Barcode reader in VB .net

Hi anyone has worked with a barcode reader in a VB .Net framework?

My application needs to detect if the barcode reader has been triggered. I need to put the barcode data to a string and parse it to put it in their respective fields (text boxes).

I need this that everytime my application is open, there is a thread waiting for the barcode data. I don't know how to do this.

Right now, this is how my application works. The cursor needs to be in a particular text box, when the text box changes it parses the strings and put them in their respective fields. I need an automatic registration, something like the application reading directly from the USB port.

I hope somebody can help me with it. Thanks.

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Hello friend.

I did do significant work developing a barcode reader application.
For a symbol MC1000. It is in the field being used.

The hardware manufacturer, in this case Symbol, had a collection
of libraries I had to reference and include in my application.

Symbol has sample projects you can download that demonstrate
how to use the libraries to manipulate the reader. When I say
reader here I am referring to the hardware device that
scans the barcode.

The software libraries available by the manufacturer will
allow you to tie your software into the reader.

This is what is known as the API (application program interface)

Once tied in your software can manipulate the reader.
Such as..

1. initialize the reader
2. respond to reader events
3. pull data from the reader buffer
4. (other things)

Once you understand how to use the libraries you will need
to decide when and where in your application you will
allow the user to scan in barcodes.

Every manufacturer has to have some time of software
package to bridge the gap between your vb.net app and
the reader. So look to the manufacturer for this
software.

Keep digging for answers and working on this.

I hope this has been of help.

Good luck.