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Register Example: Parsing Data
You own a catalog business. When you ship packages out, you scan a label that
includes the destination region. The first character of each label identifies this
destination region as
North
,
West
,
South
, or
East
. Customize the appli-
cation so it divides data into four separate files by region.
Create a template that separates the scanned data into two fields, the first one
for the
region
character and the second one for the
rest
. The template exam-
ines the
region
field to determine the file into which the scanned data should
be copied:
North
,
West
,
South
, or
East
.
To create this template, complete the following steps:
1. Create a template called
Region
containing the following fields:
•
Region
, fixed length:1
•
Rest
, variable length, comma delimited
2. Create a
Verify
node that uses the
Region
template to determine
whether the character in the
Region
field is
N
and, if it is, proceeds to
a
Copy
node that copies the contents of the input register to a file
called
North
.
3. Create a second
Verify
node that checks whether the character is
W
and, if it is, copies the input code to a file called
West
.
4. Create a third
Verify
node that checks whether the character is
S
and,
if it is, copies the input code to a file called
South
.
5. Create a fourth
Verify
node that checks whether the character is
E
and, if it is, copies the input code to a file called
East
.
Files
Portable files are used to store data that has been either input via the portable’s
scanner or data keys or downloaded from a PC file through the serial port.
Each entry in a file is called a record, and the records in each file are num-
bered, with 1 as the first record.
There are two types of file settings in portable dialog boxes. Source file settings
specify a file or record in a file to be read from. Destination file settings deter-
mine a file or record to be written to.
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