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Mr. Kevin,
     Thank you very much on your insight. Your help is greatly appreciated. 

Sincerely,
Lovlish Gupta

"Kevin Dean" <NkOdSePaAnM@datadevelopment.com> wrote:
>Laser scanners typically operate in what is called "wedge" mode.  That means
>that, when you scan the label, the data from the label is entered as if it
>came from your keyboard.  (Historically, older laser scanners plugged in
>between the keyboard and the computer, hence the term "wedge".)
>
>Word, Excel, Notepad etc. don't know about laser scanners.  They process the
>keystrokes that the laser scanner generates without knowing anything about
>the source.
>
>At first blush, I suspect that the edit field you are working with has not
>been selected properly.  You should be able to type into the field without
>the laser scanner.  If typing produces nothing, then the field hasn't been
>selected.  Click on the field with the mouse and try again.  If that works,
>then try the laser scanner.
>
>You can force the field to be selected by using the requestFocus() method
>when the form is displayed:
>
>myTextField.requestFocus();
>
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>"Lovlish" <lovlish@perfumeworldwide.com> wrote in message
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>>
>> I need to know how to interface a laser scanner that acts as an extension
>to the keyboard. When something is scanned, it is input onto a text
>document, notepad, wordpad, and excel sheet automatically. But it does not
>enter any data into the GUI user prompt pop up window. Can someone please
>help and teach me how to interface the Java program to the Laser Scanner.
>
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