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Dave Kreskowiak21-Oct-16 4:11
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There are multiple types of barcode readers. What you're talking about is a "keyboard wedge" type that, as you already know, act like a keyboard.

But, usually they are programmable to prepend and/or append character data to the barcode it reads. This allows applications to add an "attention sequence" to the data it's "keying" into your application. Typically, your application looks for this data coming from the keyboard and can use that data to know that the next characters are part of the barcode until it sees the appended sequence.

This makes it possible to use the data WITHOUT having to know which "keyboard" the data came from. THIS IS WHY YOU READ THE DOCUMENTATION ON THE DEVICE YOU'RE USING!

There are also other interface types, such as Ethernet-based devices, that you can code against. But, again, this is where you read the documentation on your device.
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