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Page 348 Job Editor Group 8
Release R1.06 JET3up
8.7.5.2.3 Extern Text: variable length – Printout/Deleting the input buffer
There can be up to 32 <Extern Text> objects within a print job. For each object
you can define the number of wildcards and the offset separately. But nevertheless
all
<Extern Text> objects within a print job will process the same received
character string. It is just a matter of the < Start symbol>, <End symbol>, the
<Wildcards> and the <Offset> settings which part of the received character
string is used by the
<Extern Text: variable length>
object.
The received serial data are stored in an input buffer. The size of this buffer is
defined by the
<Extern Text: variable length> object that have the largest sum
from wildcards and offset.
There are 2 basic rules for using more than one <Extern Text: variable length>
object in a print job:
1. Basically it is possible to use different < Start symbols> and <End
symbols> for each <Extern Text: variable length> object created. However
this wouldn’t be advisable because only < Start symbol> and <End
symbol> of the last created <Extern Text: variable length> object will be
used. If the object is deleted, the < Start symbol> and <End symbol>of
the object created before the delete object will be used and so on. Therefore
it is highly recommended using the same <Start symbol> and <End
symbol> for all <Extern Text: variable length> objects within the same
print job.
2. Using within the same print job several <Extern Text: variable length>
objects which have all the same < Start symbol> and <End symbol>
offers the possibility of controlling the content to be used of a character
string by wildcards and offset for each object separately.
Example print-out:
The example is a print job with three <Extern Text: variable length> objects. Each
object has different settings for wildcards and offset. The < Start symbol> and
<End symbol>
shall be the same for all three objects. The character string
xxxGabc123456Sxxx
shall be transmitted.
The settings for each <Extern Text: variable length> object looks as follows:
Object 1:
Wildcards:
XXXXXXX
7 wildcards
Offset: 2
2 offset
Sum of wildcards and offset: 9
Start symbol: G
End symbol: S