Mobile library for barcodes?

[Mike Kerner]

Roger, golf clap.  With one hand.
Jonathan, that's by design.  We've had enough spyware on PC's that cause
the camera to take video and stills.  In fact, there was a case of a local
rent-to-own company near me commissioning such software and then they had
installed on every PC they rented.  When they had problems collecting
payments, they went to work.  True story.

On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 8:43 AM, Jonathan Lynch via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> Yah, that is an issue. The getUserMedia() method does not work in any form
> on iPhone. Wow, that's annoying.
>
> Good to know - thanks Mike.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Feb 1, 2017, at 6:47 AM, Roger Eller via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >
> > No worries, Mike.  Someday perhaps a widget for every platform will
> > eMERGE.  /see what I did there.  :)
> >
> > On Jan 31, 2017 10:03 PM, "Mike Kerner via use-livecode" <
> > use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Roger, I agree.  I was not aware, until you mentioned it, this evening,
> >> that zx ran on android.  If that is the case, and mergAV does not, then
> of
> >> course it should not be deprecated, at least on Android.  On iOS, it is
> not
> >> as useful for barcode scanning and recognition as mergAV is.  Anyway,
> >> Jonathan, you would need mergAV to tell the camera to capture the image
> (on
> >> ios), so I am not sure why you would then have a separate JS library
> >> attempt to read it, since AV also includes a BC interpretation
> component.
> >>
> >> On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 9:13 PM, Roger Eller via use-livecode <
> >> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> When a question about what's available for "mobile" is raised, I always
> >>> read it as "android, iOS, and maybe even Windows-mobile".  I never
> >>> purchaced the full merg-suite because it doesn't fully support all of
> >>> LiveCodes mobile platforms.  I do have mergZXing because it works on
> >>> Android.  It shouldn't be deprecated unless there is an x-plat
> >> replacement.
> >>>
> >>> ~Roger
> >>>
> >>> On Jan 31, 2017 5:48 PM, "Mike Kerner via use-livecode" <
> >>> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> See my email.  mergAV is choice #1 for reading.  mergZX reads, but is
> >> not
> >>>> as advanced as mergAV and really should be deprecated because it does
> >> not
> >>>> have any features that mergAV does not have.  It just uses a different
> >>> code
> >>>> base.
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On the second day, God created the oceans.
On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours,
   and did a little diving.
And God said, "This is good."