RE: 5250 Field Exit hex code

It worked.

Characters that require a SHIFT didn't work, but other characters do.


Thanks




-----Original Message-----
From: Justin Taylor
Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2017 11:12 AM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion' <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: 5250 Field Exit hex code

I don't think the scanner emulates a keyboard, but I've got nothing to lose. I'll give it a try tomorrow and report back.

Thanks



-----Original Message-----
From: Denis Robitaille [mailto:denis_robitaille@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2017 3:35 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: 5250 Field Exit hex code

Hello,

Here what I suggest you try.

I assume that the bar code reader is connected to a PC and emulates a keyboard. What I mean by that is that if you san "A" it is like typing "A".

If this assumption I right, this is what you could try:

In the 5250 keyboard personalisation file, assign the field exit function with a readable character that won't be used by your application (Ex: "&"). So if you scan & a field exit will get send to your application.

This should solve your problem.


Denis Robitaille
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