C#

// First we set the config variables as to what the barcode variables will be
private static string ConfigBarcodePreSuffix = "@";
private static int ConfigBarcodePreSuffixTimes = 2;

// Set the form variables so we can capture whats going on
private static string Scanned_BarcodeText = ""; // Will hold the final barcode value
private static bool Scanned_BarcodeBeingScanned = false; // Will hold a bool value so we know we scanning the barcode
private static int Scanned_PreSuffixFoundTimes = 0; // How many times have we found this presuffix

private void frmEventTicketVerify_KeyPress(object sender, KeyPressEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.KeyChar.Equals(ConfigBarcodePreSuffix))
    {
        // This is the character were looking for so lets find out if its the start or end
        if (!Scanned_BarcodeBeingScanned)
        {
            // We have not started scanning the barcode so lets see if we hit it
            if (Scanned_PreSuffixFoundTimes == ConfigBarcodePreSuffixTimes)
            {
                // This is how many times they are looking for the prefix so lets start the barcode
                Scanned_BarcodeBeingScanned = true;
            }
        }
        else
        {
            // This is the ending of the barcode
            if (Scanned_PreSuffixFoundTimes == ConfigBarcodePreSuffixTimes)
            {
                // This is how many times they are looking for the prefix so lets start the barcode
                Scanned_BarcodeBeingScanned = false;
            }
        }
        // Move the prefix count up
        Scanned_PreSuffixFoundTimes++;
    }
    else
    {
        // This wasnt the key we were looking for so lets reset it
        Scanned_PreSuffixFoundTimes = 0;
    }

    if (Scanned_BarcodeBeingScanned)
    {
        // We are still inserting text from the barcode, so lets continue to add it
        Scanned_BarcodeText += e.KeyChar.ToString();
    }
    else if (!Scanned_BarcodeText.Trim().Equals(""))
    {
        // Here is the final barcode
        MessageBox.Show(Scanned_BarcodeText);
    }           
}

Krazy Programmer wrote:

(* Dont tell me to read a basic book .. i have read it twice ...*)

Guffa wrote:

Third time is the charm.

Krazy Programmer wrote:

but not the correct answer

OpenFileDialog open_file_dialog = new OpenFileDialog();
DialogResult dialog_result = open_file_dialog.ShowDialog();
if (dialog_result == DialogResult.OK)
{
mypicturebox.ImageLocation = open_file_dialog.FileName;

// something more would be ...
//string Image_Path = open_file_dialog.FileName;
//Image img = Image.FromFile(open_file_dialog.FileName);
//...
}

nelsonpaixao wrote:

why drag?

Alan N wrote:

Is that 1) freeze/hang and never recover or 2) freeze/hang and then come back to life after a period of time.

The only programmers that are better those C# programmers are those who code in 1's and 0's

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