Printable Data Instructions - Intermec EasyCoder 501XP Programmer's Reference Manual

4.9 Printable Data Instructions

Select a Layout
Before any variable data can be transmitted to a preprogrammed layout,
the layout must be selected by means of a
the layout has been saved in the printer's permanent memory ("c:") as
described in Chapter 4.8, it should be copied to the temporary memory
("tmp:"), and run from there.
LAYOUT RUN "<tmp:><layout name>"
<layout name>
Example:
COPY "c:Shipping Label","tmp:Shipping Label" ↵
LAYOUT RUN "tmp:Shipping Label" ↵
Transmit Variable Data to a Layout
After having selecting a layout using a
transmit the variable data to their respective layout fi elds:
• The transmission starts with a start-of-text separator.
• Then comes a block of data to the fi eld containing
• A fi eld separator separates the blocks of data.
• Next block goes to the fi eld containing
• A fi eld separator separates the blocks of data and so on.
• The last block must also end with a fi eld separator.
• The end of transmission is indicated by an End-of text separator.
By default, the following separators should be used:
• Start separator:
• Field separator:
• End separator:
All separators can be changed at will by means of a
instruction, see Chapter 6.5.
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is the name given to the layout in the LAYOUT INPUT instruction and must
be enclosed by quotation marks.
STX
CR
EOT
Chapter 4 — Label Design
instruction. If
LAYOUT RUN
instruction, you can
LAYOUT RUN
VAR1$
.
VAR2$
(ASCII 02 dec)
(ASCII 13 dec)
(ASCII 04 dec)
FORMAT INPUT
.
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