scanner input VS keyboard input

[#1]

Dear all,

We have a webdynpro application that receives it's input from a usb barcode scanner. The screens are working fine, but now there's an extra requirement, that for some input fields, it's mandatory that the input is coming from the scanner, and not from manual input with the keyboard.

Is it possible?

The barcode scanner behaves as an input device, without triggering events or so, so at this moment, we don't really know if the input is coming from a scanned barcode or from manual input with the keyboard.

Kind regards,

J.

PS: the scenario is where the web dynpro application runs on a desktop or laptop, so the alternative for handheld with barcodereader UIElement is not an option to solve this.

[Former Member]

I have little experience in the matter, but as far as I know a barcode scanner works on a software level as a keyboard, so to every application (in this case the browser) it is a keyboard, giving characters in fields. I doubt it is thus possible to recognize this input device in the browser and it will most likely not in anyway be sent to the the J2EE server on which the WebDynpro's are running

J

[Former Member]

Thx for you reply.

And is it possible through some custom scripting in some way maybe? (very custom in this case...)

Hope that someone has a clue.

Kind regards,

J.