Silverlight and Scanning (Via TWAIN using Java Applet?)

11-05-2009 7:34 PM |

I am creating a Silverlight application that needs to communicate with a scanner (using TWAIN drivers).  I know Silverlight cannot do this directly, and I will need to use Java to interact with the scanner.  I don't want to use ActiveX because I need it to run on Macs and Linux machines.

So my question is, can I get a java applet to pass a scanned file to a Silverlight application?  Is this done using web services? javascript? Can anyone confirm that this is is possible and maybe point me at some information regarding how it could be done?

Re: Silverlight and Scanning (Via TWAIN using Java Applet?)

11-06-2009 10:46 AM |

The Silverlight app can use WebClient to download the file. This is asynchronous. System.Net.WebClient wc = new System.Net.WebClient(); wc.OpenReadCompleted += new System.Net.OpenReadCompletedEventHandler(wc_OpenReadCompleted); wc.OpenReadAsync(new Uri("http://localhost/filename.xxx")); void wc_OpenReadCompleted(object sender, System.Net.OpenReadCompletedEventArgs e) { // e.Result contains a Stream with the downloaded file. e.Result }

Re: Silverlight and Scanning (Via TWAIN using Java Applet?)

11-10-2009 5:43 PM |

Basically because our company doesn't have any java programmers, just .NET developers.  We were hoping to contract someone to do the scanning part in java. The scanning functionality is only a fraction of what our web application needs to do.

Anyway, I guess using javascript as a bridge sounds like an option.  I guess we just have to expose a method in our Silverlight application as Scriptable.

Re: Silverlight and Scanning (Via TWAIN using Java Applet?)

11-18-2009 9:40 AM |

I also have this kind of problem.

I have a task to develop a java application using the driver twain.

I want someone to help me.

How can I do this!

If someone see this, please send me a email at myskynim@yahoo.com.

Thankyou!