Re: Bar coding and Informix

In article <41ithk$p1a@newsbf02.news.aol.com> bcflorian@aol.com "BCFlorian" writes: > I am currently devolping an Informix application that uses bar codes for > input. > > The bar code readers we use will work with ANY software. They are simply > another input device like your keyboard. They can be hooked up on a PC > between the keyboard and the keyboard port, or on a unix terminal between > the terminal an the comm line. They can be configured to append almost > anything to the end of a bar code that has been scanned (we use the > default carriage return to move to the next field after a scan.) Now I start to remember how it was that the demo software I wrote (using perform, I think!) would take input from the bar code reader OR the keyboard (if the label was mangled or whatever)! -- ============================================================================ Sally Woolrich | This mail contains my personal sally@excelsis.demon.co.uk | views not those of my employer! ============================================================================