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Chapter —Program Instructions
NASC, cont.
You can also specify the multi-byte character set UTF-8. For more information
on using UTF-8, see Chapter 4.
A NASC statement will have the following consequences:
Font
The font used will be the one last specified by the FONT command. If
none has been specified, the default (Swiss 721 BT) will be used.
Text printing
Text on labels etc. will be printed according to the selected character set.
However, parts of the label, that already has been processed and stored in
the print buffer before the NASC statement is executed, will not be affected.
This implies that labels may be multi-lingual.
LCD Display
New messages in the display will be affected by a NASC statement. However,
a message that is already displayed will not be updated automatically.
The display is, for all practical reasons, able to show all printable characters.
In the Setup Mode, all characters are mapped according to US-ASCII
standard.
Communication
Data transmitted via any of the communication channels will not be affected
as the data is defined as ASCII values, not as alphanumeric characters.
The active character set of the receiving unit will decide the graphic presentation
of the input data, for example the screen of the host.
Bar Code Printing
The pattern of the bars reflects the ASCII values of the input data and
is not affected by a NASC statement. The bar code interpretation (the
human readable characters below the bar pattern) is affected by a NASC
statement. However, the interpretation of bar codes, that have been processed
and are stored in the print buffer, will not be affected.
Example This example selects the Italian character set, prints the character corresponding
to 123 dec. in that set, changes the set to Swedish, and prints the
character corresponding to 123 dec.:
10 NASC 39
20 PRTXT CHR$(123)
30 NASC 46
40 PRTXT CHR$(123)
50 PRINTFEED
yields:
àä
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