Randy,

You don't need a program to read barcodes into your VFP app. All you need is a barcode wedge which plugs into your keyboard port and then your keyboard plugs into the wedge. Then when the user is ready to scan in a barcode they need to be in a Text or Memo field in order for the characters to get read into the keyboard from the wedge and barcode scanner device.

There are also serial port wedges as well but the keyboard scanner is the easiest to use. Now, if you are downloading data from a portable scanner then you might need to read it from a serial port or a keyboard wedge as well.


> Hi. I need to program a bar code scanner to read into my vfp application.

> Can a VB command (such as the following) be understood by VFP?

>> Declare Function cspGetBarcode Lib "csp32.DLL" (ByVal stBarData As; String, ByVal lgBarcodeNumber As Long, ByVal maxLength As Long) As Long

> If not, what do I do (to get the bar codes into my vfp app)?