I am working on barcode reading software. Runs ok, but reads at the most 8 characters at a time. How can I get it to read the entire barcode rather than in pieces?

Here is a snippet of my code


Imports System.Data.Sql Client
Imports System.IO.Ports

Public Class Form1
Private BarCodeEnabled As Boolean
'Private WithEvents ComPort As IO.Ports.Serial Port = My.Computer.Por ts.OpenSerialPo rt(Settings1.De fault.ComPort)...