>>i'm employed (govt). yes, we have a fingerscan machine that logs the time ins and outs of employees. i've created the daily time printing report! i haven't thought of directly linking the data to the payroll system. i'm not sure how to do that. our payroll system's in oracle.>>

Very nice, no need for you to design into a payroll since you have a better payroll solution, I think you can for other companies. Anyway just a few questions, does your figerscan machine have active x controls? One of our customers is willing to take our offer for a customized payroll system with scheduling. What im thinking is to implement an smart card time in & out. I have an smart card reader connected to my PC and trying to play around it. The card reader is a Gemplus,(actually its more designed to security authentication) i've tried to download some active x controls and doing a trial and error, this is an optional features as I'm thinking of using credit card with magnetic stripe and a barcode in Time In & out.

Any tip on the FingerScan Machine? Is it easy to use? Does it has any support and where to buy?

Thanks.