Introduction; Rules: Criteria Linked To Actions - Symbol Cyclone M2000 Series Product Reference Manual

Advanced Data Formatting (ADF)

Introduction

Advanced Data Formatting (ADF) is a means of customizing, or editing, the
data scanned by the scanner before transmitting the data to your host device.
Scanned data can be edited to suit your particular requirements.
ADF is implemented by scanning a related series of bar codes to create rules
to apply to the scanned data. These bar codes appear later in this chapter.

Rules: Criteria Linked to Actions

In ADF, data is customized through rules. These rules perform specific actions
when the data meets certain criteria. One rule may consist of single or multiple
actions applied to single or multiple criteria.
For instance, a data formatting rule could be the following:
Criteria: When scan data is Code 39, length 12,
and data at the start position is the string "129",
Actions: pad all sends with zeros to length 8,
send all data up to X,
send a space.
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