Re: Bar coding input for 4gl

In article <41k0mf$cmt@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu> Mark.Denham@bbc.co.uk "Mark Denham" writes: > > Why not write a small c routine to do the job? > > >In article <kcjDDt9vr.MBn@netcom.com> kcj@netcom.com "Kate Juliff" writes: > > Does anyone know if Informix supports bar coding input? Any information > > appreciated. > > >I made this work sme years ago along the lines of a program getting > >it's input from the bar code reader not the screen. I had to include > >printing the <Escape> at the end of the labels I produced. > > >There may well be a more elegant method, but it worked! I'm not sure that I define using a 'C' routine as more elegant! Having been reminded by another posting of how it worked, I'm starting to think that my original solution wasn't bad. I also got the same type of solution to work in Ingres! -- ============================================================================ Sally Woolrich | This mail contains my personal sally@excelsis.demon.co.uk | views not those of my employer! ============================================================================