Fill Direction

Specifies whether to fill a short source field from the left,

 

right, or not fill the field. For example, if the source field

 

only contains 5 characters, but the combo field contains

 

10, you can fill the field from the left or right with zeroes or

 

another character.

Fill Character

Specifies which character to use for filling a field.

An example of using text fields to create a combo text field can be seen in multi-part tags. If you need a two-part identical tag, use combo text fields to mirror the data. The operator only has to answer the prompts one time for both tags.

Use combo fields to copy data from one part of tag to the other.

NOTE: When creating your combo field, remember

that lines and constant text fields do not count as fields, even though they appear in the list as fields when editing a format.

For example, the constant text field, “Pretzels,” does not count as field 01, the bar code field is field 01, if the fields were defined

in this order: pretzels, bar code, combo field (for human readable), and price field.

NOTE: You will receive an error or unexpected data may print in the combo field if you use the wrong field number.

Defining Text Fields 5-11

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Paxar Monarch Pathfinder Ultra Gold manual Fill Direction, Only contains 5 characters, but the combo field contains