Dear programmers, I want to build an application that will capture employee's record with their finger prints so that when an employee place his thumb on the machine, it brings out the info about such employee. Can I do that with C#? Then what are the prerequisites? Thanks.

You can do it with c#.
Finger print readers comes with APIs which you can use in .net

Ok. Thanks. where can I buy finger print reader in NG? Can I get it on Jumia or Konga?

Check www.alibaba.com

You can get a digitalpersona U4500 for about 25-27k. They have SDKs for many languages/platforms. It shouldn't be more difficult than building an ordinary desktop app, plus their api is really easy almost intuitive. Another one is VeriFinger whose SDK has generic api for many finger print scanners. The SDKs are in 2 categories, paid and free. The free one has limited functionality such as the size of your finger print database, fingerprint quality/resolution etc but you can still use it for recognition, capturing and validation/matching and generally getting a feel of the api.

Thanks for the info. But @bb6xt, can I get those devices in Nigeria and where?

Big Star: Thanks for the info. But @bb6xt, can I get those devices in Nigeria and where?

Over 1.7m candidates sat 4 the last JAMB UTME and every single one of them registered with a digitalpersona fingerprint scanner so it is definitely available in Naija. Nabteb uses SecuGen and other scanners. I know a friend who bought a new digitalpersona U4500 for 25k in Jos. So depending on ur location am sure u can find one easily. U may also enquire @ any cybercafe near u where JAMB reg was done 4 where 2 buy frm.

If you are staying in lagos,you can get digital personal finger scanner in computer village for #15,000 or #16,000, and it comes with its sdk. I think the latest version is U and U 5000.