POS for .NET
POS for .NET provides a class library for .NET developers to interract with peripherals typically found in the retail environment attached to Point of Sale, Self-Checkout, Kiosk, and ATM devices such as barcode scanners, magnetic stripe readers, cash drawers, etc. POS for .NET is based on the industry standard published by Unified POS (UPOS).
Announcements
What is POS for .NET 1.12?
Terry Warwick - MicrosoftMSFTWednesday, September 02, 2009 2:39 PMMicrosoft 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=enUseful 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
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New Blog: Interfacing with Biometric devices from POS applications
Sylvester-MSFTMSFTWednesday, September 23, 2009 4:29 PMNew Blog: Setting the BinaryConversions property for Legacy OPOS service objects (such as SigCap)
Sylvester-MSFTMSFTWednesday, September 23, 2009 4:39 PMA new team blog has been posted on 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)
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is this a bug for POS for .NET?
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.NET for POS Signature Capture Devices
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Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt.
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Scanner with imager support
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Need help with EPOS please
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how to print a Bill info with header Logo and Store info.
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POS Printer example in C# 2005
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Printing on Ithaca Receipt printer
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Implement Pole Display in DOS Mode in VB.NET
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Failed to open registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\POSfor.NET\ControlAssemblies (with Windows7)
Woodchux Monday, November 02, 2009 9:37 PM


