Bar Codes (Printer, Scanners, Software)

Is it possible to input data into a field and have Filemaker automatic return or tab to next field?

Sorry to ask this kinda question but I am really new at this (have been using fm 8.5 for a few years now) I have just opened a shop created a basic till and booking in system. I need it to open the cash draw, do I need a printer (epsom example) or can I some how connect it directly with a script? The draw has a rj11 connection. Again if I do need a printer can these be turned off as we generally don't need receipts. Also, I am interested in a bar code reader can this also be connected? Sorry it this is too much lol

Attached is a barebones Barcode4J implementation. This one requires Java, but runs without ScriptMaster. The solution automatically deploys the required JAR files to the temporary directory. 13 different barcode symbologies are supported (selected from symbology drop down menu). These include codabar, code128, code39, datamatrix, ean13, intl2of5,pdf417, postnet, upca, upce, royal-mail-cbc, or usps4cb (USPS Intelligent Mail). The number input in barcode_text is converted into a PNG image and displayed when you click Generate Barcode. This could easily be altered to run on a Mac by altering the command line and paths. The DOS command used to generate the barcode is…

I have almost completed a solution to use FedEx Web Services, at the end I get a response from their API with Raw commands that need to be sent to a thermal Printer (Zebra LP2348) to print the shipping label. I have successfully sent the received raw commands to the printer from the driver command line, but now I need a way to do it directly and automatically from Filemaker to the printer. Any ideas? Thanks

Not really sure where else to put this question, but the Developer threads usually have the most talented FM people. Quick overview: We are setting up a 2D Bar Code scan for Car Titles, using the AAMVA standards. The 2D Format is PDF417. We are using the Honeywell 4600r reader/scanner. We use FileMaker 11 Client & Server, v2. Windows Clients & 2003 Server. After messing around with this for a couple days, I'm pretty close. We had to turn on the Honeywell Windows Mode Control & ASCII Mode. If not on, the data is just mushed up. No line feeds/carriage returns & not all fixed length data. However, when we do this, FileMaker kicks us …

Hi! Has anyone implemented a barcode reader with fm. on Mac OSX. I am looking to: 1. input barcode info into a field into a "products" table, associated with a record - 2. capture a barcode at POS and input that product into an order with the least amount of hassle (keystrokes) and deduct 1 from our "products" "instock" field after an order is closed... 3. on the fly capture and deduction from inventory with the minimum of keystrokes (sell a cash product---deduct 1 from "products" "instock" field . Are there great differences in reader abilities/function? Many thanks Chas

I have searched for both topics and I have not found a definitive answer: I have been using FM for the past two years. The DB is used for equipment checkout and inventory to students. We have been manually entering the Student ID and then the Product ID. They now want to go to a barcode system which will barcode all products based on my product ID (i.e. TRP1241) and also create ID cards for the students based on their current ID number (i.e 98023123456.) Then they wish to scan the ID and any products they are to checkout. Do you have any recommendations on a system (plugins?) for barcode generation and also hardware for printing ID cards. I have looked at the ID…

I just purchased the 128 barcode program from Brian Dunning with the understanding that the code 128 barcode would be compressed and therefore easier to print on labels that have a limited amount of print space. To my suprise, I find that a typical 3of9 code prints out smaller than the 128 . . both using a 12 or 24pt font. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong or did I misunderstand about the compression of 128.

Is there a simple way to insert checks from a scanner into a container field on the windows platform OR a 3rd party plugin that will take the scan right into the field without having to scan the images to the desktop and then insert them? Thanks in advance. Dom

For some specific data entry I have it setup so that barcode scanning happens in a pop-up window. I want that window to close once the barcode is entered and validated. Any suggestion on doing this? Below is my script so far. The last If statement works if someone presses a close button but I don't want them to have to switch from barcode scanner to mouse for each barcode we have to scan. Allow User Abort [ Off ] Set Error Capture [ On ] Set Variable [ $$pwindow_name; Value:Get ( WindowName ) ] Set Variable [ $$window_values; Value:Get ( WindowTop ) & ¶ & Get ( WindowLeft ) & ¶ & Get ( WindowWidth ) & ¶ & Get ( Win…

This category isn't too active but hopefully someone picks this up. I need to generate barcodes via IWP. I have been using IDautomation's barcode generator plugin which is great, however when using IWP, if try to load a layout that contains a barcode, IWP crashes on the server side. The developer tells me that it was never tested with IWP and they don't actually know if it would or should work. Any suggestions or alternatives would be much appreciated. Thanks

Does anyone have any experience of using a handheld device such as a palm or pocket pc (Symbol MC50) and FileMaker Mobile 8 to scan barcodes. I need it to be able to find a record in the FM Mobile database based on what it scans. Any help would be appreciated. Many thanks Paul

I understand using a serial interface ie, troi serial plug in... how would one connect to a Linux computer running a voipPBX CTI application? Any ideas where to start

Don't think this is the correct location for this, but here goes... Can anyone recommend a wireless barcode scanner which works well with Macs. Preferably WiFi (if possible) because of range, but BT also considered. We'll be scanning into FMP 8.5. I would prefer to hear about devices you have experience with, rather than lists of Google search results. Thanks, b.

Hi When i use barcode scanner with excel, the carriage return will activate just after scan. In the filemaker i need to configure the scanner to scan first field then go second field. Go to next record after second field. if necessary pls attach me the sample file. hasru

I am using Brian Dunning's barcode basics Code 128. How do I print a barcode with the keyboard equivilent of the Command key plus the 1 key pressed so I can trigger a script. Thank you, Drew

I've purchased and gotten the Lifesuccess.org barcodet to work with mixed results. I'm using them with a Zebra printer with labels that are 2" wide by .5" high the Code 39 are working (specifically the Thin 18pt) I'd like to know what style/code might be more narrow. I'm experimenting but not have much luck. Also is there an alternative for FileMaker that might not be font based but is easy to work with? Sorry but this is just starting to get me frustrated and trial and error is not helping the situation. TIA.

Delicious Library is a very cool app, and one of the things we acquired for using it was a Flic Cordless scanner. Works great with Delicious but I can't seem to get it to work with FM. Has anybody had any success?

Hey fellas! I am looking for a wireless scanner / PS2 compatible scanner which is able to make a wireless scanning of bar codes and is supported under the Filemaker Pro database. This should be handled at events which audience will buy tickets / get a special card for. I didn't found much options, but from the few I do seems like the most impressive one is from a company called Toptix which is specializing in ticketing solutions but there is no mention of FM in their clients / partners pages at the website. Anyone got any idea about the Toptix system? If not I'll be glad if someone will take a look and could give me a hand in here :

Hi I want to print out code128 barcodes from Filemaker 8.5. I found several free code128 fonts online for windows and installed them. When printing in that font the barcodes so made dont work with my reader (at all). All these fonts seem to come with a little "conversion" program where you can type a word and "convert it to barcode code 128" and then if you scan that barcode, it works with my reader. What am I doing wrong? Is there a free or cheap way to print Code128 barcodes from Filemaker (WinXP)? Thanks

Hi all My company want to bar code their shipping and recieving department. We are thinking of using FM as the data base. Does FM support bar coding and do we need to purchase another program to do the bar coding? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks Lionel

Hello all, i am currently working on a Point of Sale System for a small Bar. The Problem is that i need to provide some sort of Inventory for the Drink Items. Its easy, if you purchase a 30 Liter Barrel of Beer, and then sell them out in 0.3 or 0.5 Liter Glasses, but my Problem lies within Items such as say, Vodka Cola, that consist out f.e 20ml Vodka and 250ml Cola. What i need is, when i enter a Vodka Cola Item into my Sales Order, it can show me the consumption for both Vodka, and Cola. For now, i added a recipe table to my Item Table, that displays the "linked" items and their units required, but thats where my wits stopped. How do i get these Items for Cola and …

Hey Everyone, Has anyone tried a wireless barcode scanner solution? I was wondering how it would interface with FMP. The information is stored in the gun and when you dump the data, does it create a new record in FMP for each scan? I really need a solution that is mobile in that way. The second option is to look into some mobile palm device with FMP mobile, however, I hear they are discontinuing that product line. Any ideas? Vandy

Hi. I Try to install "Formication" on my Mac Os X and can't get it to work (http://www.villainy.com/downloads/formication.tar.gz). This is a very usefule Perl script that allows to use Apache to send mail. I was wondering if some one has managed to get it to work on OS X. Thanks for the reply. Aerocan

I have a dymo lablewriter twin and cannot pring. I've set up a new layout (specific for the lable size), added the right fields, and it doesn't print. The labels do come out, but they are blank. The label writer works w/ different software, and the labels print fine on a different printer. This is making me nuts. If you can help me, you'll be my hero! thanks. Brad Montgomery (forgive the duplicate post. I put this in the wrong place before.)

Has anyone used one of these? we are considering wiping the POS software from Casio, and using as the FileMaker POS interface. Will only be adding a receipt printer, as this is for charges on account, no cash or cc. I'll also be looking to purchase a template for the UI, but have yet to research.

Hello, I need to prepare a quote for a basic POS solution in FileMaker. The following hardware will be connected to a PC: 1) Cash drawer 2) Receipt printer 3) Credit Card reader 4) Check scanner Here are some questions regarding the implementation of the solution: 1) Does anyone have specific recommendations for the above hardware? 2) I've read in other topics where you can connect the cash drawer to the printer, but wouldn't it make more sense to connect the cash drawer directly to the PC, so that you can open the drawer *without* having to print something? 3) If I connect the cash draw directly to the PC, do I need to use the serial port to contr…

Does anyone know of a plugin for Filemaker, so Filemaker can interact with the Metrologic reader. I know that if I have FM open, and the cursor in the correct field, the reader will put the number code in that field. What I need is have Filemaker get active when the reader reads a barcode, and put the number in the correct field. Please reply to my email: [email protected]

Hi all, I have a client that would like to trigger a script by clicking on a USB foot pedal device. The foot pedal device actually consists of 3 pedals and is originally designed for doing medical transcribing on a PC. My end user is an all Mac business. Any ideas how I'd go about this? Thanks in advance! -Kent

Hi, I wonder if someone may be able to help with this. We are using a database that has already been created and that has a barcode field. The database has been passed on to us and we have just installed a barcode font (purchased from peninsula) and now we seem to have a strange problem. The old entries show the barcode fine but the field remains empty when we create any new entries : . Has anyone any idea why this might be happening? It seems strange that the calculation works for the old entries but not the new ones!! TIA

anyone have asolution for real time barcode scanning to a field or multi fields? here's my current situation. I have a portable scanner that scans to its own memory, then it is placed in its cradle and data is downloaded onto the PC as comma separated values (CSV). Each scan contains 5 fields before a return. the CSV is then manually imported into Filemaker and the invnetory database is updated. I want to know if there are wireless solutions to update the DB in realtime as codes are being scanned. there are such things as PDA type scanners, can these things run FMpro mobile and connect to filemaker DB and change data in realtime from scanning. …

Hi to all ! I have a strange issue I have FM Pro 8 Advanced and a scanner 2D label. When I scan a label with 2D label, Filemaker always automatically add 1 more record (I don't know why). I try this same process directly in Excel or a text editor, and I have no problem. The text label that I read from the 2D scanner has 73 long size and the database field type is text Any idea?

anybody know any website that i can download a free upc code for barcode ? thanks, mike

Hello, I am starting from scratch on this. I would like to know any good resources/advice to assist with the following: Best source of Mac/PC USB Barcode Reader (cheap as possible) Advice on reliable Barcode generation Advice on reliable printing barcodes Advice on managing barcode data (how different solutions work and there advantages) I would prefer to avoid plugins if possible, but don't mind knowing if good ones exist. Oh and needs to be cross platform and compatible with filemaker 8.5. best Stuart

I'm an ancient dBase programmer and I have designed a few business applications in FM a few years back. I now have the opportunity to design and sell a retail POS Golf Course solution which would involve scanning member's barcoded IDs, indicating type of service (9 holes, 18 holes, gas cart, etc.) collecting money, issuing receipts and submitting reports at the end of each day. Can FM handle this kind of frantic activity in terms of speed? Is it a good solution for retail services? Can it be compiled as I could do in dBase. Thanks for your help.