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

Another option is to get a scanner that stores the data internally as
it scans it.  You then upload this and use it as a transaction file 

	Regards, 

	Steve Goodhall, MSCS, PMP 

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 For input I'd go with the 'wedge' approach:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcode_reader [1]

 For output, you need a bar code font - easy to Google up, and add
that to
 your reports.

 R

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Marks
 Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 11:28 AM
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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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