[AccessD] Adding Bar Coding and Scanners to an Access Application

There are bar-code fonts - not sure about the viability of "A" in all fonts, 
or the reliability (readability)  of such printouts

As far as input - you'd need a scanner that (before USB) input data serially 
as if from a com port.
That could be collected to a file, or in current environments  managed by 
  - wireless connection - hand-held device

And - it's also ages (eons) since I did any of 'that stuff'

Probably the best startpoint would be your local (grocery) stores to see 
what they are using, and get the users opinions of their reliability

JimB

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brad Marks" <BradM at blackforestltd.com>
To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" 
<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 7:27 PM
Subject: [AccessD] Adding Bar Coding and Scanners to an Access Application


> All,
>
> In order to save time and improve accuracy, our Vice President of
> Operations would like for me to look into the possibility of using bar
> codes to collect "labor" information from the factory floor.  This is
> basically to record the number of parts that are completed by a
> work-center.  To do this, we would like to use a scanner to read the
> "Job Number" from an Access report (Factory Floor "Traveler").
>
> I have some experience with bar coding back in the 1970s in an IBM
> mainframe environment, in a prior life, on a different planet  :-)
>
> I have no experience with bar coding in the Microsoft Access realm.
>
> If I have an Access report that has a key (such as "A12345") how can I
> add a bar code to the report for this piece of information?
>
> If I am able to print a bar code for such a piece of information on a
> report, what is needed in order to use a scanner to "input" this key
> into an Access application or other Windows-based application?
>
> Thanks,
> Brad
>
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