Hi Bob:

Thanks for you input.

The owner who hired me gave the POS cash register and handheld w/scanner parameter. The other requirement was a simple inventory - what was purchased and sold, how many, and unit price.

Mal

>>The handhelds are for the sales data collection only. Finalizing a sale will be done on the hardwired(ethernet) cash register workstation - along with the beginning/end of day reconciliation. As mentioned in my first post, the cash register will use a sales number generated by the handheld (or application running on the server) to bring up the sales information to finalization.
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>Malcolm,
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>I saw some neat technology over the holidays while shopping at Walmart. I don't know anything about cost or availability but it did what you're looking for without a handheld display unit. A salesperson came up to my shopping basket, while I was still way back in the line, scanned all my items and handed me a credit card that had been loaded by the scanner. At the register, the clerk scanned the card and the sale data was automatically transfered to the register.
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>Is your customer driving the requirement for handhelds or are they there just because their possible? Sometimes we tend to let flashy technology overcome our better judgement.