Reading magnetic strip card

[Bill D Michael]

I'd cheat and set up a dummy field before the student id. Then the ";"
would cause it to skip that field, putting the input into the one where you
want it.

Bill





Louis BROUILLETTE <Louis_Brouillette@UQTR.UQuebec.CA>@sphere.swau.edu on
09/22/2000 02:11:01 PM

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Hi everyone,

I'm trying to read a magnetic strip containing the student id into a quick
screen.
My problem is that the string that I read begins with a ";", the command
separator.  It causes the entry field to be skipped.  I can't change the
separator character in the qkgo because users would kill me.  So my
question is: Is there a way to disable the separator character (or change
it to something else) for the period of time the input procedure is
executed ?

Louis Brouillette
Analyste en informatique (DBA)
Universite du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres
Tel: (819) 376-5011 ext. 2435
Email: Louis_Brouillette@uqtr.uquebec.ca
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