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2010-06-04 , 12:07
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Originally Posted by lamle View Post
My idea is to implement a nice search function for my application. User do not need to type anything but scan the barcode of the device or engine, the application will read the code and display relevant information of the engine.
Hmm, that sounds interesting. What types of engines are we talking here? Many years ago I used to do stock taking holiday work for a couple of car dealerships. I wrote a program on my Psion 3a so that I could type the barcode number into the device + location and it would collate the info at the end of the day so I could keep the running db in sync (I wrote that system too).

Barcode readers were far too much money back then, but it would be interesting to go back and do it using camera + barcode recognition.

Anyway I digress, but basically if you tell us in more detail what you're doing, you may get people interested and willing to help.

On a more technical note, what type of barcode are we talking about here?

Originally Posted by lamle View Post
My pursuit is to use stacked window, when I push one button, it will open mbarcode window, after I have scanned the code and get the result, mbarcode window will close and return the main screen with the updated information of the engine.
My feeling is that this would work quite well as a plugin to mBarcode, but if you really want a standalone app then fair enough.


Originally Posted by lamle View Post
I am trying to build that mbarcode application in my computer but it seems to have some unmet dependencies.
Can you pls help me where can I have the include for those gboolean, gchar or guint?????
glib...

Originally Posted by lamle View Post
I am just newbie in this environment so your help is really precious for me.
Which is again why I thought writing a plugin for mbarcode might make your life easier. There's worse ahead than working out what glib is don't worry
 

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