Tony, How are you handling programming the barcode reader to include information about what the barcode belongs to? Or are you using it as an extended keyboard input?
On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 4:19 PM Tony Pollard via 4D_Tech < 4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > If you want the bar code scanning to be independent of where the user is > on the UI, then there is usually a serial port emulation available on USB. > GET SERIAL PORT MAPPING is useful for this on Mac. You can then run > serial comms in a separate process, which is handy if (for instance) the > bar code readers are RF and being used at a distance from the computer > (which also lets you run multiple scanners per computer). Or I’d guess > that there must be some IP wifi based bar code scanners out there by now, > so you could (presumably) simply do a TCP_Open. > -- Kirk Brooks San Francisco, CA ======================= *We go vote - they go home* ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **********************************************************************
