barcode

can i read and store barcode
in my database

The bar code itself, no. The bar code data yes.
A bar code will simulate the keystrokes on a keyboard.
i.e. if the bar code is 12345, then that is what it will read.

Hope this helps

RK

RK,

would you have a sample of the code or Access application
that'll read barcodes? Any idea where I can get one?

Thanks

-----Original Message-----
The bar code itself, no. The bar code data yes.
A bar code will simulate the keystrokes on a keyboard.
i.e. if the bar code is 12345, then that is what it will
read.

Hope this helps

RK
.

Your application as it currently sits will read a barcode.
If your system has the drivers etc. needed for the barcode
rreader, just put the cursor into the field where you want
the data to be entered and read the barcode. Play around
with the reader using something like notepad or word first
just to make sure it is working.

I have had to impliment bacodes with two different
applications and had to do virtually nothing to get it
working to input the data. Displaying the barcode on a
report takes a little more work, but that to can be done
with a host of ActiveX components. We used something
called WASP Barcode (www.waspbarcode.com I think) with
reports in one of the applications. The other application
simply read the barcode, but did not print them. Another
program called Bartender by Seagull Scientific
(www.seagullscientific.com) had done a fair amount a few
years ago that would allow you to send a shell command to
print barcodes directly from there program. I do not know
what the current program will do or if the even still
manufacture that program. The difference between these is
the WASP components were built in to the application,
Bartender is a stand alone program that would accept the
shell command, startup, print the desired labels, then
shut back down. Same result in the end.

Hope that helps!

Kevin
-----Original Message-----
RK,

would you have a sample of the code or Access
application
that'll read barcodes? Any idea where I can get one?

Thanks

-----Original Message-----
The bar code itself, no. The bar code data yes.
A bar code will simulate the keystrokes on a keyboard.
i.e. if the bar code is 12345, then that is what it will
read.

Hope this helps

RK
.

.

Thanks, Kevin.

What I need my application to do is to store barcodes of
books that I ship out to students. So, using a hand
scanner, I would want to, first, store the barcodes onto a
diskette to afterwards upload in my Access database. Does
this sound 'doable'?

-----Original Message-----
Your application as it currently sits will read a
barcode.
If your system has the drivers etc. needed for the
barcode
rreader, just put the cursor into the field where you
want
the data to be entered and read the barcode. Play around
with the reader using something like notepad or word
first
just to make sure it is working.

I have had to impliment bacodes with two different
applications and had to do virtually nothing to get it
working to input the data. Displaying the barcode on a
report takes a little more work, but that to can be done
with a host of ActiveX components. We used something
called WASP Barcode (www.waspbarcode.com I think) with
reports in one of the applications. The other application
simply read the barcode, but did not print them. Another
program called Bartender by Seagull Scientific
(www.seagullscientific.com) had done a fair amount a few
years ago that would allow you to send a shell command to
print barcodes directly from there program. I do not know
what the current program will do or if the even still
manufacture that program. The difference between these is
the WASP components were built in to the application,
Bartender is a stand alone program that would accept the
shell command, startup, print the desired labels, then
shut back down. Same result in the end.

Hope that helps!

Kevin
-----Original Message-----
RK,

would you have a sample of the code or Access
application
that'll read barcodes? Any idea where I can get one?

Thanks

-----Original Message-----
The bar code itself, no. The bar code data yes.
A bar code will simulate the keystrokes on a keyboard.
i.e. if the bar code is 12345, then that is what it
will
read.

Hope this helps

RK
.

.

.

All keyboard scanners, that plug inline with the keyboard should work fine. No special drivers are needed and most of the avaliable, normally used bar codes are built in to the scanner. No special programming on your part. The program just thinks that the keyboard input the data.

RK