I have a project where I use a bar code scanner for customer number. Here's the problem:

When I scan the number, the scanner beeps, but I have to hit the enter key or the tab key for the process to execute. Does anyone know a way to determine that the scanner has read the number, so I can kick off my process automatically without any keyboard interaction?

Thanks in advance!

Kevin

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Thanks anyway guys. I got it figured out.

Kevin

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Could you please let me know what you did to solve this. I'm tring to do the same thing.

Thanks,
Corinne

The scanner should send an end character of some kind, like a LF or CR. To see what your scanner is sending, create a VB exe, put two text boxes on it.

Then create:

Private Sub Text1_KeyDown(KeyCode As Integer, Shift As Integer)
    Debug.Print KeyCode
End Sub

Run it and put the focus in the first text box. Scan an item. The Debug window will show the ascii characters received. The end character is the last one, probably = 10 or 13.

The reason for two text boxes is in case the last char is 9 - a tab. In that case, the second text box will have the focus once the scan is finished.



- Matt H
- http://blackbeltvb.com

Corinne,

The way that I solved it was, with the scanner, there were different kinds of barcodes that it was capable of scanning, along with whether or not you wanted a carriage control, enter or tab code added to the end of the scan. Check the documentation for your scanner, it may have what you need.

Kevin


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