Intermec 6500 Reference Guide
6500/6550 Computer Technical Reference
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Section 4
Scanner Drivers
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This section contains information about the scanner drivers
supported for the PEN*KEY
R
6500/6550 Computer.
Appending Bar Code Control Characters
If you want an automatic carriage return or tab character
postfixed to the bar code for the system to automatically
jump the cursor to the next field, use this option to append
an automatic character to the bar code scanned. This al-
lows the operator to avoid touching the screen.
The SYSTEM.INI file has an option to append characters.
The SYSTEM.INI file has an option to append characters.
Below is a sample system.ini file adding a tab character:
; AppendCharacter determines if byte value AppendCharacterValue will be
; appended on to the end of each valid scan.
; appended on to the end of each valid scan.
Valid values for
; AppendCharacter are: TRUE or FALSE.
The AppendCharacterValue can be
; anything from 0 to 255.
Default is not to append the character.
AppendCharacter=TRUE
AppendCharacterValue=13
“13” is the ASCII value for Carriage Return.