Barcode Scanner in here (Like the G1) [APP]

[flyhigh]

Originally Posted by CenFlo

Who can post the link to the cab of this program for me?

It's on the first post of this thread. It will lead you to the XDA site. scroll down and the .cab file is right there for you.

[CenFlo]

Originally Posted by flyhigh

It's on the first post of this thread. It will lead you to the XDA site. scroll down and the .cab file is right there for you.

Duh, thanks for pointing that one out.

I feel like a boofus now...

[flyhigh]

Just to consolidate all the info for this awesome app.

The .cab file can be found here

Once the app is installed on your phone you must ensure the settings are correct for your phone. To do this, open the settings.txt file to make your changes. This can be done using your file explorer program (Resco Explorer, Total Commander) to go to where the app was installed.

*If installed to the device then go to:
My Device>Program Files>Barcorama>settings.txt

*Ensure that Barcorama is set to use your browser of choice.
Scroll down to the RUN string and change the text to your browser:
-For Pocket Internet Explorer- Leave it alone
-For Opera, Change to RUN=\windows\OperaL.exe
-For Skyfire, Change to RUN=\Program Files\Skyfire\Skyfire.exe

*Choose the website you will use to comparison price shop your barcode.
Scroll down to the RUNARGS string and change the text to your prefered site:

-Fastpricecheck.com
RUNARGS=http://www.fastpricecheck.com/GetData/HTML/!###!

-Pricegrabber.com
RUNARGS=http://www.pricegrabber.com/search.php?form_keyword=!###!

-OR-

RUNARGS=http://www.pricegrabber.com/search.php?form_keyword=!###!/set_zip=xxxxx (changing the xxxxx to your zip code for local pricing)

-Google Shopping
RUNARGS=http://www.google.com/products?q=!###!&btnG=Search+products

-OR-

RUNARGS=http://google.com/products?addr=[your_zip_code_here]&q=!###!&scoring=p (replace "your_zip_code_here" with your zip code for local pricing)


*Tips
-Do not use the camera flash (or ensure you don't have the reflection of the flash on the image)
-keep the camera 3-4 inches from the barcode
-keep the camera parallel to the barcode
-the barcode images are stored in the same folder you installed Barcorama. You may want to delete them once and a while to free up space
-The Pricegrabber site leads you to the Pricegrabber mobile site. To have your browser bring you to full websites instead of mobile sites check here. You might want to do this anyway.
-The zip code entries would be to calculate shipping costs if/where applicable
*Note
I take no credit for this information. All of this info is posted by others on this thread. The above information was scattered and I just wanted to put it all on one place.

[daveotero]

Wow, good job and thanks. I'll edit the original post to link to this this one!

[m4zt3r]

interesting

[Unknown Zone]

Good job on the write up, you can use your flash just need to tilt the camera alittle so you dont get flash bonce back it works for me and I still get a good barcode pic.

[Deimoss]

Originally Posted by m4zt3r

interesting

lol.

i love the added functionality of the bar code reader and its in my pocket, ready to go, man i love that, just one question though, in terms of search wise, wouldn't the zip code-less method give you a broader set of possible buy choices? just wondering :]

[chronster]

Well I got a reply back from the developer today. He really liked my idea, and instead of incorporating his code, he mentioned he's working on being able to extract the barcode from his program without needing any of his project files. In other words, when you download barcorama, you could then download my program, tell it where barcorama is, and from there my program would execute his code to get the bar code and put it into the inventory manager screen.

[vipertk8]

Originally Posted by chronster

Well I got a reply back from the developer today. He really liked my idea, and instead of incorporating his code, he mentioned he's working on being able to extract the barcode from his program without needing any of his project files. In other words, when you download barcorama, you could then download my program, tell it where barcorama is, and from there my program would execute his code to get the bar code and put it into the inventory manager screen.

Thats awesome!

[TheDude1120]

can somebody tell me why all my images dump into my prgrams folder? they used to go in the barcoroma folder but for some reason they show up in my programs folder now and i have to delete them using resco