POS for .NET

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• What is POS for .NET 1.12?

  Terry Warwick - MicrosoftMSFTWednesday, September 02, 2009 2:39 PM
  Microsoft Point of Service for .NET v1.12 (POS for .NET) is a class library that enables POS developers to apply Microsoft .NET technologies in their products. It provides a simple and consistent interface for .NET Framework applications to interact with POS devices, in compliance with the UnifiedPOS standard (aka UPOS). In addition, it provides windows plug and play (PnP) support. There are thirty-six classes of POS peripherals supported including cash drawer, receipt printer, barcode scanner, magnetic strip reader (MSR), line display, RFID, Biometric, Belt, Check Scanner, Fiscal Printer, Electronic Journal, Image Scanner, Item Dispenser, Magnetic Ink Character Recognition Reader (MICR), PIN Pad, signature capture device, etc. In addition, POS for .NET supports many legacy devices where OPOS service objects are available.
  
  

  POS for .NET 1.12 Download page:
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=eaae202a-0fcc-406a-8fde-35713d7841ca&displaylang=en  

• Useful Resources for POS for .NET Developers

  Terry Warwick - MicrosoftMSFTTuesday, August 25, 2009 6:02 PM

  • ·     POS for .NET 1.12 Download page:
    http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=eaae202a-0fcc-406a-8fde-35713d7841ca&displaylang=en  

    ·     Team Blog:
    http://blogs.msdn.com/pointofservice/  

    ·     POS for .NET Forum:
    http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/posfordotnet/  

    ·     Usenet Newsgroup: (microsoft.public.windows.embedded.pointofservice)
    http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/list/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.windows.embedded.pointofservice  

    ·     MSDN Documentation:
    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb848020.aspx  

    ·     Sample Scanner (TechEd 2008 HOL)
    http://blogs.msdn.com/pointofservice/attachment/8590083.ashx  

    ·     Unified POS specification:
    http://www.nrf-arts.org/UnifiedPOS/default.htm  

    ·     Common Control Objects (OPOS):  
    http://monroecs.com/oposccos.htm

    Blog Articles

    ·         Setting the BinaryConversions property for certain legacy devices:
    http://blogs.msdn.com/pointofservice/archive/2009/09/18/setting-the-binaryconversions-property-for-legacy-opos-service-objects.aspx
    This may be helpful for those that need to interface with SigCap devices (such as Ingenico)

    ·         New Blog: Interfacing with Biometric devices from POS applications
    http://blogs.msdn.com/pointofservice/archive/2009/09/23/interfacing-with-biometric-devices-from-pos-applications.aspx

     

• FREE 4GB USB Memory Stick

  Terry Warwick - MicrosoftMSFTFriday, January 08, 2010 12:59 AM

  Microsoft would love to hear about your use of POS for .NET.  We would like to learn how you are using POS for .NET in the solutions you are building for your customers.  Please share your story with us by emailing POS4NET@microsoft.com. 

   

  The first 50 respondents who provide a summary of their use of POS for .NET as well as valid contact information, including email, phone and address will receive a FREE 4GB USB memory stick.