Programming Manual for Citizen BASIC Interpreter - MaRCo

Citizen BASIC Interpreter
E.g.: draws the example/s of command usage.
The symbols of the format have the following meaning:
Omission [a]
Repetition
Selection {a|b|c|d}
a can be omitted.
a can be repeated to designate.
one of a, b, c or d is selected to designate.
3.1 File Name
3.1.1 Program Store Drive
Storage of the BASIC program occurs in the following drives, in which the BASIC
program can be stored using the SAVE command. To read the stored BASIC program,
use the LOAD command.
Drive
Use
E: (ZPL) / B: (DMX) Permanent storage by non-volatile memory
R: (ZPL) / A: (DMX) Temporary storage by volatile memory
3.1.2 File Name Convention
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The BASIC program stored in a drive is managed under a file name, designated as
the following format. Designate it with the number of characters of 13 or less in
combination with a file name and extension.
Drive:file name.extension
Drive: E:, R: (ZPL) / A:, B: (DMX)
File name: arbitrary character
Extension: .BAS fixed
E.g.
E:PROGRAM.BAS
R:TEMP.BAS
3.2 Input-Output Device
3.2.1 List of Devices
Data input-output allows the BASIC program to communicate with the printer engine
and the external devices connected to communication interface as shown in table
8.
Table 8: List of devices
Device name Device
ZPL
Printer engine
SER
Serial interface
PAR
Parallel interface
USB
USB interface
3.2.2 Console Device
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