RSSScanner Go
Apr 09
We use Filemaker Go a lot on our iPhones. So we were looking for a way to use the iPhone camera as a barcode reader for data entry to Filemaker Go. Enter Scanner Go. By using url requests within FIlemaker Go, you can open Scanner Go, scan a barcode, and send the results directly back to a script in your mobile database. Integrating these url requests is simple to do for any app or website. Check out the protocol here. It’s available on the App Store now.
Apr 15, 2012 @ 14:00:48
Dear Developper,
I use FileMaker Pro and I don’t see how get back the scanned code in FileMaker.
There is no problem to make a URL that launch Scanner … and the scanner get the bar code.
But How come back to FileMaker to ‘receive this value’ ?
Many thanks in advance.
Apr 18, 2012 @ 17:28:05
In your FMP database, you’ll need a script to run when receiving the barcode value. You can set the parameter to the script, or set a local variable to the barcode result. The fmp7Script protocol is located here.
As an example I have a file “Scanner.fm7″ with a script called “ViewResult” that takes the barcode as a script parameter. I want Scanner Go to use the title “Scan This”. In the Filemaker database, add a button that opens this URL:
ilu://x-callback-url/scanner-go?x-source=Scan%20This&x-success=FMP7Script://$/Scanner?script=ViewResult&sg-param=param
Place the file onto your iOS device and open it in Filemaker Go.
View the Scanner Go protocol and other examples here.