VB6 & IR interface

[themaj]

I need to write a program in VB6 that allows me to communicate with an IR device to read barcodes. Is this something that would be difficult or is there some existing code I could modify? Thanks.

 

[HarleyQuinn]

Do you just want to receive the input from the barcode scanner?

I've done some barcode reading stuff using handheld readers and the input is just like handling a keyboard input i.e. if you are in a textbox and scan a barcode then the barcode's value is written to the textbox.

I'm not sure of the scanner etc. that you're using but that's how all scanners that I've ever used worked.

Cheers

HarleyQuinn
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[macleod1021]

I've worked with a lot of barcode scanners and they all translate the barcode at the hardware level. When it hits the computer it comes in on the same interrupt as the keyboard and is human readable.

If you're trying to go the opposite way and write a program that will actually control the scanners EPROM, you'd need to go to a lower level language.