5250 input field scan w /barcode not enter with keyboard

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Remove the keyboard! No, but seriously, I was faced with this quite a long time ago. I never found a method around "allowing" the keyboard to be used. Except when the materials supervisor has me create a barcode with the user id and password, no HRI, and he did lock the keyboard in a tray. Btw, only he had the key! So, the pickers would scan the user id barcode, the password barcode, and away they would go.

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I am developing some RPGLE screens for our barcode system. Is there a way to force users to scan a barcode into a 5250 field and not allow them to enter the data into the field with the scanner keyboard? Users are creating errors by entering the data instead of scanning. Thanks, Mike

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Thanks for the response. I found the solution in the SDA "Keying Options" for the field. I set the "Keyboard Shift Attribute" to 'I'. the definition for 'I' is "Inhibit any data typing, allow feature devices." I am using the Symbol MC9090 scanner.