iScanBrowser Web Form Rules (iOS)
iScanBrowser Web Form Rules on iPad/iPhone automate data posting from anywhere. Post RFID (UHF, and NFC) , Barcodes, Scales, Sensors, Calipers, iOS Built-in NFC, to any field on any webpage. No tapping to get focus is required.
Web Form Rules (WFR) Summary:
First, Web Form Rules are divided into two categories; Active Page Rules and New Page Rules.
- Active Page Rules send data from the scanner to the currently loaded web page.
- New Page Rules load a new URL and set the value of the target input to the new page.
Second, as new data is sent from a scanner, the iScanBrowser acts on the list of Active Page Rules, applying every rule for that URL as appropriate.
Third, Specific criteria must be met for the Active Page Rule to be acted on, including:
- The URL must match the current web page (Active Page Rules URL field supports the “*” functionality to specify a URL template)
- The “Target Input” is found on the current page
- The “Only if Empty” value corresponds to the target input.
Forth, when a rule is triggered, the processing of the Web Form Rules list is interrupted.
Finally, Multiple Active Page Rules can be active simultaneously, but only one New Page Rule may be active. When no Active Page Rule is triggered, iScanBrowser can execute a New Page Rule (if one applies).
Web Form Rules | New Rule
First, open iScanBrowser iOS Settings, then tap Edit Web Form Rules at the bottom of the view. Next, tap New Rule.
Third, select how the rule will be defined: Dialog (manually build), Wizard (use webpage field to tap on to build), use Cloud-In-Hand Service account to download the WFR.
Finally, select the type of Web Form Rule to make.
Make Web Form Rule Using Wizard
You easily make the iScanBrowser Web Form Rule using the “Use Wizard” option. In this example we’ll use a web-based Warehouse Management System (WMS) to setup a rule using the Web Form Rule Wizard.
First, display the page on iScanBrowser where the rule will apply, for example here is a browser-based warehouse management system.
Second, follow the steps above:
- New Rule
- Use Wizard
- Post scan value to input on webpage
Now tap in the field where the data should be posted, then see the first iScanBrowser Web Form Rule dialog. Select Current input, then tap Next.
Next, on the Site Web Form Rule dialog, tap Only current page.
Now you see the New Rule Actions dialog, since this site does not need any changes here, tap Next.
Finally, on the General dialog, enter the name for Web Form Rule, and enable “Active. then Save.
Use iScanBrowser to scan the value to be posted into the “Input/Scan Article” field, and it will be automatically posted and submitted.
Web Form Rules | Use Dialog | Scanned Value is URL
Manually create your Web Form Rule (WFR) by tapping Use Dialog to define the automation. Contact Serialio to discuss your browser-based application scanning needs, there are many iScanBrowser and Web Form Rule features to assist you.
This example shows how to setup a WFR to use the scan data as a URL, meaning the value scanned is a full URL e.g. as stored in NDEF data or in QR code. Enable Scanned value is URL, and Rule is enabled.
When using NDEF data, use Device type selecting the source for the NDEF data, here “Internal NFC NDEF Reader” (iPhone built-in NFC reader). For Scan values “Barcode, NDEF” are selected meaning you scan with QRcode that has full URL value, or NDEF data on RFID-NFC tag with the URL.
Select Target Input Additional Options
At the bottom of the WFR setup page, there are a handful of additional options.
- Only if empty — Scan data is posted to the input field ONLY if the field is empty.
- Call Form.Submit() — Simulates a call Form.Submit() after scan data is sent to an input field (an example application of this would be simulating tapping on Google’s search button).
- Append data — If the input field is NOT empty, the scan data will be appended to the existing data in the input field.
- Execute JS — iScanBrowser executes (your) custom JavaScript when this WFR is matched.
iScanBrowser Web Form Rules | Automate Any Scan Data Posting
iScanBrowser Web Form Rules provide automation for scanned data input to virtually any web-base application. Contact Serialio.com to discuss your workflow needs, we can provide Web Form Rules you can simply download to your device(s).