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Camera Barcode Scanning
Would it be possible to add barcode reading functionality into forms? It would be a benefit to me to be able to answer a question by using a mobile tablet or phone camera to scan a barcode of a seria...
Any progress on this one? Same use case for me and would be great to have a selectable option to use the camera to scan a type 128 barcode
- if you want to scan throug iphone or android phone without specific app, encode a url to qrcode which be visited by web browser and send data to backend database.
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/qr-codes-in-access/09b766d2-a759-470a-86bb-f4513340b0b4?page=2
Or build an app /apk for input.
https://b23.tv/Jx8Efnu DoubleARon Forms doesn't have this functionality but Power Apps does. Have a look a the video here by Shane Young.
Rob
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