Program Name; Statement Entry Types - Worth Data TriCoder t53 User Manual

The remainder of this chapter will explain each step in creating program
statements. They are described in the order that they appear when
programming the TriCoder.
Program
Prompt
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characters.
The PROGRAM NAME prompt has another function besides simply
naming the program. When collecting data, programs usually start with
statement #1, or if data has already been collected, it starts at the statement
number where the user left off. You can force the TriCoder to ALWAYS
start at a particular statement number whether starting a new data file or
resuming collection in an existing one. This is done using the first 3
characters in the PROGRAM NAME prompt. The first character must be ~,
followed by the two digit statement number you want to start with. You
can then follow with an actual program name if you want to. This feature
can cause partial data records since resuming data collection after some data
has been collected may start at a statement number other than where you
left off. Because of possible partial records, the host program that processes
this data needs to handle the partial records in a special way or ignore them
completely. The following example shows a program named
INVENTORY that always starts at statement #4:
This example shows a program named RECEIVING:
This program starts with statement #1 if the data file is empty. If you are
resuming a previous data collection and you still have data present (you didn't
upload and delete your data file), the program will resume at the statement
number following the statement at which the user last entered data.

Statement Entry Types

The next prompt in the program process is the ENTRY TYPE
Program
Prompt
prompt. This prompt determines what type of data is entered for
this statement. This is the most important prompt as it deter-
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mines exactly what happens at this step in the program. After
entering a name at the PROGRAM NAME prompt, you see:

Program Name

The first prompt the TriCoder displays when creating a
program is the PROGRAM NAME prompt. The PROGRAM
NAME entered at this prompt will be used to identify the
program in the DATA COLLECTION menu. The PROGRAM
NAME can consist of alphanumeric data and can be up to 20
PROGRAM NAME?
~04INVENTORY
PROGRAM NAME?
RECEIVING
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