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Available Data Formatting Commands
These are the data formatting operations applied to the bar code data. The entire command string is entered into the Format key.
Command
Description
F8xx
Search ahead for “xx” character from current cursor position, leaving cursor pointing to “xx”
character.
F9xx
Search back for “xx” character from current cursor position, leaving cursor pointing to “xx”
character.
E6xx
Search ahead for the first non “xx” character from the current cursor position, leaving cursor
pointing to non “xx” character.
E7xx
Search back for the first non “xx” character from the current cursor position, leaving cursor pointing
to non “xx” character.
Miscellaneous Commands
FExx
Compare character in current cursor position to the character “xx.” If characters are equal,
increment cursor. If characters are not equal, no format match.
EC
Check to make sure there is an ASCII number at the current cursor position.If character is not
numeric, format is aborted.
ED
Check to make sure there is a non-numeric ASCII character at the current cursor position. If
character is numeric, format is aborted.
FBnnxxyy…zz
Suppress all occurrences of up to 15 different characters, starting at the current cursor position, as
the cursor is advanced by other commands. When the FC command is encountered, the suppress
function is terminated. The cursor is not moved by the FB command. nn is a count of the number
of suppressed characters in the list and xxyy…zz is the list of characters to be suppressed.
FC
Disables suppress filter and clear all suppressed characters.
E4nnxx1xx2yy1y
y2…zz1zz2
Replaces up to 15 characters in the data string with user specified characters. Replacement
continues until the E5 command is encountered. nn is the total count of both characters to be
replaced plus replacement characters; xx1 defines characters to be replaced and xx2 defines
replacement characters, continuing through zz1 and zz2.
E5
Terminates character replacement.
Note: xx and ss stand for hex values of a character (00-FF), nn for a numeric count (00-99).
Hand Held Products Code ID
Symbology Name
Hand Held Products Code ID
Australian Post
A (0x41)
Aztec Code
z (0x7A)
Aztec Mesa Code
Z (0x5A)
British Post
B (0x42)
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Rev D
2/23/07
Dolphin® Power Tools™ User’s Guide