On Tue, 15 Oct 2019 at 23:22, Peter Jakobsson via 4D_Tech < [email protected]> wrote:
> Hi > > Was wondering what technique people used for capturing scans into 4D. At > the moment I’m using a simple text field and the scanner simply ‘pastes’ > the code into the text field, but something a bit more sophisticated is > called for ideally where a scan can be “detected” by the 4D form even > though no text field may be present. (e.g. as one of a number of possible > form actions or as an alternative to a manual lookup of the product). > > Is anybody implementing such an approach ? What capture methods do you use > ? (The scanner is connected to the USB port, not the RS232 serial port). > > Best Regards > > Peter > > ********************************************************************** > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > Unsub: mailto:[email protected] > ********************************************************************** A barcode scanner is simply another input device, like a keyboard, so you’ll need to have a field or enterable variable selected in order to scan something. If you start typing on your keyboard when no enterable object is selected, it won’t capture your input. HTH Pat > -- ************************************************* CatBase - Top Dog in Data Publishing tel: +44 (0) 207 118 7889 w: http://www.catbase.com skype: pat.bensky ************************************************* ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
