App for Pocket PC 2003 using the Symbol barcode scanner

[Ltwo]

I'm writing an app for a Pocket Pc 2003. When you scan a barcode a browser will open with the information. I am very new to the world of pocket pc programming. How should i tackle this project? Which language shall i use and which emulator should i use? Please, any help is appreciated.

Thanks in advanced.
Cheers

Joshua

[JasonLJames]

Do Symbol have an SDK for their bar code reader. I am about to embark on something similar with an SDIO barcode reader from Socket. They do have an SDK available that has got the dotnet classes alreadt created.

http://www.socketcom.com

Good luck and let us know how things work out.

Jason.

[DarrenS]

Last fall I wrote an app for the company I work for that runs on Symbol's PPC devices with a built in scanner. While Symbol now has a SDK available, I just utilized the scan wedge that came with the device. The only thing I had to code for was to move to the next field on the form.

Good luck.

[jeisner]

^^^

yep its easy as all hell :-)

the drivers for the scanner, can e set to send an enter key after the barcode is scanned, so you just trap that to kick off your search or move to the next field or whatever else...

[Patiko]

I'm about to embark or a barcode PDA project and was wondering if there are any cost effective solutions out there for using a barcode scanner with a PDA?
I can get a USB CueCat barcode reader for $10 on ebay. I wonder would it work with a USB host enabled PDA such as the toshiba e800 or could I get a USB Host CF card for an iPaq. But then would I need a special pocket PC driver to use it? Using it with Win XP, you apparently don't need a driver.
Any input?