Scan Barcode and Tab to Operation Field

[Coordinate (Nate)]

Looking for a way to scan my Job# in MES, and automatically tab down to the operation field, scan the operation, and start activity.

Is this possible or is this wishful thinking?

[josecgomez]

You can embed the tab in the barcode but it is specific to the barcode scanners you are using.
What Model, Manufacturer etc are you using?

[cchang]

Are the tab steps in the correct tab step order? If not, we needed to modify the tab orders to scan in the correct order. You may also need a pause after the job number validation.

[Banderson (Brandon Anderson)]

If you want to get super fancy, you can start down this road. But it’s not a trivial endeavor.

Filling a textbox field from C# variable

Here is the final, working code for those interested. If the correct barcode is scanned at the MES Menu main form, then Start Production Activity will launch, the fields will populate, and then close so the employee is clocked in. The code is triggered by the hotkey “J” which is the first character of the QR code. So the barcode would read “J-JobNumber-AssemblyNumber-OperationSequence-Z”. J triggers the code, and Z tells the code to stop reading the barcode. I had to make a custom menu item…

[Coordinate (Nate)]

We are using the WASP WLR8950

Pretty sure the font is DataWorks Bar 39

[jgiese.wci (Joshua Giese)]

@Coordinate

WASP WLR8950

A1ukDWEVw5S.pdf

[Coordinate (Nate)]

extremely helpful thanks Joshua!

I think I can take it from here