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NASCD
Chapter —Program Instructions
Purpose Statement for selecting a double-byte character set, alternatively the multibyte
character set UTF-8.
Syntax NASCD
is the name of the character set or the file containing the character
map.
Default: "" (disables double-byte interpretation).
Remarks When a double-byte character set has been selected, the firmware will
usually treat all characters from ASCII 161 dec. to ASCII 254 dec (ASCII
A1-FE hex) as the first part of a two-byte character. Next character byte
received will specify the second part. However, the selected double-byte
character set may specify some other ASCII value as the breaking point
between single and double byte character sets.
There are various ways to produce double-byte characters from the keyboard
of the computer. By selecting the proper character set using a
NASCD statement, the typed-in ASCII values will be translated to the
corresponding Unicode values, so the desired glyph will be printed. A font
must have been selected using the FONTD command in order to print
according to the selected double-byte character set.
UTF-8 character mapping is pre-installed in the firmware, and is selected
with the command NASCD "UTF-8" (can also be selected with NASC).
See Chapter 4, UTF-8, for more information. Other double-byte character
set tables and fonts are available from Intermec on special request.
Example The following text contains both single- and double-byte fonts. The
double-byte font and its character set are stored in a Font Install Card:
10 NASC 46
20 FONT "Swiss 721 BT", 24, 10
30 FONTD "Song"
40 NASCD "card1:GB2312.NCD"
50 PRTXT CHR$(65);CHR$(164);CHR$(180)
60 PRINTFEED
RUN
This program yields a printed text line that starts with the Latin character
A (ASCII 65 dec.) followed by the character in the Song font that corresponds
to the address 164+180 dec. in the character set “GB2312.NCD.”
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