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Appendix B

Example Frames

This section provides examples of several commonly used

Frames

you can use

in your custom PPG application. The program source files (

*.scr file) for

the example frames are installed during PPG installation; they are installed by
default in

c:\Program Files\PSC\PPG50\TIPSRC. Topics covered

include:

Setting the Date and Time on page 136

.

Changing the Auto-Off Timeout on page 136

.

Displaying the Contents of a Register on page 137

.

Sample Verification Methods on page 138

.

Verifying a Numeric Value on page 138

.

Verifying that a Number is an Integer on page 139

.

Verifying Input Size on page 142

.

Downloading a File to a PSC Portable on page 145

.

Finding the Number of Records in a File on page 147

.

Searching for a Partial Match on page 148

Searching for Data in a File on page 149

.

Splitting Records into Two Files on page 151

.

Referencing Two Different Files on page 153

.

Reviewing a File on page 155

.

Sounding a Beep on page 157

.

Padding a Number with Leading Zeros on page 157

.

If a

Frame

(refer to

Frames on page 50

) executes an action used in multiple loca-

tions, create a

Subroutine

(refer to

Subroutines on page 51

) to contain the action

and execute it with a

Call

node (refer to

Call Nodes on page 72

).

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