Barcode Scanner keyboard hooks.

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Folks,

I need to integrate a barcode scanner that acts like a USB keyboard with out application. Our application has an existing low level keyboard hook that is created as follows
::SetWindowsHookEx( WH_KEYBOARD_LL, LLKeyboardHook, hModule , 0);

The problem here is that this low-level keyboard hook is unable to capture the key presses emulated by the barcode scanner. If I create the hook using the "WH_KEYBOARD" hook type , then I am able to get the correct input from the barcode scanner. But due to certain constraints, I wouldnt be able to use a hook of this type.

Is this the correct way to trap the input from a barcode scanner? Should anything more be done? I was hoping that since the barcode scanner would act like a keyboard, it should get trapped in the existing keyboard hook.

Anyone faced this problem before? Any thoughts or sample code is highly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.