OpenBarcodeScanner¶

Define action that allow users to open a barcode scanner on a mobile device.

The properties defined in Action are also applicable to this action.

OpenBarcodeScanner Properties¶

Property	Type	Required
Path	`string`	Optional
_Type	`const`	Required

Path¶

type: string

_Type¶

OpenBarcodeScanner: This action will open the barcode scanner and return result after scanning.

type: const

The value of this property must be equal to:

"Action.Type.OpenBarcodeScanner"

Action Result¶

Refer to the MDK Guide to understand what an action result is.

The success ActionResult of this action is the display value of the scanned bar code. The failure ActionResult is an error message.

Barcode Formats¶

The MDK barcode scanning relies on interfaces provided by the SAP BTP SDKs. The SDK scanning in turn uses the native device scanning libraries, so MDK should also support any of those supported formats. The following list of barcode formats have been tested correctly in MDK on both iOS and Android. There may also be additional formats supported beyond this list.

Numbers
- EAN-8
- EAN-13
- EAN-14
- UPC-E
- UPC-A
- Code 25
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- ISSN
Alphanumeric
- Code 39
- Code 39 mod 43
- Code 93
- Code 128
- GS1-128 (UCC/EAN-128)
Arbitrary Data
- PDF417
- QR
- Aztec
- Data Matrix

Examples¶

{
    "_Type": "Action.Type.OpenBarcodeScanner",
    "OnSuccess": "/MDKApp/Rules/BarcodeScanner/ShowBarcodeScanningResult.js", 
    "OnFailure": "/MDKApp/Actions/BarcodeScanner/OpenBarcodeScannerFailure.action",
    "ActionResult": {
        "_Name": "BarcodeScanner"
    }
}

export default function ShowBarcodeScanningResult(pageProxy) {
  var actionResult = pageProxy.getActionResult('BarcodeScanner');
  if (actionResult) {
    pageProxy.setActionBinding({
      'Result': actionResult.data,
    });
    return pageProxy.executeAction('/MDKDevApp/Actions/Navigation/BarcodeScanner/NavToBarcodeScannerSuccessPage.action');
  }
}