Monarch 9474, Programmer'S Manual

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F o r m a t D a t a
Format data contains the following:
N
Format identification number and name
N
Supply size
N
Online field definitions for text, bar code, line and graphic fields
The following offline format elements are not supported online:
N
Merged fields
N
Sub-fields
N
Time or date fields
N
User-defined check digits
N
Fixed characters
N
Alphanumeric distinction
N
Fixed or variable length
N
Price fields
You must supply these elements if you need them in your program.
The message structure used to transmit online format data is
shown below, followed by an example.
{FORMAT ID, LENGTH, WIDTH; FORMAT_NAME
p
TEXT FIELD, INCREMENT FLAG, INCREMENT VALUE, ROW,
COLUMN, MULTIPLE, TEXT FONT,
CHARACTER ROTATION, FIELD ROTATION, COLOR
p
BARCODE FIELD, INCREMENT FLAG, INCREMENT VALUE,
ROW, COLUMN, DENSITY,BAR CODE FONT,
FIELD ROTATION, HEIGHT, READABLE CHARACTERS
p
LINE FIELD, ROW, COLUMN, DIRECTION, STOP,
THICKNESS
p
GRAPHIC FIELD, ROW, COLUMN
p
.
.}
Message Structures 3-7