QR Codes & Access Web database

[jerem]

Hi,
I'm using a web database with Access 2010 and Sharepoint. I would like to insert QR codes based on field data. The problem is that all the add-ins I have found so far either are ActiveX objects or use VBA, which don't work with Web Databases.
Does anybody have an alternative?
Thank you!

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[Pat Hartman]

Welcome aboard
What are QR codes and why do you need some ActiveX or VBA to insert them?

 

[jerem]

Hi Pat,
QR codes are 2D barcodes. The activeX or the VBA actually code the information into that scannable 2D barcode. If you want to see how they look like, type QR code in google image.

 

[Pat Hartman]

The Access Web interface is in its infancy and it cannot do all the things an Access client/server app can do.

Does the web form support bound object frame controls? That may solve the problem.

 

[jerem]

I think it does. But how would you do? You still need the QR code to be generated.

 

[spikepl]

I don't know exactly what you can or cannot do in an Access Webdatabase.

A normal barcode can be generated by a http call : http://www.idautomation.com/dynamicgenerator/ or by calling a webservice http://www.idautomation.com/webservice/ Perhaps something similar is already available for QR-codes, or can be made (outside Sharepoint).

Again, depending on Access Web can do, one could perhaps also do something via FTP: dump the QR-text in some folder, have an application scan the folder and put a QR-code back if it finds a text, then collected via ftp (provided one can talk to ftp from Access Web).

Some mechanism could perhaps be established via email: send the text, get QR-code back ...

Perhaps Access Web can use some Sharepoint bits? http://blogs.citrius.com/2011/03/01...rcodes-for-items-in-a-sharepoint-list-part-1/