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BrownAsakpa
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 How to make my VB.Net application communicate with a barcode scanner
VB.NET, VB.NET 2008
Good day! Please i need your assistance as i am trying to achieve a goal. I am designing a POS application using VB.Net 2008 and really need the barcode scanner to be integrated but i dont know much about barcode and so i dont have any idea of the sourcecode to write. Kindly help me please.

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ASKED: January 20, 2012  11:47 AM
UPDATED: February 28, 2012  11:21 AM
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The scanner should come with some documentation, which should help you get started. For most scanners you just need to set focus to a text field, and the scanned text will be automatically copied into that text field without any intervention from the application.
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Please i dont get you yet. Are you saying all i need to do is install the scanner and then place my cursor on the textbox i want the scanned value to appear and it just appear? nothing more than that? kindly respond please. Thanks

BrownAsakpa
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Yes, that’s what I said.

That’s the way most scanners work nowadays.

carlosdl
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Here is a article about implementing barcode reader into vb.net application. check it!

deanco
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