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It would be great to have a native control in BC (e.g. a special field type for Tablet-Client and Phone-Client) for scanning barcodes by using the camera of the device.

The picture of the barcode should be interpreted within BC and the barcode value should be inserted into the field from where the process has been started.

Additionally, it should be possible to start the barcode scanning process with AL-code. In this case, the barcode value should be passed over as a return value and we would be able to split the string into several elements (e.g. GS1 DataMatrix with multiple Information in one barcode).

Finally there should be a possibility to give feedback to the user (sound or light) , whether the barcode could be interpreted correctly or not.
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Thank you! 

Blazej Kotelko
PM, Dynamics 365 Business Central

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Agree !, this will help users to save time. I am expecting.

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We are building out some extensions at the moment and this functionality is exactly what we need. Shame it isn't available yet.

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At this moment we use QR code to open the page URL with filter applied, is good if Microsoft integrate with BC mobile app.

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The page on mobile device (put-away, pick, ...) should be completely rebuild in function of a barcode scanning functionality. The focus should be speed of use and obviously reduced mistakes that come with implementing barcode scanning.

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Are there any news on this topic?

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Very interesting.

"The bigger problem is the BC client doesn't lend itself to barcode capture very well. One must manually focus on an input field to use it and it becomes tedious with repeated interaction. I've read about role tailored client workarounds to this dilemma but they didn't adequately solve the problem (e.g. create a custom page object with just one input field). I'll imagine that the web client makes this landscape worse. not better."

Absolutely agree with this opinion.

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For those situations where a large amount of scans are required, have you explored building a PowerApp for that specific functionality? Is the request that if a user scans something the system knows what to do with that scan? For example, if a user scans a bar code from any screen, the system will recognize it is an item bar code and suggest item related actions?

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Barcode printing is of greater importance than phone scanning. Right now we can't get consistent barcode printing on forms or labels for our manufacturing and distribution clients. High volume label printing is a real problem. We can manage Code 39 fairly well, but UPC labels are a real challenge.

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Please do barcode decoding locally at the device, not send the complete picture back into cloud.
Not sure if possible, but I would prefer a complete UPOS support intgetrated into the Win10 client at least.

We are currently writing this as a local service and a JS control, would love to see this as "built-In" option.

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Have you actually tried to scan a barcode with a phone/tablet and compared the speed to a classic barcode scanner? (or is this just based on the assumption that it would work as well as a regular barcode scanner?)
My earlier test shows that the phone/tables is so slow that it is useless for people who have to scan more than once an hour or so.
I'll still vote for this though as it is a nice feature for scanning a few times a day, but in my opinion i cannot replace a classic barcode scanner in PoS, production or warehouse environments.

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