Overview
Active Focus Manager (AFM) keeps track of which window has active focus on the computer and configures the scanner to send data to meet this window's input needs.
For example, if Notepad is configured as an application to be targeted in AFM, when Notepad gets the Operating System's focus, it will be the application receiving scanned data. AFM will make this determination and configure the scanner appropriately.
AFM uses a configuration file called AppSettings.xml which includes the configurations of the applications to be targeted by AFM. In addition, for each application, a set of attributes can be specified based on the customer's requirements.
Supported Windows Operating Systems
Active Focus Manager (AFM) for Windows support the following Windows versions.
- Windows 10 32bit
- Windows 10 64bit
- Windows 11 64bit
Supported Devices
For the compatible devices list, please visit following page.
https://www.zebra.com/us/en/support-downloads/software/developer-tools/scanner-sdk-for-windows.htmlVersion History
Version 1.0.7.0 - 07/2023
- Added support to configure Driver Data Formatting (DDF) in CoreScanner from the AFM configuration file (AppSettings.xml) based on the active focus screen.
- Implemented a new logging module for AFM to track application execution flows and error logging details.
- Added support to install and launch AFM based on admin/user privileges.
- Added support to configure AFM to launch at Windows start up using command line.