Re: Barcode scanning

["Tom McKeel " <tmckeel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We are using the dcServe product to interface to our BPCS 5.1.1 environment.
dcServe is a client/server application that has some components on the
AS/400 to interface to BPCS and others running on a Windows NT Workstation.
Under NT the product uses Microsoft SQL Server for a database.  You create
transactions in dcServe to perform the activities that you want to
accomplish.  I believe that you can create any transaction in dcServe that
BPCS can create.

Barcode transactions validate data against the in the SQL Server database
not the AS/400, but the SQL Server version of the BPCS database is kept in
sync with the BPCS database on the AS/400.   They do this through the use of
IBM's MQ Series and database triggers.  SSA Southeast is the creator of the
dcServe product.  They are headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina
(USA).

I am not affliated with SSA or SSA Southeast, just a user of their software.

-----Original Message-----
From: Tyler Moriguchi <tyler@uwajimaya.com>
To: BPCS-L <BPCS-L@midrange.com>
Date: Tuesday, April 14, 1998 2:04 PM
Subject: Barcode scanning


>
>Does anyone have any experience using a barcode scanning device for
>taking orders?  As a food distributor, we are looking for the capability
>of having our salespeople walk down the aisle of a supermarket and scan a
>shelf tag and enter the quantity of that item they want to order.
>So far, the only thing our SSA AE has suggested is a product called DC
>serve.  This product is actually designed for shipping but we figure that
>since it already has some interfaces with BPCS that it would be the least
>work to interface it with COM.
>Any thoughts?
>
>Tyler M.
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