Browser-based Document Scanning Application
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Hi everyone, I am working on a browser-based document scanning application for IE it is fine as we can do scanning through ActiveX or Add-ons etc but when it comes to modern browsers like latest chrome, firefox and edge it is very hard to call any .exe or other is related functions from client-side .. What is the option to invoke scanner from modern browsers and do necessary file I/o on client end... Please don't mention proprietary software I prefer to work with open-source solutions.. regard
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Hi everyone, I am working on a browser-based document scanning application for IE it is fine as we can do scanning through ActiveX or Add-ons etc but when it comes to modern browsers like latest chrome, firefox and edge it is very hard to call any .exe or other is related functions from client-side .. What is the option to invoke scanner from modern browsers and do necessary file I/o on client end... Please don't mention proprietary software I prefer to work with open-source solutions.. regard
Since there's probably a human required to "load the scanner", having the browser control the action doesn't seem to make a lot of sense. Every scan usually involves creating a file, which is what you should be interested in.
It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it. ― Confucian Analects: Rules of Confucius about his food
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Hi everyone, I am working on a browser-based document scanning application for IE it is fine as we can do scanning through ActiveX or Add-ons etc but when it comes to modern browsers like latest chrome, firefox and edge it is very hard to call any .exe or other is related functions from client-side .. What is the option to invoke scanner from modern browsers and do necessary file I/o on client end... Please don't mention proprietary software I prefer to work with open-source solutions.. regard
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Hi everyone, I am working on a browser-based document scanning application for IE it is fine as we can do scanning through ActiveX or Add-ons etc but when it comes to modern browsers like latest chrome, firefox and edge it is very hard to call any .exe or other is related functions from client-side .. What is the option to invoke scanner from modern browsers and do necessary file I/o on client end... Please don't mention proprietary software I prefer to work with open-source solutions.. regard
If your intending for a user to go to a third-party website and the site somehow controls a scanner they may or may not have, then that's a deadend. That goes against everything a browser is supposed to do. Your site should direct them to upload the scanned file, but the actual generation is in the users hands...obviously your site could provide guiding instructions. If your creating a scanner client and just want to use HTML for the interface, that's doable.
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Since there's probably a human required to "load the scanner", having the browser control the action doesn't seem to make a lot of sense. Every scan usually involves creating a file, which is what you should be interested in.
It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it. ― Confucian Analects: Rules of Confucius about his food
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Since there's probably a human required to "load the scanner", having the browser control the action doesn't seem to make a lot of sense. Every scan usually involves creating a file, which is what you should be interested in.
It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it. ― Confucian Analects: Rules of Confucius about his food
escorts ||
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Hi everyone, I am working on a browser-based document scanning application for IE it is fine as we can do scanning through ActiveX or Add-ons etc but when it comes to modern browsers like latest chrome, firefox and edge it is very hard to call any .exe or other is related functions from client-side .. What is the option to invoke scanner from modern browsers and do necessary file I/o on client end... Please don't mention proprietary software I prefer to work with open-source solutions.. regard
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If your intending for a user to go to a third-party website and the site somehow controls a scanner they may or may not have, then that's a deadend. That goes against everything a browser is supposed to do. Your site should direct them to upload the scanned file, but the actual generation is in the users hands...obviously your site could provide guiding instructions. If your creating a scanner client and just want to use HTML for the interface, that's doable.
Thanks for your reply, I am surprised to see replies, that document scanning is not possible from the client-side. well, it is for sure that secure browsers not allowing this access. But the question arrives here how can we enable a client-end document scanner to be accessed using the web, any new technology, way or possibility. Please share, regards
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Thanks for your reply, I am surprised to see replies, that document scanning is not possible from the client-side. well, it is for sure that secure browsers not allowing this access. But the question arrives here how can we enable a client-end document scanner to be accessed using the web, any new technology, way or possibility. Please share, regards
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Thanks for your reply, I am surprised to see replies, that document scanning is not possible from the client-side. well, it is for sure that secure browsers not allowing this access. But the question arrives here how can we enable a client-end document scanner to be accessed using the web, any new technology, way or possibility. Please share, regards
Well the other solution could be that the user installs a local piece of software, that in effect connects to a 'control' server and connects to the locally connected scanner. Then a separate web site 'could' send a message to the control server which then would tell the local software to act. But note that whole interaction makes no sense, far to much of the process is the user interacting with the physical scanner. So controlling 'remotely' via web sites doesn't help the process at all. Now if your actual concern is that the 'scanning, file, upload file to your site' etc process isn't as easy as it could be. Then yes I could understand that, but the solution would be a downloaded piece of software that interacts with all scanner types, scans and uploads the file to just your servers. I think most people hitting this concern have decided its better to educate (via the websites) the users on how to do the process rather than solve it with software.