9400 Series Programmer's Manual
Format Data
Format data contains the following.
∙Format identification number and name
∙Supply size
∙Online field definitions for text, bar code, line and graphic fields
The following offline format elements are not supported online.
∙ | Merged fields | ∙ | |
∙ | Time or date fields | ∙ | |
∙ | Fixed characters | ∙ | Alphanumeric distinction |
∙ Fixed or variable length | ∙ | Price fields | |
You must supply these elements if you need them in your program.
The message structure used to transmit online format data is shown below, followed by an example.
{FORMAT ID, LENGTH, WIDTH; FORMAT_NAME p
TEXT FIELD, INCREMENT FLAG, INCREMENT VALUE, ROW, COLUMN, MULTIPLE, TEXT FONT,
CHARACTER ROTATION, FIELD ROTATION, COLOR p
BARCODE FIELD, INCREMENT FLAG, INCREMENT VALUE, ROW, COLUMN, DENSITY,BAR CODE FONT,
FIELD ROTATION, HEIGHT, READABLE CHARACTERS p
LINE FIELD, ROW, COLUMN, DIRECTION, STOP, THICKNESS p
GRAPHIC FIELD, ROW, COLUMN p
.
.
}