Tek-Tips is the largest IT community on the Internet today!

Members share and learn making Tek-Tips Forums the best source of peer-reviewed technical information on the Internet!

Register Log in
  • Congratulations wOOdy-Soft on being selected by the Tek-Tips community for having the most helpful posts in the forums last week. Way to Go!

Can a scanner generate a number or string

Status
Not open for further replies.
ppark001

ppark001

MIS
Jul 11, 2001
102
US
I am wondering whether there is such a thing as a hand held scanner (wired to a workstation) can be programmed to generate a random number or character string. Our use is very basic as far as scanning, but would like to save data entry time on one particular field. We would like the ability for a scanner to generate a number. Is there such a thing?

Thanks in advance,

P.Park
 
Sort by date Sort by votes
Is this a random number or a sequential number?
I would have your printer generate a number and then scan it along with the other info maybe on the same label?
you can also create sheets of numbers in Excel with a barcode font
using Excels Fill down


DougP, MCP, A+
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Status
Not open for further replies.

Similar threads

Bartman8584
  • Locked
  • Question
Using a QR Code to login to a web site
Replies
0
Views
596
Bartman8584
Bartman8584
GCCnewit
  • Locked
  • Question
programming ls2208 scanner 1
Replies
4
Views
888
Bratic
Bratic
Bob Beaucage
  • Locked
  • Question
AIM codes in GS1 data matrix barcode
Replies
0
Views
575
Bob Beaucage
Bob Beaucage
ITnickR
  • Locked
  • Question
Barcode scanners Zebra LI4278 not stripping first character.
Replies
1
Views
779
JRB-Bldr
JRB-Bldr
ZiggyS1
  • Locked
  • Question
Create a Barcode to simulate ALT V ( or any ALLt combination)
Replies
4
Views
617
JRB-Bldr
JRB-Bldr

Part and Inventory Search

Sponsor

Back
Top