There is an old inititive out there called OPOS wich is intended for communication between a POS and different hardware. When I worked with POS-applications(a couple of years ago) we used OPOS to communicate with printers, cash drawers, customer displays etc. Microsoft, IBM, Epson and a lot of diffrent companys stood behind this, but that was in the late -90's, early -00's. It might be worth to investigate if it still can be used and have evolved.

well. Im not stuck on the idea that it has to be web based..but I did want to use the visual benifits that FLASH can give me for this application...therefore I need to create other components (.DLLs for example) that I could control (send and recieve data) through my FLASH and save into a database for inventory, statistics and other information.. Im interested in the DLLs that can recieve and send info to the cashier, so that my web interface can know when the register is open or closed...or..so that I can OPEN the cashier through my FLASH movie.. With this I can save a log in my database of when and by who the register was opened..(I would have a previous login) X-ZD Designs

Your question is wide open, a good place to start is... OLEDB provider for DB2. See Microsoft Host Integration Server - Using the OLE DB Provider for DB2. ODBC. See Microsoft Host Integration Server ODBC Drivers Ian Mariano - http://www.ian-space.com/ "We are all wave equations in the information matrix of the universe" - me

Not sure what your question is. If you are asking what language that is, then it is JScript on the server side. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Brian Welsch wrote: "blah blah blah, maybe a potato?" while translating my Afrikaans. Crikey! ain't life grand?

-Open the VB6 IDE -in the new project screen choose ActiveX DLL -in the class module you can write your functions , subs just as you make in VBScript. register the DLL and call it from the ASP. create it using Server.createObject

That answered my question. Thanks Nick. Jon X-ZD Designs

wow. great job. That info was really useful. But considering that Im am kinda of new to the subject...I still have a couple of questions: What Im trying to do is create an application (or if you know where I can find one) that reads from a GSM modem or a phone conected to one of my serial ports. I need the application to have a routine where it reads the SMS from the phone, saves the information into a Database, and erases these SMS. I also need to be able to send messages depending on the information saved into my database. From what I understand, your application reads the information from the phone...but does it have a way of procesing it?? X-ZD Designs

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In ASP it would be easy, just call VBScript's Now() function and you'll get it :) Philip Patrick Web-site: www.stpworks.com "Two beer or not two beer?" Shakesbeer

You might want to check out the FileSystemObject. Here is a link to an MSDN article. http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/script56/html/jsFSOTutor.asp[^] Mark Sanders sanderssolutions.com

Suggestion taken. Site Fixed. 300x580 pop-up. It was actually a code error, because I was using the chromeless frame from www.microbians.com and I thought it was working fine in all browsers. Thanks guys, cya Jon GET TO KNOW ME