>I just got a requirement to "demonstrate" inputting data to a VFP application using a bar code reader ( by Friday). I am supposed to have someone show me how to install the reader so that shouldn’t be a problem.
>I need to scan a code and stick the data in a table.
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>Does anyone know where I could find an example of using VFP with a bar code reader? Any specific or general help or hints would be appreciated.
>Thanks,
>Sammie
Buy a barcode reader which is connected in series with your keyboard. To your program a barcode reader simply *IS* a keyboard!! So to be able to demonstrate, all you have to do, is buy it and connect it. It may require some tuning, but that's "piece of cake".