Bar Code Scanner - Insert Tab Character

[Mike T]

We have an application using a bar code scanner. A serial number is scanned
into a data grid field, then the part number is scanned.

The scanner though is pretty simple and does not have anything like an enter
or tab key, so after the code is scanned and written to the field, someone
has to press the tab key on the computer to get the cursor into the next
field.

All of the instructions for the scanner are long gone, so nobody can figure
out how to have the gun enter the tab character.

Is there any way in the VBA code to enter a tab char after the number is
scanned to the grid field?

Thanks
Mike Thomas

 

[BruceM]

First, this is a newsgroup for discussions pertaining to VBA code in
Microsoft Access (a relational database product) forms. You would do better
to contact the scanner manufacturer, or try a newsgroup that is targeted to
hardware.

That being said, there is a device known as a wedge that sits between the
scanner and the computer. It can be programmed to insert specific
characters into what the scanner reads. I cannot provide details, as I know
little more than that such products exist, but a search for "bar code
scanner wedge" or some such may point you in the right direction.