Would it be possible to use Pocket PC with Infopath to collect sig

[kfrost]

Hello,

I'm working on a bill of laden form with infopath. I was testing tabletpc
but they just weren't durable enough and were too bulky to carry around just
for a signature.

So now I'm going with a laptop mounted in a vehicle but I'm looking for some
way for a driver to get a signature that will allow them to leave the laptop
in the vehicle. I have looked at some signature pads but haven't tested
anything. I was wondering if it would be possible and feasible to use a
pocket PC to collect the signature and then via bluetooth or IR have the
signature uploaded to the original form on the laptop.

Any thoughts as to whether this would be possible?

Thanks.

P.S. The signature needs to be stored as an image in it's written form, not
converted to text which was one of the problems I was having with the tablet
PC.

 

[jeff]

How is this for a solution :
I have an ActiveX control that works within
IE on a Pocket PC. So if your pocket PC
has web access you can load the web page,
have the user sign on the pocket PC within
the browser, and transmit the signature back
to the web server. On the server the image
is received as an image and can be easily
stored in a database ( along with the date and time)
or converted back to an image.

To try it out on a pocket PC ( or within IE on standard windows machine
)
try
http://www.bennet-tec.com/WebSign/WebSignature.htm

If this looks interesting to you drop me a note directly

( Please include a copy of this post and your original note
as reference )



Jeff Bennett
Jeff @ Bennet-Tec.Com

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