O p t i o n 6 0 ( I n c r e m e n t i n g / D e c r e m e n t i n g F i e l d s )
You may have an application, such as serial numbers, in which you need a numeric field to increment (increase in value) or decrement (decrease in value) on successive tickets within a single batch.
Incrementing or decrementing can be applied to numeric data only. If you have a field that includes letters and digits, apply incrementing or decrementing to only the portion of the field that contains digits.
Syntax | R,60,I/D,amount,l pos,r pos p |
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R1. | R | Option Header. |
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R2. | 60 | Option 60. |
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R3. | I/D | I | incrementing field |
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| D | decrementing field |
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R4. amount | Amount to increase or decrease. Range: 0 - 999. | |||
R5. l pos | Leftmost position in inc/dec portion of field. | If this value is not | ||
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| entered, the default value 1 is used. Range: 0 - 2710. | ||
R6. r pos | Rightmost position in inc/dec portion of field. | If this value is | ||
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| not used, the entire field length is used as the default. | ||
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| Range: 0 - 2710. |
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Example | R,60,I,5,1,6 p |
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Increments a field by 5 each time the field is printed. The field increments beginning with the first left position and ending with the sixth position.
F i x i n g t h e F i r s t N u m b e r i n t h e I n c r e m e n t i n g S e q u e n c e
There are two ways to enter the first number in the incrementing sequence. You can use batch data to define the first number as a fixed character.The first number in the sequence must contain the same amount of digits as the highest number to be counted. For example, to count the numbers 1 - 999, the first number in the sequence must be entered as 001.
Defining Field Options