Label Format Commands; Special Content Fields - CAB A+ Series Programming Manual

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3. Label Format Commands

Instructions with uppercase letters are used to describe the label itself.
This has a fix structure, beginning with the start command, the description of the label size and
description of each object in the label.
At the end of the label the printer expects the amount of labels.
Example:
cab printers use additionally to that 3 command types following special commands for special text
formatting, calculations, comparisons etc.:

4. Special Content Fields

are used within Label Format commands.
They consist of instructions in squared brackets, [ ], which offers various data insertion and data
manipulation functions.
Example:
A huge amount of more complex and powerful commands are explained later in this manual in the
„Special Content fields" section.
cab database connector command and „abc" - commands will not be explained here. Please refer to
the special sections in this manual.
On the next pages you will find a short training class which shall help you to become familiar with
the cab printer programming language „JSCRIPT". We recommend that you try this course first, before
you start with your own projects.
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J - Job start
S - Set label size
H - Heat, speed, and printing method
O - Set print options
T - Text field definition
B - Barcode field definition
G - Graphic field definition
I - Image field definition
A - Amount of labels
Special content fields
cab database connector commands
abc - a-series basic compiler commands
[DATE] - Print date
[/ :op1,op2] - Divide
[>: op1,op2] - Greater than
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