MagCardReaderRead Method

Activates the device's magnetic card reader, if present, and waits for a card to be swiped.

Namespace: Zebra.Sdk.Device
Assembly: SdkApi.Core (in SdkApi.Core.dll) Version: 3.0.3271

Syntax

string[] Read(
	int timeoutMS
)

Function Read ( 
	timeoutMS As Integer
) As String()

array<String^>^ Read(
	int timeoutMS
)

timeoutMS Int32: The amount of time in milliseconds to enable the reader and wait for a card to be swiped.

String
An array of three strings corresponding to the tracks of the card. If a track could not be read that string will be empty.

Remarks

If the device does not have a reader the call will timeout.