hazed6809 Posted October 29, 2016 Posted October 29, 2016 I'm trying to read a Usb barcode reader and put the data in a certain input control always. So when data comes from this device it always updates the right window/ctrl or ignores if windows is not up. This computer runs 2 monitors, where it is possibly the keyboard is active on another window.
BrewManNH Posted October 29, 2016 Posted October 29, 2016 A barcocde reader, at least most of them, emulate a keyboard. You can't have another window active if you want the text to go into the correct window. It would be like telling the computer to not input text into a window if your target window wasn't the active window, it would cause your keyboard to stop working as well. If I posted any code, assume that code was written using the latest release version unless stated otherwise. Also, if it doesn't work on XP I can't help with that because I don't have access to XP, and I'm not going to.Give a programmer the correct code and he can do his work for a day. Teach a programmer to debug and he can do his work for a lifetime - by Chirag GudeHow to ask questions the smart way! I hereby grant any person the right to use any code I post, that I am the original author of, on the autoitscript.com forums, unless I've specifically stated otherwise in the code or the thread post. If you do use my code all I ask, as a courtesy, is to make note of where you got it from. Back up and restore Windows user files _Array.au3 - Modified array functions that include support for 2D arrays. - ColorChooser - An add-on for SciTE that pops up a color dialog so you can select and paste a color code into a script. - Customizable Splashscreen GUI w/Progress Bar - Create a custom "splash screen" GUI with a progress bar and custom label. - _FileGetProperty - Retrieve the properties of a file - SciTE Toolbar - A toolbar demo for use with the SciTE editor - GUIRegisterMsg demo - Demo script to show how to use the Windows messages to interact with controls and your GUI. - Latin Square password generator
hazed6809 Posted October 31, 2016 Author Posted October 31, 2016 That wasn't what I wanted to hear..,but kind of knew. The computer that would be running the code will be running 2 autoit programs only. nothing external ..it's a Kios. 1 Program only has 1 field of input and a couple of buttons. if Active which would only be a min or two I would like to disable the USB Barcode reader from working. The other Program has dual modes. Window 1 and window 2. If window 1 exist. then window 2 deleted. Window 2 has keyboard where I would like to disable the USB Barcode reader at this time. and then enable it when window 1 is backup. I could do timers (30 seconds) and/or after task complete on program 1 automatically make Window 1 of Program 2 active if exist. I'm not sure how I would block the barcode reader on window 2, since I do not see where autoit would see what usb device a piece of text came from or how to temporary disable a certain usb port/device.
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