Hi,

Einars suggestion sounds good. But you could also just check the number of characters present in the TextChanged event and only react when the expected number are present.

>I am tasked with developing an app that scans in barcodes.
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>I placed a textbox on a form and put
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>MessageBox.Show(textBox1.Text);
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>in the textBox1.TextChanged event. When I scan, as soon as the first number enters the textbox, the even fires. How do I scan in the whole barcode?
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>Thanks