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Posted on by andresnex

Very good day, can you guide me? I have a button that I use to open a QR reader. I save the information in a collection and show it in a gallery. I need to know if I can, every time I use the QR reader button, it is disabled for 3 seconds and leave it active again to continue reading QR

 

 

--The QR reader works, I need to deactivate it for 3 seconds to pause and continue reading information

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    WarrenBelz 154,889 Most Valuable Professional on at

    Hi @andresnex ,

    Put in a timer with

    Duration 3000

    Start varTimer

    OnTimeEnd UpdateContext({varTimer: false}) - Also put this at Screen OnVisible

     

    Scanner:

    OnScan UpdateContext({varTimer: true})

    DisplayMode If(varTimer, DisplayMode.Disabled, DisplayMode.Edit)

     

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