Paxar 9401 manual Merging Fields, To create this sequence, Sub-Fields

9401/9402 System Administrator's Guide

Merging Fields

You can copy data to merge the contents of up to four fields. Follow the steps under "Copying Data" as many times as necessary to copy the appropriate fields into the merged field.

In the following example, the operator will enter data into two text and two non-printable fields. Data from these fields is merged to form field #5, then printed as a bar code.

Field #	Prompt	Data	Field Type
1	SKU:	203	Non-printable
2	DEPT:	339	Non-printable
3	SIZE:	8	Text
4	COLOR:	BLUE	Text
5	none	2033398BLUE	Bar Code

To create this sequence

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

2.Apply Option 20 to each text and non-printable field to create the prompts. See "Defining a Data Entry Prompt" for information on Option 20.

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

4.Apply Option 4 to field #5 once for each source field (a total of 4 times).

5.Write N in Option 5 for field #5.

Sub-Fields

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. Follow the steps under "Copying Data."

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