Re: Scanning pages through a form into a database

[Quoted] Forms does not have a built-in ability to interact with a scanner.

I have not come across an add-in that will work with forms in such a manner.

(/If I could could come up with another ryhme, this could be a poem/)

www.kofax.com is one of the best solutions for your needs, though there are others.

I have munged together a rudimentary scanning solution, w/scanning software that came with the scanner, and forms built-ins, however this solution is not vary practicle.

Another thing you should be aware of: Forms doesn't support multi-page tiffs, and has a limit of 64k when working with tiffs.

For these reasons, forms is not a viable for an imaging solution.

(An associate of mine told me that Oracle support suggested using JPG format for an imaging solution w/forms. Because of this, I spent many hours trying to convincing him how bad of an idea that is. The worst part is that I suspect he still doesn't believe me. :-| )

In article <Ecu02.69$pp4.33_at_news.cwix.com>, <dperez_at_juno_nospam.com> wrote:
>I want to do something that should be reasonably simple, but I figure I'll see
>how others have done this before I do...
>
>I want to create a database with the ability to retrieve images by a variety of
>criteria. I'm using 8.0.3 for the database. Should I use one of the context or
>spacial or whatever options for this database?
>
>I want to load the database by scanning the pages through a standard
>Twain-compliant scanner. I want to display the page on my form, and let the
>user specify reference information about the content of the image. Then stuff
>it into the database...
>
>I can define the database and stuff, but how do I hook the scanner to the form?
>
>
>

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