scaning keyboard input

Question

Is it possible to scan keyboard inputs (scan barcode input) than process that input on client site with NO focus on some form field? I don't know maby to generate some hook or something. Is it possible at all?

katana · Answer

On a webpage? Are you going to write your own browser? You can only do w/ IE or some browsers allow you do. You could write a Java Applet perhaps.. but scanning in keyboard input from a web page.. come on.. you need to understand the base technology before you can do stuff with it.

rmathis · Answer

This would be pretty great. Our intranet has a page where we can scan inventory barscans before shipping them out to people but all I've done is made it so the page auto-focuses on the textfield with metabuilders.com defaultbuttons control to make sure the proper button is always called when someone scans something. It works very well... unless someone clicks on a different text box before scanning. If you find a solution for this please post it here!