How to input barcode scanner data to C# .Net textbox?

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Hi All,
I am working on a project where i need to input scanned data from bar code to a text box when user scan a item/ product. Then they give submit to save scanned item number.
Am going to do this in C#. Kindly guide me from where & how i have start this. Do the needful

Posted 10-Sep-14 18:11pm

Gopinath C

Updated 10-Sep-14 19:17pm

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 11-Sep-14 0:19am

Start with reading the scanner documentation. If can be as simple as keyboard wedge.
—SA

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J3ssy Pmntra · Answer 1 · 2014-09-10T18:26:00

Solution 1

Just make Textbox.Focus. When you use the scanner it automatically enter the data in the textbox.

Posted 10-Sep-14 18:26pm

J3ssy Pmntra

Wendelius · Answer 2 · 2014-09-10T18:27:00

Solution 2

The text should be entered to active control just as it would have typed from the keyoboard. Just remember to check that the barcode reader acts as a HID.

Posted 10-Sep-14 18:27pm

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Gopinath C 13-Sep-14 0:42am

Thanks,
Any specific dll need to be added as per configuration?
Just develop a Windows application and set focus on text box while scanning is enough for get barcode reader data?

Wendelius 13-Sep-14 10:17am

Typically no special dll is required since the driver is often installed when the reader is plugged in to USB.