Hello everyone,
I’m looking to make a small application that would allow me to scan several barcodes to follow, and when I’m finished I want to associate today’s date, name of the delivery person, name of the donor and signature of the delivery person.
I can’t manage to scan several barcodes to follow.
A method to suggest to me?
You would want to use a Parent/Child set of tables with the “Is part of” option enabled in the Child table. Your Parent Table would be named maybe “Donations”. In this table you would have the Date, DeliverY Person, Donor and Signature. The Child table, maybe named “Donated Items”, would be the table where you store the scanned barcodes. With the setup then you have many options for the barcode scanning.
For example, if your intent is to perform back-to-back barcode scans (which is what it sounds like), then you can setup your “Donated Items” Form view with Auto-Advance, Auto-Save and Auto-Reopen features turned ON. Adjust the “Donated Items” Form to show ONLY the Barcode column.
What will happen is you open the Donations Form view, enter the Date, Delivery and Donor details fields and then tap “New” on the Donated Items list. This will open the “Donated Items” Form and Auto-Advance will automatically opent he barcode scanner on the phone. Scan the first barcode. Auto-Save will automatically save the row and Auto-Reopen will open the Donated Items form again. This will repeat. When you are done, tap “Cancel” on the final opened Form to stop the process. From a users perspective, they would simply Scan->Scan->Scan->…Tap Cancel. Very easy!!
NOTE: Auto-Advance option is in the general settings areas for Form Views. Auto-Save and Auto-Reopen are options on each Form view.
I know you are new so much of this you won’t know. Take it one step at a time and ask specific questions when needed.
I hope this helps!!
I’d have to believe there’s a template for this. Have you checked?