Paxar 9401 manual Entering data for incrementing fields

9401/9402 System Administrator's Guide

5.In box R5, write the left-most position to be counted in the field. Field positions are numbered from left to right, beginning with 1.

6.In box R6, enter the right-most position to be counted in the field.

Entering data for incrementing fields

There are two ways to enter the first number in the incrementing sequence.

∙The operator enters the first number during batch entry

∙Use Option 1 to define the first number as fixed characters.

NOTE: The first number in the sequence must contain the same number of digits as the highest number to be counted. For example, to count the numbers 1 to 999, the first number in the sequence must be entered as 001.

Fixing the first number in the incrementing sequence

To enter the first number in the sequence automatically, use Option 1 to define the first number. See "Defining Fixed Data" earlier in this chapter.

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