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  1. Jul 29th, 2003, 01:26 AM #1
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    Magnetic Strip

    Hello ,

    i need information about magnetic strip.
    i am developing a ID Card designing software which will design ID Card , implement barcode and magnetic strip .
    Now only magnetic strip is left.
    Just now i don't know what it is and how to do it.

    queries:::
    1) what is magnetic strip
    2) How do i integrate it in my software.
    3) how to print , encode on magnetic strip from Visual Basic..


    thanks for reading and answering

    Khurram
    lets try it out
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  2. Jul 29th, 2003, 04:04 AM #2
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    You need special hardware to read/write magnetic strips.

    If you buy the hardware you should get with it the code you need to interact with it.

    No idea where you would buy them from though...
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  3. Jul 29th, 2003, 05:22 AM #3
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    what would i have to do for hardware from my vb application so that on a specific location of the card i could print magnetic strip...
    i mean what i will to do, so that when my client gets hardware my app should be able to work with it....

    i hope u will get what i want to convey.

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  4. Jul 29th, 2003, 05:43 AM #4
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    it all depends on the specific hardware you get.

    if you know what hardware they will use, contact the company that sells it, and ask them (or just look at their web site). if not, just find out what's available & get info on that.

    you should really get the hardware yourself too so you can test, otherwise you could spend months getting it to work.
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  6. Jul 29th, 2003, 06:08 AM #5
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    thanks si_the_geek

    i think my client already got one but he is in canada and i am in pakistan is there any way out .......

    thanks
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    find out what they've got.

    then get one yourself (there might be a developer version, which includes code samples & cards to test with).
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    but si_the_geek
    my client have to further sell this software , it must be on standards whatever hardware comes it must take its driver and use it.... for printing like for printer we do...

    isn't it be so...


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    in that case you'll have to search the web for sellers of the readers/writers, and find out what you need to do for each.

    You might be lucky & find that they all use the same code, but I doubt it.
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    it is always a good idea to plan out a project before you start it to make sure all aspects that you intend to complete can be done. Personally I would have looked into an ID card system before writing software to interface with it. Just a little advice, not trying to bash your project.. actually sounds like it will be pretty neat when you complete it
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    Re: Magnetic Strip

    You need a card encoder program and device. They will run you close to $1000.
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    Re: Magnetic Strip

    I sure hope he isn't still working on this project
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    Re: Magnetic Strip

    Quote Originally Posted by kleinma
    I sure hope he isn't still working on this project
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    Re: Magnetic Strip

    Quote Originally Posted by DL1600
    You need a card encoder program and device. They will run you close to $1000.
    No, it wont cost that much

    What you need to do is get one magnetic stripe encoder and magnetic stripe swipe reader. the reader will cost approximately USD 50 and the encoder will cost around USD 500.

    You dont need to do any special program for the reading from the magnetic stripe, if you install the drivers, it will take care of the input. the only thing in the program what you need to do is format the input string, which will have all your stored information in one string.
    If an answer to your question has been helpful, then please, Rate it!

    Have done Projects in Access and Member management systems using BioMetric devices, Smart cards and BarCodes.

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