Magnetic Card Reader

[Duane]

I have an application in which I use a hand help scanner for reading bar
codes, which is used for scanning equipment that is issued to employees.
What I would like to do is have the employee scan their ID card, which has a
magnetic strip on it, which would speed up the process. As it is now, the
employee ID number is entered manually.

I am wondering if anyone here has had any experience in using this techology
with an Access database. I am wondering if the data can be inserted into a
designated field on my form in the same manner as the bar code reader does?
If anyone has any information that could assist me, or direct me to an area
where I can learn about the technology, I would greatly appreciate it.

Thank you.

 

[Tony Toews [MVP]]

I have an application in which I use a hand help scanner for reading bar
codes, which is used for scanning equipment that is issued to employees.

Those devices typically insert between the keyboard and the PC or
possibly using a USB port appear like a second keyboard. So the use
of bar code scanners is quite transparent to Access and other apps
which you could use for testing purposes such as Notepad.

What I would like to do is have the employee scan their ID card, which has a
magnetic strip on it, which would speed up the process. As it is now, the
employee ID number is entered manually.

As far as I know you will need to get software drivers and sample code
from the mag stripe reader vendor. They should have VB6 code which
will usually work just fine.

Tony
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[Duane]

Thanks Tony!

Those devices typically insert between the keyboard and the PC or
possibly using a USB port appear like a second keyboard. So the use
of bar code scanners is quite transparent to Access and other apps
which you could use for testing purposes such as Notepad.


As far as I know you will need to get software drivers and sample code
from the mag stripe reader vendor. They should have VB6 code which
will usually work just fine.

Tony
--
Tony Toews, Microsoft Access MVP
Please respond only in the newsgroups so that others can
read the entire thread of messages.
Microsoft Access Links, Hints, Tips & Accounting Systems at
http://www.granite.ab.ca/accsmstr.htm
Tony's Microsoft Access Blog - http://msmvps.com/blogs/access/