Writing a basic piece of software

[jamoor]

I run an ecommerce business and I am sometimes susceptible to fraud.
Customers claiming the item wasn't in the box or similar.

I want to make a very basic piece of software where I can install a webcam at a packing station, have the software running, and when I scan a barcode with the order number (off the order picking list) it saves the webcam picture into a directory with the order number format. So for example if the order number was 667 it would save it as 667.jpg.

How would I get this written, ideally for windows?

 

[jamoor]

I don't really have a setup so I could buy one.

I was just thinking of having a windows pc with a zebra or similar barcode scanner.

I guess I could create an app but then I would have to link it to a mobile phone? IMO mobile phones arent as good as scanning barcodes as an actual symbol barcode scanner. Then there are also reliability issues of using bluetooth + a phone app.

 

[jamoor]

Yes I see the zebra software isn't really something to be worried about. A barcode scanner is basically a keyboard, when you scan a barcode the barcode scanner types the content of the read barcode and presses the enter key.
Basically all I need to then program is the javascript whenever something is typed and then the enter key is pressed it saves the image as that file?

So if I type in ABC<enter> it saves it as ABC.jpeg