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FORMAT INPUT
Chapter 2 Program Instructions
Field of Application Statement for specifying separators for the LAYOUT RUN statement
used in the Intermec Direct Protocol.
Syntax FORMAT INPUT[,[,]]
is the start -of-text separator, default STX (ASCII 02 dec)
is the end-of-text separator, default EOT (ASCII 04 dec)
is the field separator, default CR (ASCII 13 dec)
Remarks The LAYOUT RUN statement is used in the Intermec Direct Protocol to
transmit variable data to a predefined layout. By default, the string of input
data to the various layout fields starts with a STX character and ends with a
EOT character. The various fields are separated by CR (carriage return)
characters.
To provide full compatibility with various protocols and computer systems,
these separators can be changed at will by means of the FORMAT INPUT
statement. Each separator can have a maximum length of 10 characters.
Always execute the FORMAT INPUT statement in the Immediate Mode. If
you are using the Intermec Direct Protocol, exit it by means of an INPUT OFF
statement before changing the separators using a FORMAT INPUT statement.
Then you can enter the Intermec Direct Protocol again by means of an INPUT
ON statement.
An error will occur if you, for some reason, issue a FORMAT INPUT
statement where one, two or three separators are identical to those already in
effect without leaving the Intermec Direct Protocol.
If a certain separating character cannot be produced by the keyboard of the
host, use a CHR$ function to specify the character by its ASCII value.
The separators are stored in the temporary memory and must to be transmitted
to the printer after each power-up.
Example Changing the start-of-text separator to #, the end-of-text separator to LF
(linefeed) and the field separator to @ after having temporarily switched to
the Immediate Mode.
INPUT OFF ↵
FORMAT INPUT "#",CHR(10),"@" ↵
INPUT ON ↵
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