Capturing a signature

recording a sig from a touch screen

[kronos_p2p]

Hey everyone, I'm working on a PHP-based web site right now, and I have to collect a signature from a client when I close a work order. Now the techs carry with them cell phones that act like palm pilots, integrated with computers, screen you can write on with a pen, browser, etc... well, I want them to use the browser on their device to access the site, make the client sign on it, and record it on the site in the database. does anyone know how to do that? Or more generally, to communicate with a "touch" screen through a web site? Thanks!

[carneddau]

This is more of a client side issue than a PHP one. This all depends on the browser/signature capture software, can you provide any more details about it?

[stargeek]

wow yeah, I'd love to hear how this could work with PHP is sounds quite interesting.
What about even a flash "touch screen" that lets users authenticate with a mouse-drawn sig?

[kronos_p2p]

It uses a Audiovox Thera with Windows for PocketPC and IE. I was thinking of a "box" made in PHP which captures an event kinda like MouseOver or something and change the pixel from white to black... but would it be fast enough to get the whole sig? And I don't think PHP could do it...

[mykel79]

I don't think PHP is the right language for this. Like carneddau said, this is a client issue. PHP runs on the server, can do lots of cool things, but the final result is a normal webpage sent to the user. It can't read a signature.
MousOver is in Javascript, which runs on the client side.