We use a symbol SBT 1550 hand held device. I is a palm-compatible PDA
with the built-in bar code reader. I wrote a simple program in a
program called Tracer to read in inventory tags into a database and
then compare it to the master list in VFP and print out missing and
moved equipment reports. I am very pleased with the robustness of it.
W
--- Stephen the Cook <stephen.russell at adribbers D.OT com> wrote:
> MB Software Solutions wrote:
> > While at Disney/Universal Studios last week, I participated in a
> > survey where the
> >
> > person asked me a few questions from their handheld device and used
> > the stylus to
> >
> > pick the appropriate multiple choice answer as well as enter
> freeform
> > text too.
> >
> > A slick little app, and it looked good (read: visually appealing,
> > not your
> >
> > archaic looking LED crap). One person's device was a VIA handheld
> > (...couldn't
> >
> > find anything on a google search because of the name being weird)
> and
> > another
> >
> > person's handheld (different park, different day) was a Symbol
> > handheld.
>
> I have picked out a Symbol for my next project with my truck auction
> house.
> It has a barcode reader for reading the VIN off an asset. They will
> also
> use these in real time to capture asset being sold with the buyerID
> and the
> assetID being sold and the ending price of the auction. Others will
> be able
> to pull into their wireless devices the inventory they have purchased
> that
> day. Last item will be a portable kiosk of all items up for sale and
> info
> about them.
>
> I have heard from quite a few resellers that the Symbol products take
> a
> better beating. And for the barcode reader that is important.
>
> Doing anything in VFP on them is goig to be tough. You could use
> other
> environments for data if necessary, or do it all via web - West Wind.
>
> Stephen Russell
> S.R. & Associates
> Memphis, TN 38115
>
> 901.246-0159
>
>
>
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