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Microsoft Point of Service for .NET v1.12

Microsoft Point of Service for .NET v1.12 has now been released and is available for immediate download at the Microsoft downloads site.

POS for .NET v1.12 has been updated to be fully compliant with the latest release of the Unified POS specification.  New devices that have been added includes:

·         Belt

·         Electronic Value RW

·         Gate

·         Item Dispenser

·         Lights

·         RFID Scanner

In addition the there is now support for encrypted MSR devices as well as some updates to the FiscalPrinter.

 - Sylvester

 

Posted: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 10:19 AM by posblog
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blackbart said:

Anybody happen to know of this version of POS will work with ClickOnce? I know that there are a bunch of people for whom ClickOnce compatibility would be a great benefit.

Thanks :)

# March 24, 2008 4:23 PM

posblog said:

ClickOnce is a deployment technology that allows ISVs to create self-updating windows based user level applications.   Applications that leverage POS for .NET may be deployed using ClickOnce technology on any system that already has POS for .NET pre-installed, such as WePOS or other systems where POS for .NET has already been deployed.  Because ClickOnces applications are intended to be fully self-contained and inherently isolated it may not be the best deployment strategy in some situations.  Specifically, ClickOnce cannot be used when:

• Components are installed in the Global Assembly Cache (GAC)

• Administrator access is required during installation

• Full Trust is required (except when installed from a CD) during installation

• Access to the registry (except for HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE when installed from a CD)

If an applications deployment requires the installation of system wide components, such as POS for .NET, then other deployment strategies are merited. As POS for .NET is installed in the GAC and is available for all users on a system, ClickOnce cannot be used for its deployment.

For more details on ClickOnce, please see:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vbasic/ms789088.aspx

- Sylvester

# April 3, 2008 11:31 AM

FrankPr's World of Devices said:

If you are building point of service systems, and you haven't noticed: we quietly released version 1.12

# April 7, 2008 7:15 AM

Pocket.Info - Mobile 2.0 said:

If you are building point of service systems, and you haven't noticed: we quietly released version

# April 7, 2008 10:04 AM

mcamail2002 said:

hi,

i have tried the following method inmy POS application but its returning "NULL" value. can you help me out what is going wrong?

***************

static string GetDeviceDisplayName(DeviceInfo device)

{

   string name = CombineNames( device.LogicalNames );

   if (name.Length == 0)

   {

       name = device.ServiceObjectName;

       if (name.Length == 0)

           name = device.Description;

   }

   return name;

}

**************************

Regards

Ravi

mcamail2002@gmail.com

# May 23, 2008 3:25 AM

blackbart said:

Thanks for the post about ClickOnce. The GAC issue is what I and others (from my headbanging posts on other forums a while back) were hoping would be resolved in some manner to allow POS for .Net apps to be distributed with ClickOnce.

Would you happen to know if the ClickOnce team is planning on adding a security level to permit access to the GAC or if the POS for .Net team is working on a alternate installation method?

Many thanks

# June 9, 2008 5:27 PM

posblog said:

You can install POS for .NET using a traditional installer.   POS for .NET includes a silent install mode.  To learn more, run the installer from the command line with the /? Option.

# June 10, 2008 11:40 AM
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