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The Time Stamp statement type records only the time information to memory in the HHMM format. Just as with the Date and Time
Stamp statement, using DIS in the DATA ID field will display the time information on the TriCoder screen when the statement is
executed. Use t instead of T to record seconds in addition to the hours and minutes:
ENTRY TYPE --------------------------- t
The Time Stamp statement uses the same program fields as the Date and Time Stamp statement.
Date Stamp
The Date Stamp statement stores only the date information in a MMDDYY format. As in the other Date/T ime stamp statements,
using DIS in the DATA ID field will displa y the Date information o n the TriCoder when the statement is executed. The date format
can be changed using the Alternative Date Format settings in the TriCoder setup.
ENTRY TYPE --------------------------- Y
The Date Stamp statement uses the same program fields as the other Date and Time Stamp statements.
Xtra
The Xtra Statement works with the "ENTER QUANTITY" prompt by auto matically entering a quantity of “1” if the user enters
another Item number instead of a quantity. The user has the option of entering an actua l quantity if it is more than “1”. Using this
feature in Program #1 is a good way to demonstrate its value. The XTRA Sta tement must be set before you begin your data
collection. To use the XTRA Statement, three things must happen:
The statement type for the “ENTER QUANTITY” prompt must be “X” (Xtra)
The maximum data length of the “ENTER QU ANTITY” statement must be less than the minimum data length for the next
statement to be executed - in program #1, the next statement to be executed is the “ENTER ITEM NO.” statement.
The length of the data entered at the “ENTER QUANTITY” prompt must be between the minimum data length and the maximum
data length of the next statement to be executed (ITEM in program #1).
Using Program #1 as an example:
If the number of characters e ntered at the “ENTER QUANTITY” pro mpt is less than the m inimum data length of the “ENTER
ITEM NO.” prompt, then the data entered is stored as the quantity.
If the number of characters entered at the “ENTER QU ANTITY” prompt is between the maximum data length and the minimum
data length for the “ENTER ITEM NO.” prompt, then a “1” is stored as the data for the “ENT ER QUANTITY” and the data entered
at the “ENTER QU ANTITY” prompt is stored as the data for the “ENTER ITEM NO.” prompt. If it seems confusing, use the
following TriCoder Coding Form as an example:
Stmt #
Entry Type
Prompt
Min Data Len
Max Data Len
Next Stmt
01
D
ENTER ITEM NO.
06
13
02
02
X
ENTER QUANTITY
01
04
01
While collecting data using the progra m shown above, if data between 6 and 12 digits in length is scanned or entered at the “ENTER
QUANTITY” prompt, data of "1" is automatically entered. In other words, if you continually scan your item nu mbers (as long as
they are all between 6 and 12 d igits in length) you will automatically enter a quantity of 1 for each item. T o enter a quantity other
than 1, simply enter the quantity by using the keypad, making sure the length of the quantity data does not exceed the maximum data
length for the quantity field (4 digits). The very last quantity entered at the end of data collection must be ke yed in from the TriCoder
keypad, even if it is 1. Also, in order to either scan an item or enter a q uantity at this statement, you must change t he “Input Type”
statement to be blank instead of K or W. This is especially important if you are editing the default Program #1.
If you ar e using the “selective bar code trimming” feature with t he XTRA Statement, the trimming must be speci fied in both the
“DATA Statement” and the “XTRA Statement”. Fo r example, if you wanted to eliminate the leading character on all UPC codes, you
would have to specify: {c1
in both the upload prefix for the DATA Statement ( Statement 1 on the example above) and the uplo ad prefix for the XTRA Statement
(Statement 2 on the example above). If you do not specify the tri mming in both upload prefixes, the tri mming will not happen
correctly.