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Rob
Rob

Reputation: 11788

How to get local barcode scanner data into web application?

I'm building a web application with ASP.NET MVC4, it's some kind of repair case processing. There are several computers that will "run" the web application.

When there's a new part arriving, we want to get its serial number and put it in a form in the web page. Manually entering the code is prone to errors and therefore not an option.

Now I was wondering how one could connect an ordinary barcode scanner to a web application? As far as I know, there's no way to access any devices on the client pc from an HTML5-only web page. Did anyone face the same issue?

Of course, we could build a little helper tool with C# that runs on the clients and talks to the web app server, but that would render the whole thing rather unattractive.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3209

Answers (1)

Fredrik Ljung
Fredrik Ljung

Reputation: 1475

Configure the Barcode scanner to work as a HID-device, it will then put the scanned barcode into the selected box on the application.

If it's a serial port scanner then you can probably use a KeyWedge application to accomplish the same.

If it's a Symbol/Motorola scanner you will find all the information you need on support.symbol.com.

Upvotes: 1

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