Access as Default Program for Device

[Meep]

I have a device -- a barcode scanner. I want to scan barcodes into a text box on a form. I want barcode scans to register with Access even if Access is operating in the background (i.e., isn't the window on top). Is this possible?

Thank you.

 

[missinglinq]

Can you enter data, using your keyboard, into a program that is running in the background? Can you use your mouse to enter data, by pasting it in, into a program that is running in the background?

Same answer applies to a bar scanner which, like the keyboard and mouse, is an input device.

Linq ;0)>

 

[Meep]

Yes, but can you write an exe file that would sit in memory and wake up Access when input is detected from the port to which the scanner is connected?

The answer, I assume, is yes. I just don't know how to do it.