windows_10_command_prompt
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- | The use of the Windows Command Prompt, or Console, can be a powerful tool for testing barcode scanning, since it is able to show the STX Preamble, also known as the Ctrl+B (^B) character. In addition, the barcode should append a Carriage Return (CR) suffix, which will not be shown on the screen, but is automatically handled by the command prompt. | + | The use of the Windows Command Prompt, or Console, can be a powerful tool for testing barcode scanning since it is able to show the STX Preamble, also known as the Ctrl+B (^B) character. In addition, the barcode should append a Carriage Return (CR) suffix, which will not be shown on the screen, but is automatically handled by the command prompt. |
- | If a barcode is scanned into a text editor, such as Notepad, the ^B character will not be show, but the Carriage Return will still be handled, as the next scan of a barcode will append to a new line. | + | If a barcode is scanned into a text editor, such as Notepad, the ^B character will not be shown but the Carriage Return will still be handled |
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windows_10_command_prompt.txt · Last modified: 2016/09/28 16:30 (8 years ago) by dcartwright