I'm guessing he's using one of those "keyboard wedge" (?) kind of scanners, no button is needed to launch.
The cursor is in a field, you run a scanner and it puts it right in the field, so nothing needs to be initiated. I don't use the keyboard scanners, just batch-type of scanners. In that case, as you are suggesting, the scanner also brings in a date/time field which I store in another column so I am able to tell whether data came in via scanner or not Karen -----Original Message----- From: Bruce Chitiea <[email protected]> To: rbase-l <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, Mar 7, 2017 4:56 pm Subject: Re: [RBASE-L] - Typed versus Scanned FWIW: Speaking out of near total ignorance here, it strikes me that this information might be captured at data-input time. Presumably there's a button pushed to initiate a routine which launches the scan and capture. Might not a column be added <wherever> to capture the fact that a scan was performed for this/these particular piece/s of data? Might this value find its way into a form variable text control displaying the scanned/typed status of the adjacent data value? Bruce Chitiea SafeSectors, Inc. 909.238.9012 Mobile ------ Original Message ------ Sent: 3/7/2017 5:28:04 AM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Typed versus Scanned From: "Richardson, Jeff" <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Cc: I want to be able to tell if a value has been scanned (using a bar code scanner) or typed (using the keyboard) into a form's variable memo field upon exiting the said field. Does anyone have a method to make this determination that they'd generously like to share with me? Thanks in advance. Jeff Richardson Charleston, WV ATTENTION: This message and all attachments are PRIVATE, and may contain information that is CONFIDENTIAL and PRIVILEGED. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender by reply e-mail and delete the message immediately. To unsubscribe from marketing and sales emails, please reply unsubscribe in the subject line. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBASE-L" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBASE-L" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBASE-L" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
