Please Help - Reading Barcodes in Runtime Forms

From: Jeri <jerryl_at_tiac.net>
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 15:05:40 -0400
Message-ID: <6ses59$9sc@news-central.tiac.net>

We are planning on using barcodes to enter some user data into Oracle. The application is a client run time form developed in Developer/2000 (V 4.5.7.1.6). The barcode is a CODE128 symbology since we desire to enter control characters (e.g. <CR>, <Alt>, F1,<Tab>) along with other information.

We are able to scan these barcodes into a standard windows app or even sqlplus on the PC (e.g. wordpad) and for example the Carriage Return <CR> or Horizontal Tab <HT> are recognized. However, when we scan the exact same barcode into a run time form all control characters (e.g. <CR>, <HT>) are not recognized and totally ignored.

Can anyone help us for we desperately need this functionality but have no idea why forms is ignoring them.

If you can please send me an email at jerryl_at_tiac.net

TIA,
Jeri Received on Mon Aug 31 1998 - 14:05:40 CDT