Hello. Has anyone implemented e-ticket delivery using the print tickets method? I am interested in how people decided to make use of the byte array that can generate the barcode. And the mobile solutions. Has anyone decided to store the barcode with the user account or email it or generate it on the fly whenever a user requests it? Has anyone combined it with print at home ticketing in same email or separated it? If anyone can share some insight on any kind of solution or technologies the used in combination with this it would be much appreciated. Thank you.
Hi Andrei,
Jon's example is very good, you should check that out. It calls the SOAP Print Tickets method, which returns all of the info in a particular ticket design, as well as the bar code, which can be saved as an image on the server. For emailing a bar coded ticket, I'd recommend embedding the image as a System.Net.Mail.LinkedResource. Print at home ticketing is its own animal and you can't really modify it, other than the standard way of manipulating the templates.One thing to keep in mind is calling Print Tickets flags the ticket as printed. In a scenario where the patron selects mail delivery, you will want to prevent calling Print Tickets so batch printing of tickets can happen. After it's been printed, you can generate bar codes for email or on screen presentation.
-David