odoo14-addon-pos-backend-communication 14.0.1.0.1

Communicate with odoo's backend from POS.

POS Backend Communication

Communicate with the backend from point of sale.

Common use case:

• a click on a button on the pos opens the backend in a popup to a specific view.

• a click on a button on the backend’s view send to pos some interesting data.

Implementations

pos_backend_partner: select a pos customer from the backend

Configuration

No configuration is needed.

Developper Guide

The POS communicate with subpages (popups) with window.open and window.postMessage.

Popups are in not-so-old browsers opened in tabs.

When a backend page is open, a class is set on body to hide menus.

Roadmap

• Improve origin verificiation

• Try to use frames instead of popups

• Use notifications for supported browsers

Known limitation

• It doesn’t work offline.

Bug Tracker

Bugs are tracked on GitHub Issues. In case of trouble, please check there if your issue has already been reported. If you spotted it first, help us smash it by providing detailed and welcomed feedback.

Credits

Images

• Odoo Community Association: Icon.

Contributors

• Raphaël Reverdy <[e-mail]> http://akretion.com

Do not contact contributors directly about support or help with technical issues.

Funders

The development of this module has been financially supported by:

• Akretion

Maintainer

This module is maintained by the OCA.

OCA, or the Odoo Community Association, is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to support the collaborative development of Odoo features and promote its widespread use.

To contribute to this module, please visit https://odoo-community.org.