Re: Barcoding general question

From: Alex Feinman [MVP] (public_news_at_alexfeinman.com)
Date: 02/11/05 

Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 19:28:55 -0800

By reading the manual, I suppose 

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"Aaron" <ABieberitz@charter.net> wrote in message 
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> How would I know or check for that if that is the case with a
> particular scanner?
>
> On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 10:16:46 -0700, "Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" <ptobey no
> spam AT no instrument no spam DOT com> wrote:
>
>>Note also that many vendors have a way to wedging the scanned data into 
>>the
>>keyboard input stream, so you may not need an API at all.  You may not 
>>even
>>need to know that a scanner is connected to the device...
>>
>>Paul T.
>>
>><jaykchan@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>news:1108055522.100075.54320@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>>>> I have a client that wants me to add bar coding to his existing VB
>>>> .NET PPC 2003 app.  Since I've never done bar coding before on any
>>>> platform other than the Palm OS, can someone point me in the right
>>>> direction as far as what I need to do to read in barcodes, or what
>>>> components would be the best to use.  Tutorials and references would
>>>> be of great help as well.
>>>
>>> I am currently using Symbol PPT-8846 handheld barcode scanner with
>>> 32MB, WinCE, and .NET Compact Framework already installed. It has
>>> barcode scanning and wireless (802.11b) functionalities. Symbol comes
>>> with program library SDK to handle barcode scanning (among many other
>>> things) that you can download from their web site. I simplify one of
>>> their VB form in their basic sample program and use it in my
>>> application.
>>>
>>> Mine is Win CE, and you intend to use PocketPC 2003. You need slightly
>>> different software and library from what I need. I describe what I use
>>> anyway as a reference:
>>> -   Microsoft Visual Studio.NET 2003
>>>    It comes with .NET Compact Framework for SQL Server
>>>    I am sure you need this.
>>>    You need to purchase it.
>>> -   NET Compact Framework 1.0 SP2 Redistributable
>>>    (for changing background color of command buttons)
>>>    You may need this. I am not sure.
>>>    You can download it from MS web site.
>>> -   Windows CE Utilities for Visual Studio .NET 2003 Add-on Pack 1.1
>>>    You may or may not need this for PocketPC 2003.
>>>    You can download it from MS web site.
>>> -   Microsoft ActiveSync 3.7.1
>>>    You probably need this.
>>>    You can download it from MS web site.
>>> -   Symbol Mobility Developer Kit v1.1 for .NET
>>>    I am sure you need this.
>>>    You can download it from Symbol web site.
>>>
>>> Obviously, you may want to use a handheld from other vendor instead of
>>> the one from Symbol. In that case, you need to go to their web site to
>>> see if they have a SDK that you can download and examine.
>>>
>>> Jay Chan
>>>
>>
>