RE: (ot) barcodes and mobile sites

2014-04-23 Thread David Phelan
it in a BLOB Dave -Original Message- From: Matthew Allen [mailto:a.matthe...@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 7:07 AM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: (ot) barcodes and mobile sites Hi Dave and all, Tried posting this earlier, not sure it has gone through, here I go again: Excuse the dumb

Re: (ot) barcodes and mobile sites

2014-04-22 Thread Matthew Allen
Hi Dave and all, Excuse the dumb question, I fully understand how the QR code and reader works, I've built a number of QR solutions, where I use it to direct users to PDFs and videos resources, activities per file are stored in the database, as you can capture url values. I've never used

Re: (ot) barcodes and mobile sites

2014-04-22 Thread Matthew Allen
Hi Dave and all, Tried posting this earlier, not sure it has gone through, here I go again: Excuse the dumb question, I fully understand how the QR code and reader works, I've built a number of QR solutions, where I use it to direct users to PDFs and videos resources, activities per file are

Re: (ot) barcodes and mobile sites

2014-04-22 Thread Dave Watts
Excuse the dumb question, I fully understand how the QR code and reader works, I've built a number of QR solutions, where I use it to direct users to PDFs and videos resources, activities per file are stored in the database, as you can capture url values. I've never used barcode before,

Re: (ot) barcodes and mobile sites

2014-04-22 Thread a.matthew14
Ok that makes sense. Many thanks Dave. div Original message /divdivFrom: Dave Watts dwa...@figleaf.com /divdivDate:22/04/2014 16:26 (GMT+00:00) /divdivTo: cf-talk cf-talk@houseoffusion.com /divdivSubject: Re: (ot) barcodes and mobile sites /divdiv /div Excuse the dumb

Re: (ot) barcodes and mobile sites

2014-04-11 Thread Cameron Childress
On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 7:18 PM, Bryan Stevenson wrote: Thanks Dave.not exactly, but that does spark another idea. Any idea if the URL can specify URL params as well (I assume so...just have not really used them much)?? Bryan- We are scoping out a project with similar requirements

Re: (ot) barcodes and mobile sites

2014-04-11 Thread Dave Watts
Additionally, we hope to eventually embed QR scanning in either a mobile site or app that would allow the user to scan item(s) now as part of a larger process. In this case, we would like to intercept the QR string within our app and disassemble it in the app (instead of redirecting the user

Re: (ot) barcodes and mobile sites

2014-04-11 Thread Cameron Childress
On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 9:41 AM, Dave Watts wrote: If you're building a native app on Android, you can certainly do this with the ZXing library: https://github.com/zxing/zxing I don't think you'll be able to do that with a mobile site, though. This company has already chosen iOS as their

Re: (ot) barcodes and mobile sites

2014-04-11 Thread Bryan Stevenson
Thanks for that Cameronand I'd love to hear more about what you're up to as well ;-) I did see a mention on Git (a link from the article Dave provided yesterday) that some mobile app scanners allow you to configure a URL to send the user to when a barcode is scanned. It uses a few

Re: (ot) barcodes and mobile sites

2014-04-11 Thread Bryan Stevenson
Well as Barney would say - Challenge accepted! ;-) I have my doubts as wellbut then again I didn't know yesterday what I now know today! ...of course if there was a widget I could buy and use for this - I would...hehe Cheers *Bryan Stevenson*B.Comm. President CEO Electric Edge Systems

Re: (ot) barcodes and mobile sites

2014-04-10 Thread Dave Watts
I'm just looking into the possible methods/options for scanning a barcode (or QR) using a mobile device (phone/tablet) and making the scanned value (in this case a number) available to a web app running via a mobile site (i.e. stuff scanned value in text input)? It's the bridge from

Re: (ot) barcodes and mobile sites

2014-04-10 Thread Bryan Stevenson
On 14-04-10 03:59 PM, Dave Watts wrote: QR codes can launch a specific URL in the mobile browser. Is that what you're trying to do? Thanks Dave.not exactly, but that does spark another idea. Any idea if the URL can specify URL params as well (I assume so...just have not really used them

Re: (ot) barcodes and mobile sites

2014-04-10 Thread Dave Watts
QR codes can launch a specific URL in the mobile browser. Is that what you're trying to do? Thanks Dave.not exactly, but that does spark another idea. Any idea if the URL can specify URL params as well (I assume so...just have not really used them much)?? Yes, they can. Anything you

Re: (ot) barcodes and mobile sites

2014-04-10 Thread .jonah
OK, that's cool. Great use of intents and hooks. On 4/10/14, 5:49 PM, Dave Watts wrote: You might find this interesting: http://chris.m0nk3y.net/blog/post/scanning-barcodes-from-your-mobile-web-apps ~| Order the Adobe

Re: (ot) barcodes and mobile sites

2014-04-10 Thread Bryan Stevenson
Thanks for the link DaveI'll give that a read! *Bryan Stevenson*B.Comm. President CEO Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. - makers of FACTS^(TM) phone: 250.480.0642 cell: 250.920.8830 e-mail: br...@electricedgesystems.com mailto:br...@electricedgesystems.com web: www.electricedgesystems.com