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Chapter 13
Advanced Data Formatting
Introduction
Advanced Data Formatting (ADF) is a means of customizing data before transmission to
your host device. Scan data can be edited to suit your particular requirements.
ADF can be implemented through scanning a related series of bar codes, which begin on
page 13-7, or by installing the 123Scan utility (see Chapter 10, 123Scan) which allows the
scanner to be setup and programmed with Advanced Data Formatting (ADF) Rules.
Note:If you are using the Wand interface with your scanner, you will not
be able to use ADF rules to format your data.
Rules: Criteria Linked to Actions
In ADF, data is customized through rules. These rules perform detailed actions when the
data meets certain criteria. One rule may consist of single or multiple criteria applied to
single or multiple actions.
For instance, a data formatting rule could be the following:
Criteria: When scan data is Code 39, length 12, and data at the start position is
the string “129”,
Actions: pad all sends with zeros to length 8,
send all data up to X,
send a space.