Support Group Application Note No. 002, Issue 1 | 16th June 1992 |
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11)Alternative National Character Sets
VDU1, 27, 1, 91, 1, 48, 1, 51, 1, 48 (German) VDU1, 27, 1, 91, 1, 48, 1, 52, 1, 48 (Spanish) VDU1, 27, 1, 91, 1, 48, 1, 53, 1, 48 (Danish) VDU1, 27, 1, 91, 1, 48, 1, 54, 1, 48 (French) VDU1, 27, 1, 91, 1, 48, 1, 55, 1, 48 (Italian)
VDU1, 27, 1, 91, 1, 48, 1, 56, 1, 48 (Swedish/Finnish) VDU1, 27, 1, 91, 1, 48, 1, 57, 1, 48 (British)
VDU1, 27, 1, 91, 1, 48, 1, 58, 1, 48
Selects one of the alternative national character sets. The default is that set on the DIP switches on the PCB. Details of the special characters are given in the printer manual on page 5.12.
12)Programmed Horizontal Tabulation
VDU1, 27, 1, 80 (Format Information) VDU1, 27, 1, 90
This is a complicated command to use. The program below demonstrates the use of this command to print numbers 0 to 100 in a field width of 60 characters at tab stops of 0, 10, 15, 40, 47 characters.
10 | @%+0 | Turn off screen formatting |
20 | VDU2 | Turn on output to printer |
30 | VDU1, 27, 1, 80 | Tell printer horizontal tabulation program starts here |
40 | PRINT"60;10;15;40;47"; | Send format information, line width followed by positions of |
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50 | VDU1, 27, 1, 90 | Tell printer horizontal tabulation program stops here |
60 | Z=0 |
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70 | REPEAT |
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80 | PRINT Z; | For Z=0 to 100 print Z |
90 | VDU1, 9 | Horizontal tab to next tab stop |
100 Z=Z+1 |
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110 UNTIL |
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120 VDU1, 12 | Page eject | |
130 VDU3 | Turn off output to printer | |
13)Horizontal Tab VDU1, 9
Automatically inserts enough spaces as needed to reach the next horizontal tab stop as set by 12) above. If no Horizontal Tabulation Program is set then one space is inserted.
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