scan through webpage

You would have to upload the document to use an actual scanner on the server side. I'm assuming you're talking about optical scanning ...

To make it clear, I want clients to scan their documents in their local and then transfer to the server and not vice versa.

so I am asking the solution at client side and not server side.

thanks.

Yes, i understand that. From the client's point of view, it's file upload.

You need to get something like a servlet at the other end to invoke the hardware, then send the image back to the client

is there any solution using flash or java applet?

>>This isn't possible from directly within a standard HTML/js page - js has no permissions to access peripherals like scanners.

As i understand it, actonwang doesn't want to access peripherals at the client, so that's academic

CEHJ,  i don't have this limitation and welcome any open ideas. but preferablly on java/flash/applet but any other .net or other solutions are also welcome since I want to get some picture what people are using/doing.

>>CEHJ,  i don't have this limitation and welcome any open ideas.

If you mean it's OK to run at the client, then you need to have ALL clients equipped with a scanner that can be accessed with an api from client-side *signed* code. That would be a tall order normally...

thanks,

can anyone give an real life example or some sites which are actually using the technology? does it have to tie with specific scanner hardware?

thanks. guys