Submitting barcodes automatically, without pressing a button

RE: Submitting barcodes automatically, without pressing a button

Mike Schmitt — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 18:37:29 GMT

Why wouldn't the user be able to scan multiple barcodes all into a single, let's say, paragraph field, then every so often (maybe every 5 or 10 scans until/unless they're more confident) they press an on-form button to process that batch?

RE: Submitting barcodes automatically, without pressing a button

Richard Michaelis — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 15:47:09 GMT

I am with stefan here. I tried some stuff, but i dont see a chance really either.

RE: Submitting barcodes automatically, without pressing a button

Stefan Helzle — Fri, 26 Nov 2021 12:29:01 GMT

AFAIK there is no way to do that without any additional user interaction. Even when you just create dynamic fields, the user would have to tap the field to switch focus before scanning.

RE: Submitting barcodes automatically, without pressing a button

Marta — Fri, 26 Nov 2021 12:02:44 GMT

Hi Richard.

Yes, we already tried that approach and everything is working, but it doesn't answer our question regarding the ability to allow a user to scan multiple barcodes without pressing a button each time they scan a barcode.

Our use case aims to target warehouse employees that will use a mobile, so we're trying to avoid the fuss to press a button each time they scan a code.

RE: Submitting barcodes automatically, without pressing a button

Richard Michaelis — Thu, 25 Nov 2021 12:46:09 GMT

Can you tell us, how your overall setting looks like? are you using this approach?

docs.appian.com/.../Retrieve_Data_By_Scanning_A_Barcode.html

RE: Submitting barcodes automatically, without pressing a button

Richard Michaelis — Thu, 25 Nov 2021 12:44:34 GMT

Is it working for you, that the user submits the form one time in the end after everything is scanned?