SaltyDawg

Yes I read that quote years ago, I was in the Army in Somalia at te time.

Got it: I tried System.Windows.Forms.KeyPressEventHandler and it works. Thanks alot for your help I guess if I had declared "using System.Windows.Forms" it at the top KeyPressEventHandler would have worked

the KeyPressEventHandler method is not being recognized. Tried: this.txtScanUserId.KeyPress += new System.KeyPressEventHandler(this.txtScanUserId_KeyPress); By the way, like that Gandhi quote one of my favorites I try to live by.

Sounds good. Now how could I detect the carriage return?

I have an application in C# which uses a dialog box with a textbox and a button to submit. A barcode scanner is used input the data. Currently after the scan the user must use the mouse to click the submit button. What can I do to submit to data automatically after scanning. I know there is something about a carriage return character, but I have no idea what to do. If I scan the barcode with any other program (even WordPad) it would carriage return to the next line, but its not working in my C# app. Is there something I need to add to my code or a property I need to set to the textbox or button? Thanks.