Barcode Reading in Applications 1

[rajaulfat]

Hi!
Does any body out there knows that how i can handle a barcode reader for my vb application which is about a super store. The sales area of application will allow the user to scan the product, and on the basis of barcode scanned, product details i.e. price etc will be displayed.

Who ever knows please reply soon!

thanx

 

[johnwm]

If you have a serial barcode scanner then use the MSComm control. If it's a keyboard wedge type then put the input into a textbox.

You can generally set the scanner to send a code termination character (often carriage return) which you can look for to signal a good read.

From there it's a simple look-up into whatever database you have.

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