Peter, As Pat said a barcode scanner is nothing more than an input device so it operates like a keyboard. So an enterable text area is the easiest way to manage the input.
We do an awful lot of barcode processing in our EPOS app as well as in our main ordering system. It is about managing the focus of your text area whether it be visible of not, when you are in scanning mode. My advice is try not to complicate it. If there is a lot of things going on in your screen make the user make a conscious choice to go into or come out of scanning mode. Regards, Dougie ________________________________________________________ telekinetix Limited- J. Douglas Cryer Phone : 01234 761759 Mobile : 07973 675 218 2nd Floor Broadway House, 4-6 The Broadway, Bedford MK40 2TE Email : [email protected] Web : http://www.telekinetix.com <http://www.telekinetix.com/> ________________________________________________________ ********************************************************************** 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] **********************************************************************
