SQL).Interface: USB 2.0

is it possible in .Net? or need to use third party controll.
Please help me.

Posted 7-Dec-11 23:13pm

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Updated 8-Dec-11 0:05am

Karthik Harve

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[no name] 8-Dec-11 5:27am

The first thing you need to know is how to interface with the scanning device (COM, USB, Network etc.) and what information, and in what format, it provides.

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Ezra Neil · Answer 1 · 2011-12-20T19:51:00

You mentioned USB 2.0 interface so in this case most of the time you will need to use something like an API that is provided by the manufacturer. The quickest way would be asking your passport card scanner supplier for the Development Kit. If that is not possible then you could try looking on the internet for that particular model and hopefully the SDK is available.

This file that you need is usually a file with .dll extension and you probably need to use VB.NET interop classes to use it (just like using windows API like FindWindow, WriteProfileString, etc). Look for your API and then we can start from there.