User's Guide

HH1800 User Guide 71
Search backward for a character
F9
Search the input message backward for “xx” character from the current cursor position,
leaving the cursor pointing to the “xx” character. Syntax = F9xx where xx stands for the search
character’s hex value for its ASCII code.
Refer to the ASCII Conversion Chart (Code Page 1252), beginning on page 203 for decimal, hex
and character codes.
Search forward for a string
B0
Search forward for “s” string from the current cursor position, leaving cursor pointing to “s”
string. Syntax = B0nnnnS where nnnn is the string length (up to 9999), and S consists of the
ASCII hex value of each character in the match string. For example, B0000454657374 will
search forward for the first occurrence of the 4 characters string “Test.”
Refer to the ASCII Conversion Chart (Code Page 1252), beginning on page 203 for decimal, hex
and character codes.
B0 Example: Send barcode data that starts after a string of characters
Search for the letters “FGH” in barcodes and send all the data that follows, including “FGH.”
Using the barcode above:
Command string: B00003464748F10D
B0 is the “Search forward for a string” command
0003 is the string length (3 characters)
46 is the hex value for “F”
47 is the hex value for “G”
48 is the hex value for “H”
F1 is the “Send all characters” command
0D is the hex value for a CR
The data is output as:
FGHIJ
<CR>