RE: Display DDS

Thanks all..

Yes, this is a "wearable" RF device... 6-8 rows and maybe 20 columns.
I have a larger field that goes off the screen.

But in this case, I need the user to see the right-most 10 characters (its an SSCC number from a barcode) to identify the label they just scanned. The first 10 characters will not be different for the individual job.

I ended up just creating a separate field for the screen.

Eventually, I'll reuse this code for a browser app.

Thanks!

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Subject: Re: Display DDS

My exprience with scanning guns is that even though the user can only see a small part of the screen (typically around 16 columns) the rest of the screen is still there. Sometimes the scanner can scroll right/left to see the rest of it.

So you could just define a 20 character field and have only 6 characters visible (Without scrolling) on the scanner screen. I did this quite often back-in-the-day.


On 7/5/24 2:41 PM, Greg Wilburn wrote:

I have a situation where I'm simply out of real estate.
Scanning application on very small screens where I need to display a portion of a 20-digit barcode.

I was wonder if there is a way to "overlay" a hidden field.
I could store the entire value in a hidden field, but only display the last 6 characters.

Is there a way to do that? Or is it simpler to keep track of it in the backend program?

TIA
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