[futurebasic] Re: [FB] Serial Port Keyboard Wedge

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From: Paul Bruneau <paul_bruneau@...>
Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 22:21:56 -0500
Buy this barcode scanner for $79. They have ADB and USB. Highly 
recommended. When you scan with it, it is just as if the user typed the 
characters into the keyboard, just like you are looking for.

http://www.kanecal.net/CCD-bar-code-scanner.html

On Nov 13, 2004, at 2:01 PM, Jeff810095@... wrote:

> W.
>
> Thanks. Does sendFBDialogEvt(_evKey, asciiChar) work with FB II 2.3.1 
> or FB
> 3.2.0? Thats what I have....I can't find any info on it in either.
>
> And that would send the serial port data recieved to any app....as 
> though it
> came from a keyboard? I have a bar code scanner and I want what's 
> scanned to
> be treated as though it came from a keyboard.
>
> I'm surprised there isn't some code already written for this, I can't 
> be the
> first person who needed to get data into the computer this way?
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff
>
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