On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 10:20 PM, Richard Siddall < richard.sidd...@elirion.net> wrote:
> Ted Byers wrote: > >> This is an important question. >> >> I too have potential clients who want to use their smart phones for POS, >> as >> well as to take inventory (both within their warehouse and on remote job >> >> sites). I have found bar code reader hardware that will put the barcode >> data into whatever field in whatever form has focus (regardless of whether >> the application is a web app, with which the user is interacting via a >> >> browser, or a dedicated app). Obviously, I want to have the user working >> with both the POS and inventory components via the web browser.[snip] >> > > I did a quick search and it looks like the ASL-licensed ZXing ( > http://code.google.com/p/**zxing/ <http://code.google.com/p/zxing/>) > works on Blackberry as well as on Android. It wasn't obvious you could use > it to enter text into an arbitrary web application running on the mobile > device. Seems like you have to use it within a custom application. > > Richard. > > > > Thanks Richard. I will investigate this. They seem to have a discussion forum, so I can ask, there, how to use it within OFBiz. It is, after all, a Java library, but I do not know, yet, if it can be embedded in a web page app, or if it would need an app to install on the user's smart phone (acceptable on a merchant or contractor's smart phone, but potentially problematic on a consumer's smart phone. Thanks Ted
