Layout Commands - Intermec EasyCoder 301 Programmer's Manual

8. Layout
Commands
Intermec EasyCoder 301 Direct Protocol 2.0 – Programmer's Guide Ed. 3
Start Layout Recorder
The LAYOUT INPUT command clears the printer's working memory,
starts the layout recorder and allows you to assign a name to the
layout.
LAYOUT INPUT "<layout name>"
<layout name>
Example:
LAYOUT INPUT "Shipping Label"
Assign Input Variables to Fields
The layout may consist of both fixed fields and fields for variable
information. In the layout, you must give a reference to each text,
bar code or image field intended to receive variable data, so that the
input data can be inserted into the correct field. The variable
VAR<n>$ is used to indicate variable input, where <n> specifies
the number of the field. The first variable input data block will be
entered into the field containing VAR1$, the second block with
VAR2$, etc. Fixed data and variable data can be combined in the
same field. See also chapter 4.9.
VAR<n>$
<n>
Examples:
PT VAR1$
PT "Price: ";VAR2$
PB VAR3$
PM VAR4$
Save the Layout
After completing the layout, save it in the printer's RAM memory,
turn off the layout recorder and clear the printer's working memory
by means of a LAYOUT END command. The layout can then be
copied or killed like any other file, see chapter 3.1.
LAYOUT END
Example:
LAYOUT END
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up to 30 characters enclosed by double quo-
tation marks.
the number of the field. There is no practical
limit to the number of fields.
(text field with variable input)
(text field with fixed & variable input)
(bar code field with variable input)
(image field with variable input)
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