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Exam ple B ,1 ,3 0,V,5,5,38 ,4 ,0 ,0 ,L,0,1,2,22 |
Defines a bar c ode field (field #3) with up to 30 c harac ters of variable length s tarting at row 5,
c olum n 5. The GS1 DataBar us es a dens ity of 4. No text is s hown with the bar c ode. The bar
c ode is left-aligned with no field rotation.
D e f i n i n g N o n - P r in tabl e T e x t F i e l d s
Non-printable text fields hold entered data without printing it in its entered form . Typic ally, non-
printable fields hold data that later c om bines with other fields to form a m erged field. Define non-
printable text fields before defining the field where the inform ation prints .
W hen c opying this field into another field, the m axim um num ber of c harac ters for the final field is
2710 . Allow only as m any c harac ters as needed, bec aus e extra c harac ters us e up s pac e. Als o,
if c opying into a bar c ode field, the m axim um num ber of c harac ters in the des tination bar c ode is
determ ined by the bar c ode s pec ific ation (UPCA-12, EAN-13, etc .). Apply field options to
m anipulate the text entered in this field. Copying data from this field into another field is an
exam ple. See “
Us ing Option 4 Copy Data ” in Chapter 4 for m ore inform ation.
In the following exam ple, data is entered into four non-printable fields and m erged to form field 5,
and is then printed as a bar c ode. See “
Merging Fields ” in Chapter 4 for m ore inform ation.
Fie ld Data Fie ld T ype
1 20374 Non-printable
2 339 Non-printable
3 8 Non-printable
4 15 Non-printable
5 20374339815 Bar Code
Eac h non-printable text field requires a s eparate definition.
Syntax D,fie ld# ,# o f char |
D1. D Non-Printable Text Field.
D2. field# Unique num ber from 0 to 999 as s igned to this field. 1 is the
default.
D3. # of c har Maxim um num ber of c harac ters in this field: 0 to 2710 . 30 is the
default.
Exam ple D,4 ,2 0 |
Defines a non-printable text field (field #4) with a m axim um of 20 c harac ters .