Greetings,
I would like to integrate a barcode scanner into the current project I
am working on. I have been looking around teh web and with the
exception of embeded devices I cannot find many programming guides.
What I am looking for is a barcode scanner with an api/sdk. I am not
interested in using a keyboard wedge because I do not want my end user
to have to deal with making sure the cursor is in the right place.
As it needs to work with a laptop USB is really my only option. The
laptops that will be used do no come with serial. My ideal set up
would be a barcode scanner that comes with a decent api. Ideally
there would be some system event I could subscribe to which would
notify the system that a barcode has been scanned and pass it the
string.
For the life of me I cannot find anything like this though. It has
gotten me to the point where I am wondering if I am missing
something. Do all scanners these days just use the keyboard wedge
technique or are there some that you can actually program into your
application. If anyone has a recommendation on a scanner to use
(doens't have to be c#) which does what I am looking for I would be
very appreciative..