I have an application that prints eTickets. Originally I used the cool 2-D bar code because it allowed me to use the GUID as the code. However scanners that can scan 2-D bar codes are way too expensive. So now I just use any of the codes that the Telerik Reporting too offers, like code39 http://demos.telerik.com/reporting/barcodes/demo.aspx
I want to allow people to scan the bar code with a scanner connected to the host computer via USB. The scanned code should automatically appears on the textbox of either the Web Form or win Form.
What USB Hand-held scanners do you recommend in the sub-$100 range?
I just got the "Adesso NuScan 1000U Bar Code Reader"
If you use it on a Web Form, it works like this: You click in the textbox, when developing the page you may want to use a javascript focus to make sure that the textbox is pre-selected.
Then you scan the bar code.
The scanner will put the bar code directly into the textbox and hit the return key.
If you are using .net web forms I would recommend putting your form in a asp:panel and in the panal properties set the default button to the button id. This way the correct button will be hit on return.
Here's the details of my results: Bar Code Scanning for eTicketing software