What program should i use to design employees' punch in/out time program?

What program should i use to design employees’ punch in/out time program?
We use a barcode scanner to detect our employees’ card…what program should i use?
php? foxpro (too old already?) ? VB 6.0?

Best answer:

Your best bet is php with a mysql database to hold the information.

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2 Comments for What program should i use to design employees' punch in/out time program?

  • 1. mike j  |  October 22nd, 2007 at 2:09 am

    VB 6 is probably the most easiest to use and design with but java is where everything is going in the future(5+ years). And with java you would be able to make it a web application, which is even better. Use JDeveloper to design programs in java.

  • 2. rod  |  October 22nd, 2007 at 2:51 am

    I used to work for a company who specialized in barcode applications. They designed them in BBX (a very old BASIC language) and I designed them in VB 6.
    Long story short, it doesn’t matter what programming language you use. Whatever you are comfortable with will work.
    The barcode scanner is just an input device, like your mouse or keyboard. The scanner itself will generally take care of any translation necessary.
    Basically you plug it in, open a simple text editor like Word or even Notepad and scan the barcode. It will print right to the text editor.
    So all your program has to do is read the signal from wherever you plug the scanner into the computer (comm port, PS2 port, USB port).
    So whatever program you are good with and can connect to a database…use it.

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