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

Sub-fields

Time or date fields

User-defined check digits

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

.

.

}

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Monarch 9400 Series manual Format Data