How to scan UPC barcodes and save them in the text file on the server?

[larwoman]

I need to create a process that would scan a bunch of UPC barcodes using handheld gun, convert them to strings of numbers, place them into a text file one UPC per line, save text file on a server.

I was not given a handheld yet so I don't know how handheld gun's hardware works.

Can somebody point me in the right direction, some articles/reading / ideas how I can approach this task?

 

[TechnicalSwordsman]

Most barcode scanners that I have used are plug and play and when you scan the barcodes, the data appears where the cursor resides; kind of like a keyboard. When you scan an item, it appears on a line and generally there is a return to the next line so that you can scan more data.

I believe once you scan in all of your data, you can just save the text file and then place it on your server. It is really as simple as that.

Some sites that show how a scanner works:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XzUALjtaRg&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9gAQa9Zm1k&feature=related