On Friday 12 August 2005 5:50 pm, Eko Budiharto wrote:
> Hi list,
> I just bought a barcode scanner and I would like to use to scan all
> products that I carry in my store. I am wondering which module from perl
> that I can use to access a hardware such as a barcode and then use it to
> scan the barcode of all products and retrieve the data that is matched with
> the number in the product. Do you mind if anyone can tell me which module
> that I use to access the scanner?
>
> I am looking forward to a favorable reply from you. Thank you.
Barcode scanners just read barcodes like a keyboard, the data is
just strings. They usually double up the ps2 port and show up to your
application just like keyboard input, so you simply read from stdin.
Scott
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