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  • January 26, 2010
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[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 26 January 2010]

Hello,

I look in the forums for a way to convert a string to a hexadecimal literal. I found this thread www.acucorp.com/.../showthread.php

But I don't get it. I think we both are trying the same thing, that i can type in a entry field the hexadecimal values 07 1B, etc then take the values in a string and writing the print record to send the escape codes.

But i cant get things working.

Any help?

01 apertura-cajon1 pic x(01) value spaces.

write print-record from apertura-cajon1 with no control
end-write

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    [Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 26 January 2010]

    Hello,

    I look in the forums for a way to convert a string to a hexadecimal literal. I found this thread www.acucorp.com/.../showthread.php

    But I don't get it. I think we both are trying the same thing, that i can type in a entry field the hexadecimal values 07 1B, etc then take the values in a string and writing the print record to send the escape codes.

    But i cant get things working.

    Any help?

    01 apertura-cajon1 pic x(01) value spaces.

    write print-record from apertura-cajon1 with no control
    end-write
    so once you have the 07 1B, you then move x'07 1B' to apertura-cajon ... is this what you are doing?
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    [Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 26 January 2010]

    Hello,

    I look in the forums for a way to convert a string to a hexadecimal literal. I found this thread www.acucorp.com/.../showthread.php

    But I don't get it. I think we both are trying the same thing, that i can type in a entry field the hexadecimal values 07 1B, etc then take the values in a string and writing the print record to send the escape codes.

    But i cant get things working.

    Any help?

    01 apertura-cajon1 pic x(01) value spaces.

    write print-record from apertura-cajon1 with no control
    end-write
    You can use the HEX2ASCII library routine to do this.


    01  hex-string     pic x(4).
    01  ascii-chars    pic x(2).

    move "071B" to hex-string.  | or accept from user's input, etc.
    call "HEX2ASCII" using ascii-chars, hex-string.

    ** now ascii-chars will contain the two bytes with hex values 07 and 1B

    The routine requires a 4-digit input and provides 2-digit output, so for setting a single character you could do this:


    01  hex-string.
        03  hex-char       pic x(2).
        03  filler         pic x(2) value "00".
    01  ascii-chars.
        03  ascii-char     pic x.
        03  filler         pic x.

    move "07" to hex-char.    | or accept from user's input, etc.
    call "HEX2ASCII" using ascii-chars, hex-string.
    move ascii-char to apertura-cajon1.


    Of course, you should read the full documentation in Appendix I... :)
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    [Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 26 January 2010]

    Hello,

    I look in the forums for a way to convert a string to a hexadecimal literal. I found this thread www.acucorp.com/.../showthread.php

    But I don't get it. I think we both are trying the same thing, that i can type in a entry field the hexadecimal values 07 1B, etc then take the values in a string and writing the print record to send the escape codes.

    But i cant get things working.

    Any help?

    01 apertura-cajon1 pic x(01) value spaces.

    write print-record from apertura-cajon1 with no control
    end-write
    You can use the HEX2ASCII library routine to do this.


    01  hex-string     pic x(4).
    01  ascii-chars    pic x(2).

    move "071B" to hex-string.  | or accept from user's input, etc.
    call "HEX2ASCII" using ascii-chars, hex-string.

    ** now ascii-chars will contain the two bytes with hex values 07 and 1B

    The routine requires a 4-digit input and provides 2-digit output, so for setting a single character you could do this:


    01  hex-string.
        03  hex-char       pic x(2).
        03  filler         pic x(2) value "00".
    01  ascii-chars.
        03  ascii-char     pic x.
        03  filler         pic x.

    move "07" to hex-char.    | or accept from user's input, etc.
    call "HEX2ASCII" using ascii-chars, hex-string.
    move ascii-char to apertura-cajon1.


    Of course, you should read the full documentation in Appendix I... :)
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    [Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 26 January 2010]

    Hello,

    I look in the forums for a way to convert a string to a hexadecimal literal. I found this thread www.acucorp.com/.../showthread.php

    But I don't get it. I think we both are trying the same thing, that i can type in a entry field the hexadecimal values 07 1B, etc then take the values in a string and writing the print record to send the escape codes.

    But i cant get things working.

    Any help?

    01 apertura-cajon1 pic x(01) value spaces.

    write print-record from apertura-cajon1 with no control
    end-write
    You can use the HEX2ASCII library routine to do this.


    01  hex-string     pic x(4).
    01  ascii-chars    pic x(2).

    move "071B" to hex-string.  | or accept from user's input, etc.
    call "HEX2ASCII" using ascii-chars, hex-string.

    ** now ascii-chars will contain the two bytes with hex values 07 and 1B

    The routine requires a 4-digit input and provides 2-digit output, so for setting a single character you could do this:


    01  hex-string.
        03  hex-char       pic x(2).
        03  filler         pic x(2) value "00".
    01  ascii-chars.
        03  ascii-char     pic x.
        03  filler         pic x.

    move "07" to hex-char.    | or accept from user's input, etc.
    call "HEX2ASCII" using ascii-chars, hex-string.
    move ascii-char to apertura-cajon1.


    Of course, you should read the full documentation in Appendix I... :)
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    [Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 26 January 2010]

    Hello,

    I look in the forums for a way to convert a string to a hexadecimal literal. I found this thread www.acucorp.com/.../showthread.php

    But I don't get it. I think we both are trying the same thing, that i can type in a entry field the hexadecimal values 07 1B, etc then take the values in a string and writing the print record to send the escape codes.

    But i cant get things working.

    Any help?

    01 apertura-cajon1 pic x(01) value spaces.

    write print-record from apertura-cajon1 with no control
    end-write
    OK - I remember this post now.

    Look at the example on my post using the redefines clause.

    Also, word of warning - if you're trying to send hex codes to a printer then it appears to be very much hit and miss and thats even if you do actually use the spooler-direct clause

    Personally we ended up going towards a 3rd party dll for the cash drawer interface

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