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¶

The ActionResult of this action is the display value of the scanned bar code.

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');
  }
}