Bar Code Reader Integration with Dynamics Nav 5.0

Becka

Hi ppl... I'm trying to integrate Barcode reder with Navision 5.0.. If you have any experience with that plz share with me..

ara3n

what kind of bar code reader is it? Is it a type that you plug into same place as a keyboard?
In that case you can use 3 of 9 font on the report and add * to the beginning and end of the soursexp. .

Becka

It's MS9535 VoyagerBT Series... Comunicates with USB port. Is there any special navision module i should comunicate with Bar code reader?

ara3n

yep it acts like a keyboard. Download the free 3 of 9 font. install it on the computer. Change the font on the text box in your report and add * to your text box source expression.

'*' + "No." +'*'


Once you print it out you can then scan it with your scanner.

You can of course scan anything else that has scanner on it.

Becka

Yes, I've installed this font, and it works. But, what if i want to register items , by bar code, or purchase items, by bar code.. i mean it makes whole process much more easier. Is it possible?

ara3n

you can scan the barcodes into right boxes and then fill in the qty etc.
To improve speed, you can create special form with one box and user just scans into one box and you can add code on validation to do different things based on state you are.

For example, I had made a modification on picking Document and added one new text box. The user was just scanning item no, and qty all in the same box, and the code was smart enough to populate the correct fields on the picking lines.


At the end they just scanned F11. and I would post the pick for them.
That way they never used the keyboard.

The first scan was always to search for the pick no.

kine

Bar code scanner is nothing more than automatic Keyboard. Look at it from this perspective and it will be easier. It means that is is doing only what the people are doing, typing on the keyboard, where the cursor is focused, but it is doing it faster and automatically based on data in the barcode. That's all.