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Entry Type
The first line on the program screen is the
ENTRY TYPE
prompt. This prompt determines what type of data is entered for this
statement. This is the most important prompt as it determines exactly what happens at this step in the program.
< PROGRAM #
1
PROMPT
01
>
ENTRY TYPE ---------------------------
D
These are the
Prompt Statement Entry
types available:
Statement Entry Type
Code used for TriCoder Coding Form
Data
D
Branch
B
Question
Q
Date and Time Stamp
S
Time Stamp only
T
Date Stamp only
Y
Xtra
X
None
N
Data AND Immediate Output
O
Compare
C
Printer Output
P
Arithmetic
A
Copy Table Data To Prompt
c
Details on each
Statement Entry Type
are as follows:
Data
Data entry
prompts are program statements that prompt the operator to enter data for storage in memory. A typical
Data Statement
would be prompting the operator for an Item Number or a Quantity. This is the most commonly used statement type.
A program statement used to enter data looks like this:
< PROGRAM #
1
PROMPT
01
>
ENTRY TYPE ---------------------------
D
The previous example indicates a
Statement Entry Type
of
Data
for prompt 01.
Branch
A
branch
statement
allows the program to jump to anywhere between 1 and 15 different statements depending on the character
entered at the branch prompt. The data entered at a
branch statement
is not saved to memory; it simply acts as a pointer, directing the
program to the appropriate statement. When creating a
branch statement
, the programmer will only see 3 program statement fields;
ENTRY TYPE, PROMPT and STMT TO BRANCH.
The ENTRY TYPE for a branch statement should look like this:
< PROGRAM #
1
PROMPT
01
>
ENTRY TYPE ---------------------------
B
The next field is the PROMPT field. This field is the prompt text that the user will see when executing the
branch statement
. This is
an example of a PROMPT field for a branch statement:
ENTRY TYPE ---------------------------
B
PROMPT TEXT:
TRANSACTION?
The final field for a
branch statemen
t is the STMT TO BRANCH field. This field tells the program what statements to go to when
particular characters are entered. At this point you can enter up to 15 groups of 3 digit codes for a total of 45 characters.
The first character in each 3 digit code is the conditional character; this is the character that determines the branch when entered. The *
character is used to mean any character other than the conditional characters already specified.
The next 2 characters in the 3 digit code determine which statement to go to when the conditional character is entered.
For example, lets say you wanted the following branches to happen:
Go to statement 18 if an R is keyed/scanned
