Reading BareCodes in Navision

postmaster

Hello,

In our legacy Navision 3.60 we can get Items Serial number by reading BareCode of the items using the BareCode Device.
In the form "Item Tracking Lines" we can also put serial numbers manually by typing them, we go from a line to the next by cliking on Entry(on the Keyboard).

I know that in Navision 4, we have the ADCS Interface which perform that. So I think that we can implement the feature described above in Navision 4 without installing and using ADCS.

Can someone explain to me how to do? how it's possible in Navision 3.60 to read BareCodes, in order to implement the same in Navsion 4 without installing ADCS.

Thanks in advance and sincerely for your help.

kine

It depends on which scanners you are using. Many scanners are working as "keyboard". It means, whatever you scann, it will be like you type it on the keyboard. In this case you do not need anything to change... :-) Some serial port scanners needs special driver to be able to work like keyboard scenner or you can use some special driver to communicate with them. But it is not hard to create application which will transfer all scanned data from COM port to "keyboard keystrokes". But as I wrote: it is just about which scanner is used.

postmaster

kine wrote:

It depends on which scanners you are using. Many scanners are working as "keyboard". It means, whatever you scann, it will be like you type it on the keyboard. In this case you do not need anything to change... :-) Some serial port scanners needs special driver to be able to work like keyboard scenner or you can use some special driver to communicate with them. But it is not hard to create application which will transfer all scanned data from COM port to "keyboard keystrokes". But as I wrote: it is just about which scanner is used.

Thank you for your answer. But in our legacy Navision (version 3.60) by scanning the BareCode it goes directly to the next line (to type a new Serial number). We can do that manually as if we click on Entry(of the keyboard). So how it is possible by clicking on "Entry"(keyboard) the focus goes directly from the field [Serila No.] of the active line to the same field on the next line. Because by default it goes to the next field on the same line.

kine

There are more ways how to do that

1) You can set other fields as non-focusable, in this case the cursor will jump to the next line
2) You can programm the scanner to send correct count of "Enter" keystrokes (but just only if the barcode scanner is used just for this form).
3) You can do it in another way: add new editbox to the form, in this form you scan the code, through C/AL the new code will be added as new line on the form, the focus will be set back to the edit box (and you can scann next code)
4) You can make same customization as in old system

Pelle

The easiest solution might be to program the scanner
to send a "Down Arrow" after each scan.

Should be as easy as to make it send an Enter.

//Pelle

kriki

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