SoftTrigger

Sets or retrieves the state of the soft trigger feature of a scanner. The soft trigger is a common feature that enables a scanner laser through software, rather than through a trigger button.

To	Use
Retrieve the state of the soft trigger feature	Syntax 1 For retrieving the soft trigger state
Set the state of the soft trigger feature	Syntax 2 For setting the soft trigger state

Syntax 1 For retrieving the soft trigger state

Description

Retrieves the soft trigger state of a scanner.

Applies to

BarcodeScanner

Syntax

Boolean scannerobject.SoftTrigger ( )

Argument	Description
scannerobject	The name of the bar code scanner object

Returns

Boolean. Value are:

True The soft trigger feature is on.
False The soft trigger feature is off.

Examples

Example 1

The following example returns the state of the soft trigger feature of the scanner asscociated with the BarcodeScanner object l_scanner:

lb_softstate = l_scanner.SoftTrigger()

Syntax 2 For setting the soft trigger state

Description

Sets the soft trigger state of a scanner.

Applies to

BarcodeScanner

Syntax

Integer scannerobject.SoftTrigger ( newState )

Argument	Description
scannerobject	The name of the bar code scanner object
newState	Boolean value that is used to set the soft trigger state

Returns

Integer. Returns 1 for success or one of the following negative values if an error occurs:

-1 Unspecified error
-2 Supporting DLL not loaded error
-3 Initialization error other than DLL not loaded
-4 Error in the passed in arguments
-5 Something in the object instance is inconsistent
-6 Call to the driver failed
-7 Error opening the specific scan device
-8 Error in the internal buffer allocation
-9 Incorrect scan state for the requested action (typically benign)
-10 Low level device error
-11 Read is already pending (typically benign)
-12 Read is cancelled (typically benign)
-13 Timeout period expired on the read (typically benign)
-14 Error creating the asynchronous read from the message sink
-100 Feature not implemented

Examples

Example 2

The following example turns off the soft trigger feature of the scanner asscociated with the BarcodeScanner object l_scanner:

li_rtn = l_scanner.SoftTrigger(false)