Scan A Paper Then Store In Database

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Hi There,

Currently I Am Working On A Software In Which I'd Have To Accept Data From A Scanned Paper And To Store It In Database With Using VB And Access.

And Please Let Me Know If VB Is Convenient For This Software Or Not.

So , For This I Need Some Help.

Please Help Me.

Thanks,
Priya

Posted 6-May-10 19:45pm

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PabloGonzalez · Answer 1 · 2010-05-06T20:31:00

Hi!
If using VB, the best way to do the job is through a ActiveX control (there are plenty out there like: http://www.brothersoft.com/scanner-activex-control-34972.html). That way you can avoid to deal with low-level calls to the TWAIN API (www.twain.org).

Also, I wouldn't store the scanned paper in an access database, that takes too much disk space! I'd have the scan image file saved on disk and only store the path to the file on the database. I tried that once a lot time ago, I really don't know how newer versions of Access will behave.

VB is ok is you only want to get the data and store it somewhere, but if you need to do some extra processing, better use another language (c++ being the ideal tool for the job) :)