Fluid User Interface Design

Integration

Access to Mobile Device Functions

A special @Phone scripting command provides the ability to access mobile device functions such as:

• Taking Photos
• Recording & Playing Videos
• Sending Email
• Sending SMS or MMS
• Capturing handwritten Signatures (via touch screen & stylus pen)

Scripting Procedures can be embedded at any point in the Decision Tree logic.

Phone Command

The @Phone Command

This command is available in the "mobile app" deployment version of Knowledge Builder

@Phone <method>,[<return string>]{,<parameter>}

The following methods are supported

• Photo (use phone's Camera to take a Photo)
• Video (use phone's Camera to take a Video)
• Signature (use phone's touch screen to capture a "signature")
• Zip: (compress specified file into zip file)
• SendEmail: (use phone to send email)
• PlayVideo
• DropboxUpload

Examples

@Phone 'Photo',filename

Where filename contains name of picture file taken

@Phone 'Video',filename

Where filename contains name of video file taken

@Phone 'Signature',filename,Prompt

Where filename contains name of captured signature file

@Phone 'Zip',zipfilename,filename

@Phone 'PlayVideo',RetStr,VideoPhoneURL

@Rem Send Image

@Phone 'SendEmail',ResultStr,EmailTo,SubjectStr,Message,filename,attachmentfilename

• ResultStr: 'Email sent' if successful, or the error message if the sending fails
• SubjectStr: The email subject field
• MessageStr: The email message
• filename: the name of file to attach to email
• attachmentfilename (option to rename the attachment file which)