Zebra Technologies EPL2 - Manual (Page 121)

V Command - Define Variable
Description Use this command to define variable data for
the text and bar code data fields in stored forms.
Variable data can be combined with fixed data
or other data types (counter, date, etc..) in text
or bar code data fields.
Syntax Vp
1
, p
2
, p
3
, "[-]PROMPT"
Parameters p
1
= Variable number.
Range: 00 to 99 .
Variable (reference) numbers are se-
quential and must be input into a form
in ascending order.
p
2
= Maximum number of characters
Range: 1 to 99 .
This is the maximum number of charac-
ters allowed in the variable field.
p
3
= Field Justification.
L = Left R = Right
C = Center N = No Justification
Note: Right and center justification does
not apply to soft fonts.
“PROMPT” = An ASCII text field that will be
transmitted to the host (via the serial in-
terface) each time this command is exe-
cuted. Use the prompt to ask for a value
to be entered for the variable.
KDU Options [ - ] = Having the first character of the prompt
a single minus sign will cause the
prompt to display only once after form
retrieval.
KDU Character
Number Limit
The KDU allows a maximum of 40 characters
for entry into a variable data field and display.
KDU Range (
p
2
): 1 to 40 , but not to exceed a
total of 1500 bytes for all variables.
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