Field Data (^FD) and Field Numbers (^FN)

P Paul Cronk 3 years 6 months ago
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Hello,

How do I embed a field number into a field definition?  

Consider the following ZPL:

^FD51,0,6,111111,2,33,^FN11"Enter Barcode"^FS

The full ZPL is supposed to scan a barcode and use its value in the last parameter to fill out the EPC data structure:

^XA ^DFE:RFID^FS^RB96,8,3,3,20,24,10,28^RFW,E^FD51,0,6,111111,2,33,^FN11"Enter Barcode"^FS^XZ

How do I embed a field number into a field definition?  

Thank you,
Paul.

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D Dmitry Prokhorov

Hello Paul,

As it stated on a page 175 of ZPL manual:
https://www.zebra.com/content/dam/zebra/manuals/printers/common/program…
The ^FN command numbers the data fields. This command is used in both ^DF (Store Format) and^XF (Recall Format) commands.In a stored format, use the ^FN command where you would normally use the ^FD (Field Data)command. In recalling the stored format, use ^FN in conjunction with the ^FD command.So you can see that for ^DF store format you need to use ^FN command instead of ^FD one.

Dmitry Prokhorov
Software Engineer, Kutir Mobility
Posted on behalf of Zebra Technologies

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