Avery Dennison 9400 Series Programmer Manual - Manual (Page 22)

Format Data
Format data contains the following.
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Format identification number and name
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Supply size
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Online field definitions for text, bar code, line and
graphic fields
The following offline format elements are not supported online.
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Merged fields
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Sub-fields
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Time or date fields
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User-defined check digits
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Fixed characters
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Alphanumeric distinction
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Fixed or variable length
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Price fields
You must supply these elements if you need them in your
program.
The message structure used to transmit online format data is
shown below, followed by an example.
{ FORMAT ID, LENGTH, WIDTH; FORMAT_NAME
p
TEXT FIELD, INCREMENT FLAG, INCREMENT VALUE, ROW,
COLUMN, MULTIPLE, TEXT FONT,
CHARACTER ROTATION, FIELD ROTATION, COLOR
p
BARCODE FIELD, INCREMENT FLAG, INCREMENT VALUE,
ROW, COLUMN, DENSITY,BAR CODE FONT,
FIELD ROTATION, HEIGHT, READABLE CHARACTERS
p
LINE FIELD, ROW, COLUMN, DIRECTION, STOP,
THICKNESS
p
GRAPHIC FIELD, ROW, COLUMN
p
.
.
}
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