Magnetic Card Reader

[WhiteNite1971]

Hi

I am new to this forum. I am interested in using a magnetic card reader to enter member details into my database. Has anyone had any experience with doing this? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Kind Regards

Jason

 

[John Big Booty]

There are a number of threads concerning Bar code Readers perhaps one of them will give you some pointers.

 

[WhiteNite1971]

Hi JBB

Thanks for the reply. I have been doing a lot of searching on the subject via Google. From what I understand using a magnetic card reader is no different to using a keyboard. The card produces a string which I need to extract information from. I can use the built in functions left mid right and InStr to extract the data using a query. I run into trouble from this point on. How do I get the information into a table? How do I get the text box to press enter?

Kind Regards

Jason