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Alphanumerics, incremental: dynamic data fields – Printronix ThermaLine Series User Manual

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Commands

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;] 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 cannot 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 to 255

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.