Tally Genicom 6600 manual Incremented Static Fixed Alphanumeric Strings, Stepmask

Incremented Static (Fixed) Alphanumeric Strings

Incremented Static (Fixed) Alphanumeric Strings

To create a fixed incremental alphanumeric string use the following basic command:

This command is identical to the Static/Dynamic Alphanumeric string command except for the following added parameters.

Table 10. Fixed Incremental Alphanumeric String Command

Field	Function	Option/Modifier Selections
I;	Specifies that this	Enter I;
	command is an
	incremental alphanumeric
	command.
idir;	Optional field specifying	Enter a +; or leave this field blank to increment in
	whether the data field will	a positive direction. Enter a -; to decrement the
	be incremented or	data.
	decremented.
STEPMASK;	This parameter is the	See the explanation following this table for how
	increment information field	to construct the increment information field.
	that defines the number of
	character positions in the
	data field, the increment
	amount for each position,
	and which positions will be
	incremented.
RPTn;	Optional parameter that	Enter RPT followed by a numeric value from 1 to
	specifies the number of	65,535. The default repeat amount is 1, which
	times a field value is	means that if you do not enter this parameter or
	repeated before it is	enter only 1, then the field will be incremented
	incremented.	each time it prints.
RSTn;	Optional parameter that	Enter RST followed by a numeric value from 1 to
	specifies the number of	65,535. The default reset value is 0, which
	times an incremented field	means that the field will not be reset.
	will print before it is reset
	to the starting point.

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