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HID device trapping



Hi,

we'd like to create an app that catches the output provided by USB bar code reader. It behaves like a HID keyboard device and I see it in HID Explorer. The problem is that certain app is not fast enough to capture all the keystrokes produced by the reader. Since there's no config app for the reader, a custom solution is required. The solution would be to capture all the keystrokes exclusively by our code and then forward them to the app in some manner. I'm not an USB programmer so I'd like to ask few questions such as:

 - How to get started?

 - What to read to know all the terms?

 - Is possible to capture all the keystrokes produced by that HID device that
   should go that the app my code is loaded in?

 - What would be the recommended steps for doing such app.

 - I believe this can be done without the kernel level code or am I wrong?

Thanks,

  Tomas
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Ing. Tomas Zahradnicky, Jr.
Production Manager, 24U Software
Associate Member, Filemaker Solutions Alliance
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http://www.24uSoftware.com
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