Paxar 2 manual R g i n g F i e l d s, B F i e l d s, Field Data Field Type, Non-printable 339 Text

Example R,4,3,1,3,1,1 p

Copies data from field #3, starting at the first position and copying three characters. In the destination field, the information is placed in position 1 and copied as formatted data.

M e r g i n g F i e l d s

You can copy data to merge the contents of fields. Use the copy data option as many times as necessary to copy all the appropriate fields into the merged field.

In the following example, two text and two non-printable fields are shown. Data from these fields is merged to form field 5, and is then printed as a bar code.

Field	Data	Field Type
1	203	Non-printable
2	339	Non-printable
3	8	Text
4	BLUE	Text
5	2033398BLUE	Bar Code

To create this sequence:

1.Define fields 1, 2, 3, and 4.

2.Define field 5 as a bar code. Allow enough characters in the bar code field to hold all the copied characters.

3.Apply Option 4 to field 5 once for every source field.

S u b - F i e l d s

You can copy a segment of data from one field into a new location, called a sub-field. For example, extract part of the data in a bar code and display it in text form in a sub-field. Then, use the copy data option.

4-6Defining Field Options