Re: Code 128 Barcode Generator?
@Bryant_Gillespie
Very Cool!
but, when using, say “Link to record” function to generate the Code, Code Reader will open the link and Airtable will prompt you to login, download or register to Airtable.
how, or, what kind of Shared “link to record” function to use for the code reader to just open the link in the view only mode, like when sharing the view.
something like this:
Why?
Scenario: Catering staffing?
Waiter gets a link to Barcode, when clicked on link it will open a barcode, when scanned at the access point, it will open the view only record
Use case: ID & access control?
thx!
@Miroslav_Tunjic
I think the Barcode field type is more about quickly searching / finding records by the barcode within the mobile app than the use case you mentioned.
From your description, it sounds like you want it to open up a the Expanded Record View of a read-only Shared View. Is that right?
If that’s the case you’d want to do something like below and use the QR Code type…
1.) Create a Shared view for the table and view that has the catering info.
2.) Copy the URL structure from the expanded record within that Shared view.
3.) Use the URL structure in the formula you are using to generate the URL.
The formula should look something like this.
"https://airtable.com/{{your_shared_view_id}}/{{your_table_id}}/{{your_view_id}}/"&RECORD_ID()
From my Barcode Test base it would be this
"https://airtable.com/shrjJeGSYIkO4zt6H/tblWjU1xc9kEtKrRp/viwzSAKy8PTOy8ebt/"&RECORD_ID()
4.) Change the formula within the Barcode URL field to use the new URL.
"http://bwipjs-api.metafloor.com/?bcid=qrcode&text="&{SharedViewExpandedRecordURL}
**Note: You could also combine this into a single formula field if you wanted like this.
"http://bwipjs-api.metafloor.com/?bcid=qrcode&text="&"https://airtable.com/{{your_shared_view_id}}/{{your_table_id}}/{{your_view_id}}/"&RECORD_ID()
That’s it.
Now the staff member would be able to scan the QR code from the Page Designer (presumably printed out a piece of paper or ticket) and have it take them directly to the expanded record within that shared view you setup.
