TAB versus CTRL-I in Vantage 8

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Stan Chmura wrote:
> In the config files of 8.0, you can change the TAB to ENTER for advancing to
> the next input field. Will code 39 read "Enter" like it does CTL-I?
>
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Same thing, $M in code 39 is translated to CONTROL-M rather than ENTER.

But I found a setup barcode for our Symbol LS 2208 barcode scanner that
will make it generate real TAB, ENTER, ESC etc. keys. Works with Vantage
just fine, so I'm happy.

Pim
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Vantage 6, like most applications, allows one to use either TAB or CTRL-I
for advancing to a next input field. Although the low-level scancodes are
different, they produce the same input character with decimal value 10.

Similarly, both SHIFT-TAB and SHIFT-CTRL-I both shift input to the previous
input field.

Vantage 8, however, only accepts the actual TAB key.

Why should I care?

Well, we are using barcode scanners in extended CODE 39
mode. This mode allows one to embed non-printable characters, such as
CTRL-I as "$I". Using this technique, one can print barcodes that fill
multiple input fields in a single scan.

It took us a while to figure out why this technique stopped working in
Vantage 8.

Does anybody know a workaround?

Thanks,

Macroscoop BV
Pim Zandbergen
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In the config files of 8.0, you can change the TAB to ENTER for advancing to
the next input field. Will code 39 read "Enter" like it does CTL-I?





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From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
Pim Zandbergen
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 8:40 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] TAB versus CTRL-I in Vantage 8

Vantage 6, like most applications, allows one to use either TAB or CTRL-I
for advancing to a next input field. Although the low-level scancodes are
different, they produce the same input character with decimal value 10.

Similarly, both SHIFT-TAB and SHIFT-CTRL-I both shift input to the previous
input field.

Vantage 8, however, only accepts the actual TAB key.

Why should I care?

Well, we are using barcode scanners in extended CODE 39
mode. This mode allows one to embed non-printable characters, such as
CTRL-I as "$I". Using this technique, one can print barcodes that fill
multiple input fields in a single scan.

It took us a while to figure out why this technique stopped working in
Vantage 8.

Does anybody know a workaround?

Thanks,

Macroscoop BV
Pim Zandbergen



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