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Using Keyport with GM 1724 labels

Using GM 1724 labels with Keyport is remarkably easy. Here is a simple example, but before you get started, please install Keyport, run through the Demo Transaction, and make sure you understand how transactions work.

Now, let us assume that we have a GM 1724 label with the following information contained in it.

Assume that we also have an application that requires that the user

• type in a PO Number,
• press the tab key,
• enter the GM part number,
• press the enter key.

If we wish to use Keyport to scan a GM 1724 label instead of hand-typing the data, here is how you do it:

1. Configure your scanner to append a carriage return to the end of each scan. This helps Keyport determine when a scan is complete.
2. Select Options from the Window menu.
   

   

3. At the next dialog box press the "System Settings" tab, and then mark the box labeled interpret GM 1724 labels. Press OK to close the dialog.
   

   

4. Now you will set-up a transaction that tells Keyport what you desire to do. Before you do, you may want to delete the two sample transactions, although it is not necessary. Then start the process by selecting New Transaction from the Transaction menu.
   

   

5. This dialog may pop up. If it does, press Yes. (This refers to the CR at the end of the scan, see step 1.)
   

   

6. The first four fields in the Transaction Definition window relate to the transaction as a whole. The remainder of the items in the window refer to field information. Currently, you are viewing the first field, which has some default data.

   Fill in the first four fields as shown. The transaction name can be anything useful to you to help identify the transaction. The window title will tell Keyport which window you want the data to go to. Keyport will start at the front window, and look until it finds a window that has a title that matches the string. "~?" means that the window title has any number ("~") of any character ("?"), in other words, any window title will match, and the data will go to the front window.
   

   

7. Now you will enter the data for the first field (PO number). This will tell Keyport what it needs to know to extract the correct data from the GM 1724 bar code label. Fill in the screen as shown below.

   

   The field name can also be set to whatever you desire. The field mask is used to test the data to make sure it is correct. "K~?" means that the data starts with the letter "K" and then has any number "~" of any character "?". You set the field this way, because we know that the Data Identifier for the "PO Number" is "K". The Exit Keystrokes are those keystrokes that you want to have entered immediately after the data. "{TAB}" means that you want to press the tab key. We have included some sound waves to prompt for part number, and those are entered into the appropriate places. Finally, stripping one character from the front of the data will remove the "K" before the data is sent as keystrokes to the application.

8. When you are done, press the "New" button to create another field. Now you will enter the data for the second field (GM Part Number). Fill in the screen as shown below.
   

   

   When you are done, press the button marked "OK" to finish the transaction definition. That's all you need to do to set-up Keyport to extract data from a GM 1724 label.