Re: Scanning pages through a form into a database

Thanks for the replies...

Ya know, by now I should have learned NEVER say anything should be "simple" in an Oracle product....... Even something as rudimentary as scanning in pages and stuffing them into the damn database.........

Well, looks like another job for the cheap Microsoft alternative!

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?
Received on Sat Nov 07 1998 - 01:56:39 CET