FBPL Command Reference
Table Of Contents
- 1 Example of Command Reference
- 2 Document Conventions
- 3 Object Position Calculation
- 4 Supported Printers
- 5 Setup and System Commands
- 5.1 SIZE
- 5.2 GAP
- 5.3 GAPDETECT
- 5.4 BLINEDETECT
- 5.5 AUTODETECT
- 5.6 BLINE
- 5.7 OFFSET
- 5.8 SPEED
- 5.9 DENSITY
- 5.10 DIRECTION
- 5.11 REFERENCE
- 5.12 SHIFT
- 5.13 COUNTRY
- 5.14 CODEPAGE
- 5.15 CLS
- 5.16 FEED
- 5.17 BACKFEED
- 5.18 FORMFEED
- 5.19 HOME
- 5.20 PRINT
- 5.21 SOUND
- 5.22 CUT
- 5.23 LIMITFEED
- 5.24 SELFTEST
- 5.25 EOJ
- 5.26 DELAY
- 5.27 DISPLAY
- 5.28 INITIALPRINTER
- 5.29 MENU
- 6 Label Formatting Commands
- 7 Status Polling and Immediate Commands
- 8 Commands for Windows Driver
- 9 File Management Commands
- 10 BASIC Commands and Functions
- 10.1 ABS()
- 10.2 ASC()
- 10.3 CHR$()
- 10.4 XOR$()
- 10.5 END
- 10.6 EOF()
- 10.7 OPEN
- 10.8 CLOSE
- 10.9 WRITE
- 10.10 READ
- 10.11 SEEK
- 10.12 LOF()
- 10.13 LOC()
- 10.14 FREAD$()
- 10.15 PUT
- 10.16 GET
- 10.17 COPY
- 10.18 FOR…NEXT LOOP
- 10.19 WHILE…WEND
- 10.20 DO…LOOP
- 10.21 IF…THEN…ELSE…ENDIF LOOP
- 10.22 GOSUB…RETURN
- 10.23 GOTO
- 10.24 INP$()
- 10.25 INP()
- 10.26 LOB()
- 10.27 INPUT
- 10.28 PREINPUT
- 10.29 POSTINPUT
- 10.30 SET FILTER
- 10.31 REM
- 10.32 OUT
- 10.33 OUTR
- 10.34 GETKEY()
- 10.35 INT()
- 10.36 LEFT$()
- 10.37 LEN()
- 10.38 MID$()
- 10.39 RIGHT$()
- 10.40 STR$()
- 10.41 STRCOMP()
- 10.42 INSTR()
- 10.43 TRIM$()
- 10.44 LTRIM$()
- 10.45 RTRIM$()
- 10.46 TEXTPIXEL()
- 10.47 BARCODEPIXEL()
- 10.48 VAL()
- 10.49 NOW$()
- 10.50 NOW
- 10.51 FORMAT$()
- 10.52 DATEADD()
- 10.53 FSEARCH()
- 10.54 TOUCHPRESS()
- 10.55 RECORDSET$()
- 10.56 REPLACE$()
- 11 Device Reconfiguration Commands
- 11.1 SET COUNTER
- 11.2 SET CUTTER
- 11.3 SET PARTIAL_CUTTER
- 11.4 SET BACK
- 11.5 SET BACK_BEFORE_PRINT
- 11.6 SET KEYn
- 11.7 SET LEDn
- 11.8 SET PEEL
- 11.9 SET REWIND
- 11.10 SET TEAR
- 11.11 SET GAP
- 11.12 SET BLINE REVERSE / SET BLINE OBVERSE
- 11.13 SET BLINE PRINTSIDE / SET BLINE BACKSIDE
- 11.14 SET HEAD
- 11.15 SET RIBBON
- 11.16 SET ENCODER
- 11.17 SET RIBBONEND
- 11.18 SET COM1
- 11.19 SET PRINTKEY
- 11.20 SET REPRINT
- 11.21 SET FEED_LEN
- 11.22 GETSENSOR()
- 11.23 GETSETTING$()
- 11.24 SET USBHOST
- 11.25 SET AUTORUN
- 11.26 SET RESPONSE
- 11.27 SET DAYLIGHT_SAVE
- 11.28 SET REGISTRATION
- 11.29 PEEL
- 11.30 LED1, LED2, LED3
- 11.31 KEY1, KEY2, KEY3
- 11.32 SET SENSOR_REF
- 12 Printer Global Variables
- 13 Bluetooth Module Setting Commands
- 14 Wi-Fi Module Setting Commands
- 15 Internal Ethernet Setting Commands
- 16 Setting Commands for RJ-2035B/2055WB/3035B/3055WB
- 17 RFID
- 18 General purpose input output (GPIO) Setting Commands
- Appendix A: Command List by Model
- Appendix B: Download your Fonts
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10.14 FREAD$()
Description
Read a specified number of bytes of data from a file.
Syntax
FREAD$ (file handle,byte)
Parameter
Description
file handle
0 or 1
byte
Number of bytes to be read
Example
Sample code
DOWNLOAD "DATA1",10,1234567890
DOWNLOAD "DATA2",15,ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO
DOWNLOAD "OPEN2.BAS"
SIZE 4,1
GAP 0,0
DIRECTION 1
CLS
OPEN "DATA1",0
OPEN "DATA2",1
SEEK 0,0
SEEK 1,0
Y$=FREAD$(0,6)
Z$=FREAD$(1,6)
TEXT 10,100,"3",0,1,1,"FREAD$(0,6) IS: " +Y$
TEXT 10,150,"3",0,1,1,"FREAD$(1,6) IS: " +Z$
PRINT 1
EOP
OPEN2
Result
See Also
DOWNLOAD, EOP, OPEN, READ, EOF, LOF(), SEEK