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BarcodeScanner

TheBarcodeScannerelementaddsabuttontotriggerthedevicetoscanabarcode.Averylargevari-

etyofbarcodetypesaresupported.Oncethebarcodehasbeenscanned,thedatafromthebarcode

willbeaddedtotheCOTGFormandsubmittedalongwithit.

Note: UsingtheBarcodeScannerelementrequirestheinstallationoftheZXingBarcodeScan-

nerapplicationonAndroiddevices.Theapplicationreturnsthebarcodedataafterscanning.

Camera

TheCameraelementaddsagroupofbuttonstocaptureorselectanimage.Oncetheimageisselec-

tedviathecameraorthedevice'slibrary(aka"gallery"),itissavedwithintheFormdata.

Whentheformissubmitted,theimageissentinabase64-encodedstringformat.Tolearnhowtoadd

Cameradatatoatemplate,see"AddingCameradatatothetemplate"onpage521.

TheCameraelementhasanumberofoptions,ofwhichmostcanbesetintheDesignview.These

optionsaredescribedbelow.

Alloptions,includingoptionsthatcannotbesetviatheDesignview,canbesetviatheSourceviewor

incode;see"Changingdefaultsettingsforwidgets"onpage547.

Buttons

Bydefault,theCameraelementaddsthreebuttonstotheform:

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Take now:Opensthedevice'sdefaultCameraapplicationtotakeapictureusingthedevice's

camera.CaptureOnTheGohasnoimpactonthedevice'sapplications,sothefeaturesavailable

(quality,orientation,filters)aredependentonthedeviceitself.Youcan,however,settheformat,

qualityandscalingforimagesthataresubmittedbytheCameraelement,asexplainedbelow.

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Library:Opensthedevice'sdefaultlibraryorgalleryapplicationtoselectasingleimagethatis

thensavedintheformdata.Theaccessibleimagesandnavigationdependonthedeviceitself.

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Clear:RemovesanyexistingimagedatafromtheCameraelement.

ToomittheTakenoworLibrarybutton,edittheCameraelement'sproperties:right-clicktheCamera

elementafteraddingittotheform,selectCamera propertiesandthenusetheSourcedrop-downto

selectwhichbuttonswillbeavailable:Take,Pickfromlibrary,orboth.

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