Aquileo | Recent changes to Project Viva Visitor & Volunteer ID tracking

Aquileo | Mods & Other postings here -----

Fri, 06 Jul 2018 05:08:46 -0000

Hi all. We all can appreciate sharing ideas, concepts and code that help people out. That's why this software is free. By posting and adding to the collective, you agree you are bound by the same MIT licensing and that your code may be incorporated into a revision of the software.

Now that's out of the way --- Keep Calm and CODE ON! :)

Aquileo | Configuring & Setup of Badge Printing

Thu, 05 Jul 2018 17:35:19 -0000

OK that did it. However I did not have a Chrome icon in my systray. I had to open Chrome settings, advanced, system and disable from there. Plus I needed to add --kiosk to the command line as well. Everything is working as expected now. Thank you.

I have made a few modifications to the original app but need some assistance in a few areas. I hope you don't mind if I make new threads for customization issues?

Aquileo | Configuring & Setup of Badge Printing

Thu, 05 Jul 2018 16:49:26 -0000

In Windows, you have to force Chrome to NOT fun in the background, otherwise the full screen will not kick in.

right-click the chrome icon in the systray (by the clock) and UNCHECK "allow chrome to run in the background"

then the full screen shortcuts will work!

Also taken from another site:

I create a shortcut on my desktop for chrome and then right click and choose properties.. in the "target" box, I add this:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --kiosk --kiosk-printing "https://google.com/"
here is the breakdown:

--kiosk
(makes it full screen on load)

--kiosk-printing
(makes the system auto print the default print setting when you click print - no asking the customer to click the print button)

and the URL at the end is the homepage onload you want to launch with everytime

pops ups MUST be "allowed" using a normal browser window first (otherwise you don't see the error) so be sure to force the website to pop before going full kiosk mode. Clicking allow always will solve this future issue.

and the biggest problem is that you MUST force chrome to NOT run in the background, otherwise the full screen never kicks in.

right-click the chrome icon in the systray (by the clock) and UNCHECK "allow chrome to run in the background"

and then to close the full screen (besides alt-f4) i use this close kiosk chrome plugin: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/close-kiosk/dfbjahmenldfpkokepmfmkjkhdjelmkb

the call for this plugin to kick in from a button onclick is:

window.location.href = '/closekiosk';
I hope this helps... I use kiosks for all of my public functions and the web is so much better than a crappy app.. easily fixed and managed. good luck!

Aquileo | Configuring & Setup of Badge Printing

Thu, 05 Jul 2018 12:28:48 -0000

Unfortunately this does not launch my version of Chrome in full screen. Fore reference I'm on Windows 10 using Version 67.0.3396.99 (Official Build) (64-bit) of Chrome. I also don't have the flag "Disable Print Preview". Not that it matters as print preview is working and does print the label with the addition of "--kiosk-printing" to the command line. Thank you for that.

The issue now is getting Chrome to launch in full screen. I can of course manually press F11, but since the goal is a kiosk unit, it defeats the purpose. Thanks for your assistance.

Aquileo | Configuring & Setup of Badge Printing

Wed, 04 Jul 2018 05:01:25 -0000

Below is for Windows. Getting it set up for Mac is similar but creating the shortcut is different. It is possible in Mac to create an icon with a terminal command that will launch Chrome in the appropriate configuration.

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First, make sure that your badge printer is set as the default printer for your computer with the appropriate size for the "labels".

Type about:flags in the address bar and ensure that the Disable Print Preview flag is NOT enabled (Print Preview must be enabled for Kiosk Printing to work)

Navigate to your visitor main screen for "check-in" and copy the URL in the address bar above.

Next, navigate to the Chrome settings page by typing chrome://settings/ into the address bar.

Under the On Startup section, select open a specific page or set of pages and click set page.

Paste your "check-in" Screen URL here and click save.

After this, find the Chrome browser shortcut on your desktop, right click and select properties.

Append the following text to the end of the target field after a space: --kiosk-printing

Save these changes and launch Google Chrome. It should now load in full screen (kiosk) mode!

The print preview will appear on your screen, but will instantly print a badge to your default printer and disappear.

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If you would like to start in full-screen mode when the computer first starts, create a shortcut (right click the desktop icon & select "create shortcut"), then drag this into Program Files -> Startup folder.

If you need to access your browser in non-kiosk mode, create another shortcut on the desktop, but on this one remove the kiosk printing and mode flags.

If you need to exit kiosk mode, pressing the Windows key on your keyboard, and you can close the kiosk window from the taskbar.

Aquileo | Configuring & Setup of Badge Printing

Tue, 03 Jul 2018 17:38:15 -0000

How does one configure badge printing? I'm unable to get the badge to print. I'm assuming it has to do with getting the browser in kiosk mode. However it looks like Chrome and Mozilla have removed this functionality.

Aquileo | Home modified by Nathan Shaffer

Wed, 02 May 2018 03:24:02 -0000

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      Website:  http://www.bstechconsult.com

-     GITHUB CODE Site: https://github.com/newtron50/viva-visitor-volunteer-system
+     GITHUB CODE Site with latest files: https://github.com/newtron50/viva-visitor-volunteer-system

 --- links to other wiki pages
 [Basic Concepts Page](https://sourceforge.net/p/viva-visitor/wiki/Basic%20Program%20Concepts/)

Aquileo | Home modified by Nathan Shaffer

Wed, 02 May 2018 03:23:48 -0000

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      Website:  http://www.bstechconsult.com

-     **GITHUB CODE Site**: <https: github.com="" newtron50="" viva-visitor-volunteer-system="">
+     GITHUB CODE Site: https://github.com/newtron50/viva-visitor-volunteer-system

 --- links to other wiki pages
 [Basic Concepts Page](https://sourceforge.net/p/viva-visitor/wiki/Basic%20Program%20Concepts/)

Aquileo | Home modified by Nathan Shaffer

Wed, 02 May 2018 03:22:59 -0000

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      Website:  http://www.bstechconsult.com

-     **GITHUB CODE Site**: [https://github.com/newtron50/viva-visitor-volunteer-system](http://)
+     **GITHUB CODE Site**: <https: github.com="" newtron50="" viva-visitor-volunteer-system="">

 --- links to other wiki pages
 [Basic Concepts Page](https://sourceforge.net/p/viva-visitor/wiki/Basic%20Program%20Concepts/)

Aquileo | Home modified by Nathan Shaffer

Wed, 02 May 2018 03:21:46 -0000

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      Website:  http://www.bstechconsult.com

-     **GITHUB CODE Site**: [https://github.com/newtron50/viva-visitor-volunteer-system](https://github.com/newtron50/viva-visitor-volunteer-system)
+     **GITHUB CODE Site**: [https://github.com/newtron50/viva-visitor-volunteer-system](http://)

 --- links to other wiki pages
 [Basic Concepts Page](https://sourceforge.net/p/viva-visitor/wiki/Basic%20Program%20Concepts/)