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Programming 6-32
International Character Set Select
P-SERIES SERIAL MATRIX
ASCII Code : SOH R n ESC R n
Hex Code : 01 52 n 1B 52 n
Purpose : Selects one of nine international character sets.
Expression : CHR$(1);
”
R
”;
CHR$(n); CHR$(27);
”
R
”;
CHR$(n);
where : n = 0 to 9 to specify the character set as describedĂbelow.
n Character Set Hex
0 U.S.A. ASCII 00 or 30
Ă 1 French 01 or 31
2 German 02 or 32
3 English 03 or 33
4 Danish 04 or 34
5 Swedish 05 or 35
6 Italian 06 or 36
7 Spanish 07 or 37
8 Japanese 08 or 38
9 French Canadian 09 or 39
Comment : The international character set can also be selected from the control panel.
The control code setting will override the control panel character set selecĆ
tion. Values other than 0-9 will default to 0 (U.S.A. ASCII). See Appendix B
for foreign character sets.
Example : The following example illustrates international character selection.