Barcodes scannes and Access 2000

[DUF]

Hi,
On a form in Access 2000 I have a textbox which recives the input from a barcode scanner. It is reading EAN 13 barcodes and it workes ok on must scannes BUT when there the barcode startes with a zero it will drop the zero and only 12 numbers appere in the textbox.I have tryed different formats for the textbox but it still dropes the laeding zero.
Can anyone help me with this???

thanks

duf

 

[DougP]

YES
your barcode field in the Table is set to Number
change it to "TEXT" DougP, MCP

 

[DUF]

Hi,
Thanks for the reply but it is already set to text.
any further ideas????

thanks

dufy

 

[Gelu]

Hi,
It should be no reason to have this beahaviour with TEXT control in ACCESS or other VBA.
Are you sure that you have loaded in your variable the right string ?

Regards,
Gelu

 

[DougP]

Try scaning the barcode into Notepad.
Is this a leading 0 ?
0123456789012

If the zero is not in Notepad then it is your scanner. DougP, MCP

 

[DUF]

Hi,
Thanks for the reply I scaned it into notepad and it droped the zero, my scanner is new by Metrologic called Voyager I have checkes in the manuel to make sure that the EAN format is enabled which it is. I dont know where to go from here?

May be you could help me on another matter I am trying to send a report from Access 2000 to an epson TM-88i printer but it is printing very slow The driver i am using i ver 4.00 Universal printer driver downloaded from espon web page. Is there any way I can speed up the printing????


thanks

Duf

 

[ajfedde]

Duf,

In regard to the Metrologic issue, please go to

http://www.metrologic.com

and click on Support. You should be able to get free tech support from Metrologic.

In regard to the printer issue go to the technical support page for the TM-88I product at

http://pos.epson.com/pointofsale/technicalsupport.shtml

I hope this helps.

Audra