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Add a New Prompted Field
Prompted text fields may be inserted into messages. The content of
these text fields is entered in QuickStep after sending the message to
the printer.The content format has to be specified when creating these
text fields in a message in the Message Editor.
To add a new prompted field to the message:
(1) Press on the screen within a specific area of the Message Editor
where you require the item to appear. A cross hair will appear at
this location.
(2) Select the Add icon.
(3) From the sub-menu select the Add Text icon.
(4) Select +Variable > +Create New > Prompted Field.
(5) Enter a name or use the default name for the prompted field
object.
(6) Set a default value in the format matching the input mask for the
prompted field.
(7) Enter a prompt which is displayed on screen when the data for
the prompted field should be entered. (After sending the
message to the printer).
(8) Select an input mask for the prompted field which specifies the
type of content for the prompted field.Possible formats:
Mask Description
0 Mandatory numeric character 0-9
9 Optional numeric character 0-9
L Mandatory alpha character A-Z or a-z
? Optional alpha character A-Z or a-z
A Mandatory alphanumeric character
0-9, A-Z or a-z
a Optional alphanumeric character
0-9, A-Z or a-z