Serial port stuffing to keyboard buffer

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Simon

Is there a little util out there that will stuff the input from a serial
port into the keyboard buffer. This is to allow automatic data acquisition
without having to type it in. I don't know enough about VB, if I did I'd
write my own.
 
Simon said:
Is there a little util out there that will stuff the input from a serial
port into the keyboard buffer. This is to allow automatic data acquisition
without having to type it in. I don't know enough about VB, if I did I'd
write my own.
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I don't know that this would be easy in VB, I think you would need a
keyboard hook function, and I'm not sure that's doable in VB. :)

There are a number of commercial programs that do this, and you can
also buy hardware that connects between your computer and the
keyboard, and has a serial port attached. But I'm not aware of any
freeware to do it. Too bad, I could use something like this as well.

Terry
 
Terry said:
I don't know that this would be easy in VB, I think you would need a
keyboard hook function, and I'm not sure that's doable in VB. :)

There are a number of commercial programs that do this, and you can
also buy hardware that connects between your computer and the
keyboard, and has a serial port attached. But I'm not aware of any
freeware to do it. Too bad, I could use something like this as well.
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Forgot to mention -- if you go searching for this stuff, this
software/hardware is often known as a "wedge" (because an early
hardware device used that name). It's a good search term.

Terry
 
I've found CPS Plus
from
http://home.blic.net/ljube/

Free for 40 days

from website
"CPS Plus serial data acquisition software enables serial devices like bar
code scanners, magnetic stripe readers, gages, electronic scales, sensors,
laboratory instruments and modems to communicate with any Windows
application. CPS Plus will accept data from almost any serial device
operating via RS232 port and convert the data to keystrokes. This allows
data to be entered directly into any Windows application just as if it was
being typed in using a keyboard. CPS Plus is designed to read and buffer
data from up to 8 com ports simultaneously. "
 
Simon said:
I've found ... <snip> ...
Free for 40 days
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Yes, but this is alt.comp.freeware. As I said, there are a number of
commercial programs to do this. Many of them have time or function
limited demos.

Terry
 
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