Zebra Technologies EPL2 - Manual (Page 45)

C Command - Counter
Description The counter ( C ) command defines one of 10
automatic counters used in consecutive num-
bering applications (i.e. serial numbers). Coun-
ters must be defined after variables.
For Numeric Serialization Only. The counter
function does not support Alpha or Alpha-Numeric
Serialization.
Syntax Cp
1
, p
2
, p
3
, p
4
, “ [-]PROMPT ”
Parameters p
1
= Counter number. Range: 0 to 9
p
2
= Maximum number of digits for the counter.
Range: 1 to 29
p
3
= Field Justification.
L = Left R = Right
C = Center N = No Justification
p
4
= Step Value. + or - sign followed by a
single digit of 1 - 9 . Using a step value of
+0 allows the counter to be used as an
additional variable data field.
“ PROMPT ”= An ASCII text field that will be
transmitted to the KDU or host (via the
serial interface) each time the command
is executed. Typically used to request the
operator to enter a starting counter value.
KDU Prompt
Options
[ - ] = Having the first character of the prompt
a single minus sign will cause the
prompt to display only once after form
retrieval.
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