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I have a barcode scanner that has RS-232 output and I want
to put the barcode data into an excel spreadsheet. How can I get the information to the spreadsheet? |
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Hi Ron,
Select a cell and scan, it should be the same as typing. Do you have the software and is the software installed. Information of all kinds on bar codes at Russ Adam's pages this is just one of the pages BarCode1 FAQ Page http://www.barcode-1.net/pub/russadam/faq.html --- HTH, David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001] My Excel Pages: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/excel.htm Search Page: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/search.htm "Ron Greer" wrote in message ... I have a barcode scanner that has RS-232 output and I want to put the barcode data into an excel spreadsheet. How can I get the information to the spreadsheet? |
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What do you normally put it into?
On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 21:03:55 -0700, "Ron Greer" wrote: I have a barcode scanner that has RS-232 output and I want to put the barcode data into an excel spreadsheet. How can I get the information to the spreadsheet? |
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I have a spreadsheet already to accept the data from the
barcode scanner. I have used a scanner that has a keyboard wedge and the info is enter just where I want it, but this new scanner plugs into the serial port (RS-232) and when I scan a barcode with this scanner nothing happens. I assume that you have to tell excel to get the info from the serial port not the keyboard. That is my question. How do I tell excel to retrieve the data from the serial port (RS- 232) instead of a keyboard entry? Thanks -----Original Message----- another question, I assumed you just wanted the number, are you trying to print a barcode. If you want to display the barcode in Excel it would be with a font. If it works in another application then you would have the font and can look for it in control settings, Font. --- HTH, David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001] My Excel Pages: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/excel.htm Search Page: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/search.htm "Random" <Random@nwhere wrote in message ... What do you normally put it into? On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 21:03:55 -0700, "Ron Greer" wrote: I have a barcode scanner that has RS-232 output and I want to put the barcode data into an excel spreadsheet. How can I get the information to the spreadsheet? . |
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Usually the manufacturer of the Scanner supplies software that
has a recognizable event that occurs when something is swiped. For instance, there will be an event that fires off and automatically sends the data to a memory resident program. That program then is either coded to send the information to somewhere else, archive the information in some manner ( to a database preferably ), send it via email to some email address, or do whatever is popular at the time. Look at the software that came with scanner in question and look for something that indicates it's firing off an event, or look for some way to program it to send the information to a particular program, database or whatever. -- Jim Carlock http://www.microcosmotalk.com Feel free to post back to the newsgroup! "Ron Greer" wrote in message ... I have a spreadsheet already to accept the data from the barcode scanner. I have used a scanner that has a keyboard wedge and the info is enter just where I want it, but this new scanner plugs into the serial port (RS-232) and when I scan a barcode with this scanner nothing happens. I assume that you have to tell excel to get the info from the serial port not the keyboard. That is my question. How do I tell excel to retrieve the data from the serial port (RS- 232) instead of a keyboard entry? Thanks -----Original Message----- another question, I assumed you just wanted the number, are you trying to print a barcode. If you want to display the barcode in Excel it would be with a font. If it works in another application then you would have the font and can look for it in control settings, Font. --- HTH, David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001] My Excel Pages: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/excel.htm Search Page: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/search.htm "Random" <Random@nwhere wrote in message ... What do you normally put it into? On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 21:03:55 -0700, "Ron Greer" wrote: I have a barcode scanner that has RS-232 output and I want to put the barcode data into an excel spreadsheet. How can I get the information to the spreadsheet? . |
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You need a software package that is designed to input the data and
feed it to the spreadsheet. An excellent tool for the job is a product called BC-Wedge from TALtech. For more information and to download a demo version of BC-Wedge, please visit: http://www.taltech.com/TALtech_web/p...s/bcwedge.html On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 21:03:55 -0700, "Ron Greer" wrote: I have a barcode scanner that has RS-232 output and I want to put the barcode data into an excel spreadsheet. How can I get the information to the spreadsheet? |
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