>>>Does anyone have any war stories they would like to share about
>>>interfacing a Bar Code Scanner to VFP 5?
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>>Well, it isn't a war story -- it just works. :-) I can't really give details, though, since I wasn't the one who bought it -- we use it to scan in UPC codes. It's all handled within the scanner itself -- we didn't have to write any special code.
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>>However, OLE for POS does support scanners, along with cash drawers, receipt printers, change machines, and several other neat things. The Application Programmer's Guide is on
under Industry Solutions:Retail & Distribution:For Developers Only.
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>I just did a VFP 3 program to track UPC codes in a warehouse setting. We found that 1 of the 5 scanners we were testing wouldn't work under ANY form of Windows, and another wouldn't work with Win95 because of their drivers. Check out the hardware with the manufacturer first.
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>The other 3 worked like a charm. The user hits the button, the UPC code pops into the appropriate textbox and the valid code fires. The end-user loves it and the guy in the warehouse says it's easier than the RF scanner -reader they were using earlier. We picked the one the warehouse-guy liked best and sent the others back.
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>Barbara
Hi Babara: So which particular 3 worked like a charm - ie: whose make & model? And which did the warehouse guy like best and why? This would really be helpful. I have also done some barcode in the past and may have some more coming up (inventory stuff). I have always liked the option for integrity of data input since my first go at it in 1985 using Worthington Data Systems (Santa Cruz) into a (dare I mention it) dBIII project. Thnx.
