switching edit box based on #of characters

[Mkonopko]

I need to able to scan 2 barcodes and compare them without ever having to touch a keyboard. Here is part of my code. It works until I try to add anything even a msgbox that would display the contents of the variable.

Any ideas?

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#SingleInstance
Edit1=
Edit2=
Gui, Add, Edit, vEdit1 gLabel
Gui, Add, Edit, vEdit2 glabel

Gui, Show
return
GuiClose:
 ExitApp

Label:
 Gui, Submit, NoHide
 If StrLen(Edit1) > 11
  GuiControl, Focus, Edit2
  Gui, Submit, NoHide
 If StrLen(Edit2) > 11
	Gui, submit, hide2
		
MsgBox, %Edit1%
return

[lexikos]

What are you expecting? The barcode scanner sends a bunch of keystrokes all at once. If you pop up a MsgBox after the first keystroke, of course the rest of the barcode scanner's keystrokes are going to be sent to the MsgBox, not your GUI.

Maybe you're just missing braces to show the program (and us) which lines are supposed to belong to your IF statements. (For example, to show the MsgBox only when StrLen(Edit2) > 11.)

When you post code, use code tags around your code, either by typing them or by pressing the

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 button in the full post editor.  I have added them to your post so you can see how it looks.