Bar scan into access

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I am not familiar with bar code scanning but was wondering if it is possible
to scan with a bar code into access. What needs to done for this to work??

Picuturing that on the form when at that spot - take the barcode wand and it
will scan it into that given field???

Thanks,
Barb
 
babs said:
I am not familiar with bar code scanning but was wondering if it is
possible to scan with a bar code into access. What needs to done for
this to work??

Picuturing that on the form when at that spot - take the barcode wand
and it will scan it into that given field???
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Many barcode scanners work by plugging into the keyboard port so the scanned
"word" appears to the PC the same as if the characters were typed via the
keyboard. This means no special programing is required in your Access app.
Many scanners can be set up to include a <Tab> or <Enter> at the end of the
scanned data so that you just place the focus in the desired TextBox, scan
the barcode, and the data automatically is entered and the focus
automatically moves to the next field.
 
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