Paxar 9401 manual Copying Data Into a Field Option

3. Applying Field Options

Copying Data Into a Field (Option 4)

You can use this option up to 4 times on one field.
This option is the only one you can apply more than	Use
once to a field.	with
You can create a field that uses data from another	any
	option
field. This is useful for creating merged fields or
sub-fields. You can copy the information from
multiple fields into one field, by applying the copy
procedure more than once.

1.Define all fields from which data will be copied, as shown in Chapter 2, "Designing a Format."

∙Make sure the fields have field numbers lower than the field into which data will be copied (box T2 , D2, or B2).

2.Define a text or bar code field to hold the copied information. Remember:

∙Make sure the maximum length in box T3 or B3 allows for the number of characters you will place in the field, including any price or fixed characters inserted by the printer.

∙The maximum number of characters in the field into which data is copied cannot exceed 30.

3.Find Option 4 on the Format Worksheet. This option copies data from a previous field.

Stay in the same row on the worksheet as the field that will contain the copied data.

4.Find the text or bar code field where the data originates. This is the source field. Write the field number (from box T2, D2, or B2) in box R3, after 4.

Applying Field Options

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