RFID and VB.NET

1 Apr 2005 3:19 AM

kies

Hi all, I'm currently trying to create an application that make use of the
RFID technology and i'm not too sure how to get about using the RFID. I was
wondering if any of you guys know of any good reasources about using RFID,
like how do i capture the tag ID using the reader and passing it into my
application. Thanks.

1 Apr 2005 5:15 PM

Dick Grier

Hi,

This depends completely on the RFID vendor. They will have documentation
for their hardware, and will provide an API. There are no standards, AFAIK.

--
Richard Grier (Microsoft Visual Basic MVP)

See www.hardandsoftware.net for contact information.

Author of Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to Serial Communications, 4th
Edition ISBN 1-890422-28-2 (391 pages) published July 2004. See
www.mabry.com/vbpgser4 to order.

1 Apr 2005 6:55 PM

kies

thanks for your info..i'll go check out the documentation

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"Dick Grier" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> This depends completely on the RFID vendor. They will have documentation
> for their hardware, and will provide an API. There are no standards, AFAIK.
>
> --
> Richard Grier (Microsoft Visual Basic MVP)
>
> See www.hardandsoftware.net for contact information.
>
> Author of Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to Serial Communications, 4th
> Edition ISBN 1-890422-28-2 (391 pages) published July 2004. See
> www.mabry.com/vbpgser4 to order.
>
>
>