Symbol Technologies AccuScan Palm Pro user manual Append to Existing File, Send Non-Visible Fields

Chapter 3: Sessions

This formatting option transfers all fields using a fixed width. Any space remaining at the end of Field data is padded with spaces. Use of the Max Length field setting is also used to dictate the width of each fixed width field. The maximum length of any given field is 30 chars. Each record is terminated with CRLF.

XML

This formatting option allows data to be transferred in XML format. This is very useful for customers when importing into existing systems.

HTML

This formatting option transfers all data in HTML table formats. This provides a formatted representation of the collected data that can be viewed as a web page.

Append to Existing File

By default, AccuScan Palm overwrites the existing data file on the PC with the newly hot synced data file. When this option is selected, the new data file is appended to the pre-existing file if it exists. A new file will be created if it does not exist.

Send Non-Visible Fields

By default, AccuScan Palm does not include non-visible fields in the data file. When this option is selected, non-visible fields will be sent to the PC. Refer to Chapter 4 on how and when you might use this option.

Include Field Names

By default, AccuScan Palm does not include field names in the HotSync data file. When this option is enabled, the user configured field names are provided in the generated data file. Depending on the file format, this is represented in different ways. For all of the text data transfers, the Field names are included as a header record, being transferred as the first line of the data file. For the XML and HTML formats, the field names are included in the general formatting of the data file.

3.2.4Backup Settings

AccuScan Palm Backup options allow you to individually choose which types of files are backed up to a Palm Desktop backup location during each HotSync operation. These files may be useful to some users for enterprise wide deployment in addition to a simple backup file. Deployment of configured sessions from one PDA to many is discussed in more detail in Chapter 6. Any file type that is selected for backup will add a certain amount of time to the HotSync process so if backup of these files is not necessary, you have the ability to disable the backup setting.

Any of the databases created during a backup process can be loaded to any other PDA running AccuScan Palm 2.0 simply by double clicking the created file and selecting the appropriate user to receive it during that user’s next HotSync. POS-X also offers an enterprise deployment application included with your AccuScan Palm installation. This application allows for an easier method of distributing backup configuration files to multiple users simultaneously.

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