Capturing Data from a Com Port or Printer Port

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Guest

How would I go about capturing the data sent via a port into a excell spread
sheet by clicking on the cell ??

Can any one help me , Thanks
 
T

Tom Ogilvy

If you are using a bar code reader, many of these come with a utility which
will stuff the input into the keyboard buffer - then all you have to do is
select the cell so it has the focus for keystrokes, then read the code. The
utility adds in a CR at the end of the stream
 

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