karl_eller
07-15-2008, 09:13 PM
I'm writing a program that uses a magnetic strip reader to scan credit cards and the like. The problem is that the swipe scanner we're using emulates a keyboard device, so if you have say Notepad open when you swipe a card through it, the output gets piped there.
What I'm wondering is if there is a way to get the program I'm writing to take control of that "keyboard" device so that any input from it ONLY goes to my program? Possibly without the program needing to have focus?
Eller
What I'm wondering is if there is a way to get the program I'm writing to take control of that "keyboard" device so that any input from it ONLY goes to my program? Possibly without the program needing to have focus?
Eller