Question Using a barcode scanner

[mramey64]

Hi everyone. This is my first official post. I am a VBA programmer and I am also a SQL developer. I am transitioning over to VB.net (finally) and am loving it.

My question:

In Access VBA I can use a textbox to received the output of a barcode scanner and the afterupdate property of the textbox can execute any code I have. The coding in the scanner sends an auto carriage return.

I want to do the same functionality in VB.net but am having some trouble figuring out what to use. I want the user to scan the barcode and have it enter the value into a textbox and then auto execute some code using the value as a variable.

Can anyone help in this issue?

Thanks!!!

Mike

 

[Herman]

Barcode scanners work just like keyboards, so you do the exact same thing as before. Set focus to the textbox where you want the barcode scanned, scan the bar code, and use some event of the textbox to run your code.