Chapter 2 Command Codes

Alphanumerics, Incremental: Dynamic Data Fields

Purpose Automatically increments/decrements dynamic alphanumeric data fields. Specifies the location and size of the incremental dynamic data field during the Create Form mode. STEPMASK and STARTDATA parameters are supplied in the Execute command during the Execute Form mode.

Mode CREATE

Note In the command format below, incremental alphanumeric command parameters are shown in boldface type; standard alphanumeric command parameters and optional nonincremental parameters are shown in italics.

Format ALPHA

[R;] [E;] [Cn;] IAFn;L; [DIR;] [UC;] [DARK;] [POINT;] [HSn or HSDn;]SR; SC; VE; HE STOP

IAFn;L Identifies this alphanumeric command as an Incremental Alphanumeric Dynamic Data Field command. The command parameter string identifies the incremental dynamic data field location on the form and defines the length of the alphanumeric data. If these parameters are used, the STEPMASK and STARTDATA parameters can not be entered in the Create Form mode; they are entered dynamically during the Execute Forms mode. To use the incremental dynamic data field, perform the following steps:

a.Enter IAF to specify an incremental alphanumeric dynamic data field.

b.Replace n with a number ranging from 1 through 512 to identify the alphanumeric string location on the form. The standard alphanumeric SR and SC command parameters specify the exact location of the field identified by n.

c.Replace L with a number equal to the number of characters in the dynamic alphanumeric string (STARTDATA) ranging from 1 through 280.

d.Dynamically enter the STEPMASK and STARTDATA parameters in the Execute Form mode. The length of the data must be equal to or less than the value assigned to the length (L) parameter. Refer to “Execute Form: Incremental Dynamic Data” on page 65 for more information.

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