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I have created a website on our internal network that allows us to edit a few products details from our iPhones.<br />
The VPN connects the user via 3G to our network and then we bring up Safari to search the stock database.<br />
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I want to find out if there is a way that we can scan barcodes from within Safari so that we can scan the code in rather that typing in barcodes or descriptions manually.<br />
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I know there are already barcode apps for free for the iPhone but I cant see how to launch them so that they are available in the safari app.<br />
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In safari we have a search box and it would be good to launch the barcode scanner from there.<br />
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Any Thoughts?
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I have created a website on our internal network that allows us to edit a few products details from our iPhones.
The VPN connects the user via 3G to our network and then we bring up Safari to search the stock database.

I want to find out if there is a way that we can scan barcodes from within Safari so that we can scan the code in rather that typing in barcodes or descriptions manually.

I know there are already barcode apps for free for the iPhone but I cant see how to launch them so that they are available in the safari app.

In safari we have a search box and it would be good to launch the barcode scanner from there.

Any Thoughts?

Scanning barcodes with Safari on an iPhone

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