Chapter 7 — Commands
120 ESim for the PC4 and PF8 Printer Programmer’s Reference Manual
Remarks: This command is used in forms that require unique data on each
label. Variables must be initialized in order (V00, V01, V02, etc.)
immediately after the FS command.
The field justification parameter affects the way the variable is
printed. When left, right, or center justification are selected, the
counter value is printed left, right or center justified in an area
with a width defined by the p
2
parameter. If the number of digits
in the counter value is less than the number of digits defined by
p
2
, the area is padded with space characters.
If no justification is selected, the field adjusts to fit the actual
length of the data without exceeding the set maximum field
length, which may be useful when using a counter as input data
to a bar code.
To print the contents of a variable, the number of the variable
must be included in the "DATA" field of the A (Print Text) or B
(Print Bar Code) commands.
Example:
This example shows how the field justification works in variable
fields.
FK"TEST7"
FS"TEST7"
V00,10,L,"Variable 00"
V01,10,R,"Variable 01"
V02,10,C,"Variable 02"
V03,10,N,"Variable 03"
A50,50,0,3,1,1,N,"TEXT"V00":Left justified"
A50,100,0,3,1,1,N,"TEXT"V01":Right justified"
[--] A double leading minus sign in the prompt field caused
the prompt to be suppressed (Keyboard Display Unit
only).
“PROMPT” An ASCII text field transmitted to the host or Keyboard
Display Unit via the serial interface each time this
command is executed. This prompt requests the operator
to enter the value for the variable. Length limited to 32
characters.
V Command Parameter Descriptions (continued)
Parameter Description
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