User's Manual Part 1

6 Scanner Support—Chapter

153700 Series Color Mobile Computer User’s Manual

IADC::Initialize

This function initializes a connection by opening a communications chan-

nel with a logical reader engine. The communications port is implicitly

identified. This communication channel is required to collect data or con-

figure the device.

Syntax

HRESULT IADC::Initialize ( LPCTSTR pszDeviceName,

ITC_DEVICE_FLAGS eDeviceFlags );

Parameters

pszDeviceName [in] Pointer to a string that contains the device name

on which to initialize the logical connection.

The device name (Merlin 1) identifies a

communications port.

Use “default” for all internal scanners, such as

Imager, SE900, etc. Use “ExtScanner” for

tethered scanners.

eDeviceFlags [in] Enumeration that identifies the read

characteristic as follows:

S ITC_DHDEVFLAG_READAHEAD

Data is buffered on behalf of the calling

application. Data buffering starts after the

first call to IADC::Read ().

Return Values

HRESULT that indicates success or failure.

Remarks

None.