FIELD Command

FIELD Command (Traditional only)

Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagram FIELD TEXTDnCXGKL(m)'text'START nLENGTHnPOSITIONCURRENT or * CURRENT or * POSITION –  x-posCURRENT or *   –  y-posNEXTCURRENT or * DIRECTIONACROSSDIRECTIONDOWNBACKUPFONTname1, name2SUPPRESSIONnameCOLORcolornameRGBrvaluegvaluebvalueHIGHLIGHT hvalue COVERAGEcvalueBLACKbvalueCMYKcvaluemvalueyvaluekvalueCIELABlvalue(–)clvalue(–)c2valueBARCODEnameTYPEntype-nameOther BARCODE Parameters ;

FIELD Command (Record Format)

Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagram FIELD STARTnLENGTHnTEXTduplicationCXGKL (m)'text'PAGENUMNOPRINTNORESETPAGENUMPRINTNOPRINTNORESETRESETnFLDNUMnSTART - 1START - nLENGTH rest of fieldLENGTH  nRECIDSTART - 1START - nLENGTH  rest of id LENGTH n POSITION  –  x-posCURRENT or *   –  y-posNEXTCURRENT or * DIRECTIONACROSSDIRECTIONDOWNBACKUPFONTname1, name2ALIGN - LEFTALIGNLEFTRIGHTSUPPRESSIONnameCOLORcolornameRGBrvaluegvaluebvalueHIGHLIGHT hvalue COVERAGEcvalueBLACKbvalueCMYKcvaluemvalueyvaluekvalueCIELABlvalue(–)clvalue(–)c2valueBARCODEnameTYPEntype-nameOther BARCODE Parameters ;

FIELD Command (XML)

Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagram FIELD STARTnLENGTHn * TEXTduplicationCXGKL (m)'text'PAGENUMNOPRINTNORESETPAGENUMPRINTNOPRINTNORESETRESETnFLDNUMnSTART - 1START - nLENGTHrest of fieldLENGTH n * STAGSTART - 1START - nLENGTH  rest of id LENGTH n  * ATTRanameSTART - 1START - nLENGTHrest of attributeLENGTHn * POSITIONCURRENTCURRENTPOSITIONLPOS - x posLPOS0x posCPOS0x posAPOSx posCURRENT or * LPOS - x posNEXTCURRENT or * DIRECTIONACROSSDIRECTIONDOWNBACKUPFONTname1, name2ALIGN - LEFTALIGNLEFTRIGHTSUPPRESSIONnameCOLORcolornameRGBrvaluegvaluebvalueHIGHLIGHT hvalue COVERAGEcvalueBLACKbvalueCMYKcvaluemvalueyvaluekvalueCIELABlvalue(–)clvalue(–)c2valueBARCODEnameTYPEntype-nameOther BARCODE Parameters ;
Other BARCODE Parameters
Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagramCommon BARCODE ParametersCommon 2D BARCODE ParametersConcatenated BARCODE Parameters
Common BARCODE Parameters
Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagramMODnHRIONABOVEBELOWOFFONLYHRIFONTfontnameSSASTERISKONOFFWIDTHnINMMCMPOINTSPELSHEIGHTnINMMCMPOINTSPELSMODWIDTHOPTIMALMODWIDTHnOPTIMALSMALLBCCOLORcolornameRGBrvaluegvaluebvalueHIGHLIGHThvalueCOVERATEcvalueBLACKbvalueCMYKcvaluemvalueyvaluekvalueCIELABlvalue(-)cvluae(-)c2valueSUPPBLANKSRATIO n CMRcmr-lnameAUDITINSTRLINK
Common 2D BARCODE Parameters
Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagram BCXPARMS ESCNOESCNOE2AE2ACP500CP290CP1027CV1390To943CV1399To943CV1390To942CV1399To942CV1390To932CV1399To932Data Matrix 2D ParametersMaxiCode 2D ParametersPDF417 2D ParametersQRCODE 2D Parameters
Concatenated BARCODE Parameters
Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagram BCDSYMB symnameBCDSEQseq#BCDNEW
Data Matrix 2D Parameters
Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagramunspecifiedSIZErowsBYcolsSEQUENCEseqOFtotID11IDuidHiuidLoUSERDEFFNC1UCCFN1INDRDRPROGMAC5MAC6ENCODEtype
MaxiCode 2D Parameters
Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagramMODE  4MODE  mdSEQUENCEseqOFtotNOZIPPERZIPPER
PDF417 2D Parameters
Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagramSIZEMIN10SIZEMINrows (3-80)BYcols (1-30)SECLEV0SECLEVslMACROqstring
QRCODE 2D Parameters
Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagramSIZEMINSIZErowsMINSEQUENCEseqOFtotPARITYX' dd'ECLEVLECLEVMQHUSERDEFFNC1UCCFNC1INDAI' ai'

The FIELD command identifies a field in a data record or supplies a field of constant text, and positions where the field is on the page. More than one position on the page can be specified.

FIELD commands:
  • Are subordinate to a PRINTLINE command (Traditional), LAYOUT command (Record Format), or LAYOUT subcommand (XML)
  • Must follow a PRINTLINE command (Traditional) or a LAYOUT command (Record Format)
  • Must contain either a LENGTH subcommand or a TEXT subcommand (Traditional only)

The FONT, DIRECTION, and COLOR subcommands do not have fixed defaults. If any of the subcommands are omitted, the value for the omitted subcommand is obtained from corresponding subcommand in the PRINTLINE command (Traditional), LAYOUT command (Record Format), or LAYOUT subcommand (XML).