Programming instructions

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Chapter 2 Program Instructions
IMMEDIATE
Field of Application Statement for enabling or disabling the immediate mode of Intermec
Fingerprint in connection with program editing without line numbers,
for reading the current mode, or for reading the current standard
IN and OUT channels.
Syntax IMMEDIATE ON|OFF|MODE|STDIO
ON Enables the Immediate Mode
OFF Disables the Immediate Mode
MODE Prints a line to the STDOUT port with information on the
current status of the following modes (ON or OFF):
- Execution
- Immediate
- Input
- Layout Input
- Debug STDIO (dbstdio)
STDIO Prints two lines to the STDOUT port with information on current
settings for the STDIN and STDOUT channels.
Remarks
IMMEDIATE ON|OFF
Before starting to write a program without line numbers, the immediate
mode must be disabled by means of an IMMEDIATE OFF statement. If
not, each line will be executed immediately.
After an IMMEDIATE OFF statement, program lines can be entered without
any leading line numbers. References to lines are done using “line labels”,
which are called in GOTO or GOSUB and related statements.
A line label is a name followed by a colon (:). The label must not interfere
with any keywords or start with a digit and the line must start with the line
label. When a line label is used as a reference to another line, for example
within a GOTO statement, the colon should be omitted.
The program should be appended by a IMMEDIATE ON statement. At the
execution of this statement, the program lines will be numbered automatically
in ten-step incremental order, starting with the fi rst line (10-20-30-40-50...).
These line numbers will not appear on the screen until the program
is LISTed, LOADed, or MERGEd. Line labels will not be converted
to line numbers.
Do not issue a RUN statement before the IMMEDIATE ON statement,
or an error will occur.
IMMEDIATE MODE
Execution On/Off indicates if a Fingerprint program is running or not.
Immediate On/Off indicates whether the Immediate Mode is enabled or
disabled as specifi ed by IMMEDIATE ON/OFF.
Input On/Off indicates whether the Direct Protocol is enabled or disabled as
specifi ed by INPUT ON/OFF.