I need to produce a program that would process/read a magnetic stripe card within a windows kiosk environment and would prefer doing this in C or C++.
Could someone suggest pointers/recommendations about where one should start?
stockton
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Jump to PostDepends on how the card reader is attached to the computer. If its attached to a COM port then use MS-Windows communications functions.
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Ancient Dragon
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Depends on how the card reader is attached to the computer. If its attached to a COM port then use MS-Windows communications functions.
stockton
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I suspect that it is connected via USB.
I have asked my user to check and await their reply.
Ancient Dragon
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I've never tinkered with usb so I don't know the answer to your question. The ones I have used were connected to COM port.
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it could be connected to the computer via a USB port but even though that device is physically using the usb port it could be functioning as a virtual com port. If it is you can use any serial port library that is compatible with windows to read the data that is on the magnetic strip.
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