I recommend that you buy a scanner which is connected between your keyboard and your computer. Buy an intelligent one, they can read most standard barcodes automatically. And make sure that you get the manual, or that you can locate it on the internet for download.

Most scanner can be user configured in a lot of ways, but usually the default settings are OK. Among the things you can configure, is whether the scanner shall add Enter or not. Another useful feature which most scanner have built in, is that they can be programmed to add a character you decide before and/or after the scanned text. This means that you can look for this character in Keypress or Interactivechange and programmatically move the cursor to the editbox where you want the scanned text to be filled in. This means that you don't necessarily have to have the cursor in the correct editbox whem your users start scanning. To get this to work will require a little programming, but your customers will love it.


>Generally speaking, what's involved in setting up the scanner?
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>Also, I did a search on Amazon for used scanners. They come in all
>ranges of prices. I would only be using it for testing the app, so
>I don't need anything fancy. Any recommendations?
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>>Yes, it is that simple.
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>>>So you place the cursor on the field you want to recieve the barcode into
>>>and simply scan?
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>>>>Most scanners behave just like a keyboard, the scanner is simply connected as a second keyboard. So to use a scanner, you don't have to change a single line of code, unless you have some special need.
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>>>>>I should elaborate.
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>>>>>I'm looking for info on how to work with a barcode scanner in VFP 9.
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>>>>>>>Can someone point me to getting started with working with barcoding
>>>>>>>in VFP?
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>>>>>>Check How to use Barcode Fonts with FoxPro File #9901
>>>>>>For general info on barcodes, see at http://www.barcode-1.net/