RE: Reading barcodes and OCR

Thanks to all who responded.  As you have said it is really just in the
hardware itself.  Everything is working great.  Thanks!!
Ron

        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Mike.Barton@ecsoft.co.uk [SMTP:Mike.Barton@ecsoft.co.uk]
        Sent:   Wednesday, November 08, 2000 2:28 AM
        To:     RPG400-L@midrange.com
        Subject:        RE: Reading barcodes and OCR



        >First you have to configure the Bar Code Reader to work with the
Terminal it
        >is attached to.  The Reader needs to know what type of bar code it
is to
        >read.  The field is just a character field on the screen.  The bar
code
        >reader de-codes the bar code and send text to the terminal.  You
only need
        >the BARCODE opt code in DDS to print bar code.
        >
        >It is all in the configuration of the bar code reader and how it is
attached
        >to your AS400.


        Just to add to this, the scanners we have used plugged into a 3477
keyboard
        socket
        and were quite transparant to the system (this is in addition to a
keyboard).

        Typically, configuration barcodes are supplied with the device which
are used to
        control which barcode types (one or more) the reader will register
plus any
        additional
        control characters such as Enter to be included.

        The user would use the keyboard up until they go to the point ready
to scan &
        would
        then simply use the scanner instead. The data would appear in the
input field on
        the
        screen as if the user had typed it themselves.

        Mike


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