The House of Husar

I had a chance really late last night to add some new functionality to Pint Tracker. This is a sneak peak into v1.1 or what I’m calling ITSFMB (I’m Too Sexy for my Beer) version. The “I’m” being the application and not me by the way.

The web cam idea was one of the things on the TO DO list. I am happy to say that is workign 100%. When anyone swipes a valid fob the app now snaps a photo. It really makes the app a lot more fun. I just need to have people over so I can start gathering a bunch of photos from different people in the pub. I was able to adapt some code that others had already written so it was pretty easy. Kevin shared some of his Flash camera code with me and blog.vamapaull.com has some example code online as well. From those two examples I was able to make my own photo functionality from within Flash.

Here is now it works. You swipe your fob and Pint Tracker verifies that you are a valid member of the pub. Then the app fires off the quick cam and snaps your photo. A nice camera nap sounds is played for effect. Pint Tracker then uses some PHP to save the photo to the web server in a predefined directory. The photo is displayed on your profile page along with your beer stats. I have also added a new rotating display that shows the ‘Latest Security Photo’ witch is the last photo taken with the quick cam. There is a unfinished screen shot below of what that looks like.

I also had time to polish up a few other screens and add a more sexy look to the app. Thus the I’m Too Sexy for my Beer note above. There is now a check mark animation on the opening screen that I really like. 5 pints are shown and 5 check marks animate. Check out the screens below.

The above screen is the new opening screen. It also cycles this screen as part of waiting on a fob to be scanned animation. The check marks animate as a bonus. Pretty sexy don’t you think?

The above screen is the new ‘On Tap’ view or second screen in the waiting process. The beer glass label tells you what is currently on tap and changes with each new keg.

This is an unfinished screen but I had to show it. It shows the last photo that was captured and saved when a valid fob is scanned.

So there you have part of the new look of Pint Tracker v1.1. I still have work to do on the new stats screens that is not pictured above. As soon as I get v1.1 done I will get a new video up to show the features in action.

Also, the Boulevard Unfiltered Wheat was finished off on Sunday. We put in a keg of Boulevard Pale Ale last night. Also, I only get the smaller 6 gallon kegs not a full keg. Just in case you were wondering.

Tags: Flash, Phidgets, PintTracker, Webcam

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