I have a terminator which is a chr(13).
So, what getData returns is "1234chr(13)5678chr(13)".
Why is that happening? Is there a way to clear buffer or whatever completely to avoid that?

>Any chance of configuring the scanner to send a preamble and terminator on the scan string? Be easy to parse out multiple scans in that case.
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>>I am using a winsock OCX to receive data from a TCP/IP device with a scanner attached.
>>Here is my code to get data:
>>
>>*** ActiveX Control Event ***
>>LPARAMETERS bytestotal
>>LOCAL strData
>>strData = SPACE(255)
>>This.Object.GetData(@strData)
>>
>>I am checking bytestotal for every scan. While barcode has 5 chars I am recieving 12 sometimes and strData might look like this:
>>"abcde 12345"
>>
>>where abcde 12345 are two consecutive scans. Do I need to do some kind of buffer clearing or something?
>>
>>Thanks