
PT630 Operation Guide Page 22 of 41
FormCaching Specification
DATA FIELD DEFINITION: maximum field number=8
Category Range Description
1 FIELD PROMPT Max.16 characters set field prompting
2 MIN/MAX
DATA LENGTH
1-48 set minimum field length
and maximum field length
3 DATA TYPE 1.NUMERIC
2.ALPHANUM
numeric data (0~9) or
alphanumeric data (20H~FCH)
4 DEVICE TYPE 1.KEY ONLY
2.SCAN ONLY
3.BOTH
input by keyboard only,
bar code scanning only or
both
DATA RECORD DEFINITION
Category Range Description
5 BETWEEN
FIELD
1.APPEND SCREEN
2.CLEAR SCREEN
specify to clear or append screen
between two fields
6 FIELD
DELIMITER
1. , 2. ;
3.SPACE 4.TAB
assign field delimiter
7 RECORD
DELIMITER
1.CR
2.LF
3.CRLF
assign record delimiter
8 DATE STAMP
FIELD
1.NONE 2.YYYYMMDD
3.MMDD 4.MMDDYYYY
5.DDMM 6.DDMMYYYY
assign date stamp and specify the
format of date stamp
9 TIME STAMP
FIELD
1.NONE
2.HHMM
3.HHMMSS
assign time stamp and specify
the format of time stamp
10 FIELD DELAY 0-6 specify time delay between each
record input in second
When FormCaching is enabled, a data file named FORM.DAT will be created in the PT630.
FORM.DAT stores the data as entered by the user after FormCaching is invoked. The PT630 will
not allow the user to redefine the data fields in FormCaching once the FORM.DAT has been
created. The file FORM.DAT must be deleted in order to implement any change in the
configuration of FormCaching.
Running The Resident FormCaching Application Program
Enable the FormCaching, the PT630 built-in application can be ran by switching the portable
terminal to the User mode of operation and selecting “2.TER”, select “2.FORMCACHING”. The
FormCaching application program will follow the setting (as previously defined by the user) as it
displays prompts, requests input, and stores data in the FORM.DAT file. Pressing [CMD] then
[Alpha] key will abort the current record inputting action. The user may use [] key to browse a
previous input data record and press [CLR] key to clear the record and then input new values.
Pressing [CMD] then [Alpha] at the beginning of the first field of record input will abort the
FormCaching application and the portable terminal will go to the Ready mode. After collecting data,
the FORM.DAT file can be uploaded to a Host/PC either by invoking the Kermit server in the User
mode or remotely through the Windows-based, communication utility Communication Manager.
PT630 FormCaching Defaults
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