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I am working on a windows form application, on form load my focus is on the text box where i have to get the input from barcode reader, my application is working fine but there is a problem that after getting input my application show the data against the id, but when i get another input from barcode reader it does not remove the previous value in text box and mix both value, i can not call the textbox.clear function after fetching data because i need the data in textbox till next recorde enter.
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joginder-banger 12-Dec-13 14:04pm    
You can clear the textBox before the fetching data.

You either need to remove it when you have used it, or talk to the barcode scanner manufacturer - most scanners can be configured to provide a special start and / or end code so you can spot when a new code is arriving, or when the old one is complete. Exactly how you configure it differs from manufacturer to manufacturer (and sometimes model to model!)
 
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you can try this code.
C#
TextBox tx = new TextBox();
            tx.Text = "";
            tx.Text = string.Empty;
            tx.Clear();

if query hit the reply.
 
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entiresol 12-Dec-13 14:05pm    
But i don't want to clear my text box untill i get new input.
joginder-banger 12-Dec-13 14:14pm    
some share your code for better understanding your problem and also define where you want to a condition??
In addition to the common-sense suggestions you got from OriginalGriff, I'd like to suggest you immediately copy the incoming result of a scan into either a private memory field of an appropriate Type, or to another on-screen TextBox.

Whether you might need to store/save several, rather than one, scan result would depend on the nature of your scanning process: if the scans are being done automatically, not under the control of a human operator ... as may happen in an assembly line ... well: that's a whole different scenario.

You could also save a history of the scans along with a DateTime if needed, using an instance of a Struct, or Class, to represent a single scan.

If you give more details of the nature of the scanning process, and the role (if any) of the human operator, you can get more focused advice.
 
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Barcode reader can be configured to automatically send a [Enter] after it reads a barcode.

With the [Enter] key stroke detected in textBox1, cache the code in a private string value within the class.

Whenever any method wants to access the barcode value, get it from the private string.

Example:

C#
public partial class Form2 : Form
{
    string lastScannedCode = "";

    public Form2()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
    }

    private void textBox1_KeyPress(object sender, KeyPressEventArgs e)
    {
        if (e.KeyChar == (char)Keys.Enter)
        {
            lastScannedCode = textBox1.Text;
            label1.Text = lastScannedCode;
            textBox1.Clear();
        }
    }

    void ShowTheLastScannedCode()
    {
        MessageBox.Show(lastScannedCode);
    }
}
 
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