Avery Dennison 9406 System Administrator Guide - Manual (Page 61)

Copying Data Into a Field (Option 4)
You can create a field that uses data from another field. This
technique is useful for creating merged fields or sub-fields. By
applying the copy procedure more than once, you can copy the
information from multiple fields into one field.
This is the only option you can apply to a field more
than once.
1. Define all fields from which data will be copied,
as shown in Chapter 2, "Designing a Format."
Make sure the fields that the printer will copy
data from have field numbers lower than the current field.
2. Define a text or bar code field to hold the copied
information. Make sure the maximum length in box T3 or
B3 allows for the number of characters you will place in the
field, including any price or fixed characters inserted by the
printer.
Remember that the maximum number of characters in the
field into which data is copied cannot exceed 30 or the
maximum number of characters permitted by the bar code.
3. Find Option 4 on the Format Worksheet. This option
copies data from a previous field.
Stay in the same row on the worksheet as the field that will
contain the
copied data.
4. Find the text or bar code field
where the data originates. This
is the
source field. Write the
field number (from box T2, D2,
or B2) in box R3, after 4.
This number must be less than
the current field number.
5. In the source field, note the
position of the first character to
be copied. Character positions
are numbered 1 to 30, starting from the left. Write the
position number of the first character to copy in box R4.
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