One thing to be aware of when using this method is that the container must be on the layout and be editable when you use the Insert from URL script step. Below is how we accomplished this in our demo file.
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To generate a QR code using Google's API, all you have to do is create a simple URL in FileMaker and then use the Insert from URL script step to download the image to a container field. This is the method we chose to use in our demo file as it is very flexible and free. There are plenty of great web services out there like and Google's chart API for generating QR Codes.
Below we'll go over the pros and cons for each method. The 3 ways we'll be talking about are through using web services like Google's Chart API, using 3rd party plugins and products like FileMaker Barcode Creator, or using barcode fonts. Do note that QR codes cannot be scanned by USB or BlueTooth scanners, but work great with camera-based scanners like a mobile device. This is why URL's are often shared using QR codes instead of standard barcodes. A QR code is basically a barcode with another dimension allowing it to store more information than what a 1D barcode can store before becoming unreadable by the scanner. The 2 main types are QR codes and regular barcodes like you would see on millions of products. There are many different methods that can be used to generate barcodes in FileMaker and there are many different types of barcodes that you can create.
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