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Can anyone help me? Im trying to set up barcode menus to drive our database
software in a Microbiology laboratory. We are currently trying out Kermit
3.15 to connect to our Unix server. We have found that kermit is a lot more
configurable than our current Conductor for workgroups terminal emulator. I
am trying to use Kermit macros to simplify a lot of the data entry we have
to do. These macros are set up in a kermit .ini file. The Code 128 barcodes
that i am using encode a key press to invoke a macro called "do what".This
asks the user to supply the name of a second Macro which is also encoded in
the same barcode. This seems to work after a fashion - it is fine first of
all but then it seems to go haywire and instead of supplying the database
application with the alpha numeric characters it should it supplies a ream
of numbers interspersed with colons and semicolons and eventually the laser
printer connect to the PC i am using prints out a screen dump for no
apparent reason! ( I dont think that this is anything to do with the
database application) Disconnecting tha laser printer causes a prompt asking
whether to retry or cancel printing. I have tried using pauses between each
part of the macro but this has no effect. Any advice would be much
appreciated.