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10.51 FORMAT$() Description Return the current date, time, number and number value according to the printer setting. Syntax FORMAT$(expression[,style$]) Parameter expression Style$ Description Required. Any valid expression. Optional. A valid named or user-defined format string expression. Predefined date/time General Date Long Date Medium Date Short Date Long Time Medium Time Short Time Description Date and time Long Date format dd-mmm-yy format Short Date format Hour,, minute, second, and "AM" or "PM" (h:mm:ss format) Hour, minute, and "AM" or "PM" (hh:mm AM/PM format) Hour and minute (hh:mm format) User-defined date/time c d dd ddd dddd ddddd dddddd w ww m mm mmm mmmm q y yy yyyy h hh n nn s ss Description Date (ddddd) and time as (ttttt) Day as a number without a leading zero (1 - 31). Day as a number with a leading zero (01 - 31). Day as an abbreviation (Sun - Sat). Day as a full name (Sunday - Saturday). Date serial number as a complete date (including day, month, and year), formatted according to your system's short date format setting. The default short date format is m/d/yyyy. Day as a complete date (including day, month, and year), formatted according to the long date setting recognized by your system. The default long date format is dddd, mmmm dd, yyyy. Day of the week as a number (1 for Sunday through 7 for Saturday). Week of the year as a number (1 - 53). Month as a number without a leading zero (1 - 12). If m immediately follows h or hh, the minute rather than the month is displayed. Month as a number with a leading zero (01 - 12). If mm immediately follows h or hh, the minute rather than the month is displayed. Month as an abbreviation (Jan - Dec). Month as a full month name (January - December). Quarter of the year as a number (1 - 4). Day of the year as a number (1 - 366). Year as a 2-digit number (00 - 99). Year as a 4-digit number (100 - 9999). Hour as a number without leading zeros (0 - 23). Hour as a number with leading zeros (00 - 23). Minute as a number without leading zeros (0 - 59). Minute as a number with leading zeros (00 - 59). Second as a number without leading zeros (0 - 59). Second as a number with leading zeros (00 - 59). 178

Section	Page
Software Developer's Manual	1
TABLE OF CONTENTS	2
1 Example of Command Reference	6
2 Document Conventions	7
3 Object Position Calculation	8
4 Supported Printers	9
5 Setup and System Commands	10
5.1 SIZE	10
5.2 GAP	11
5.3 GAPDETECT	13
5.4 BLINEDETECT	14
5.5 AUTODETECT	15
5.6 BLINE	16
5.7 OFFSET	17
5.8 SPEED	18
5.9 DENSITY	19
5.10 DIRECTION and Mirror Image	20
5.10 DIRECTION and Mirror Image	20
5.11 REFERENCE	21
5.12 SHIFT	22
5.13 COUNTRY	24
5.14 CODEPAGE	25
5.15 CLS	28
5.16 FEED	29
5.17 BACKFEED & BACKUP	30
5.18 FORMFEED	31
5.19 HOME	32
5.20 PRINT	33
5.21 SOUND	34
5.22 CUT	35
5.23 LIMITFEED	36
5.24 SELFTEST	37
5.25 EOJ	40
5.26 DELAY	41
5.27 DISPLAY	42
5.28 INITIALPRINTER	44
5.29 MENU	45
6 Label Formatting Commands	48
6.1 BAR	48
6.2 BARCODE	49
6.3 TLC39	55
6.4 BITMAP	56
6.5 BOX	58
6.6 CIRCLE	59
6.7 ELLIPSE	60
6.8 CODABLOCK F mode	61
6.9 DMATRIX	62
6.10 ERASE	64
6.11 MAXICODE	65
6.12 PDF417	67
6.13 AZTEC	70
6.14 MPDF417	71
6.15 PUTBMP	72
6.16 PUTPCX	74
6.17 QRCODE	76
6.18 RSS	82
6.19 REVERSE	87
6.20 DIAGONAL	88
6.21 TEXT	89
6.22 BLOCK	93
7 Status Polling and Immediate Commands	96
7.1 <ESC>!?	96
7.2 <ESC>!C	97
7.3 <ESC>!D	98
7.4 <ESC>!O	99
7.5 <ESC>!P	100
7.6 <ESC>!Q	101
7.7 <ESC>!R	102
7.8 <ESC>!S	103
7.9 <ESC>!F	105
7.10 <ESC>!.	106
7.11 ~!@	107
7.12 ~!A	108
7.13 ~!C	109
7.14 ~!D	110
7.15 ~!E	111
7.16 ~!F	112
7.17 ~!I	113
7.18 ~!T	114
7.19 <ESC>Y	115
7.20 <ESC>Z	116
8 Commands for Windows Driver	117
8.1 !B	117
8.2 !J	118
8.3 !N	119
9 File Management Commands	120
9.1 DOWNLOAD	120
9.2 EOP	123
9.3 FILES	124
9.4 KILL	125
9.5 MOVE	126
9.6 RUN	127
10 BASIC Commands and Functions	128
10.1 ABS()	128
10.2 ASC()	129
10.3 CHR$()	130
10.4 XOR$()	131
10.5 END	132
10.6 EOF()	133
10.7 OPEN	134
10.8 CLOSE	136
10.9 WRITE	137
10.10 READ	138
10.11 SEEK	139
10.12 LOF()	140
10.13 LOC()	141
10.14 FREAD$()	142
10.15 PUT	143
10.16 GET	144
10.17 COPY	145
10.18 FOR…NEXT LOOP	146
10.19 WHILE…WEND	147
10.20 DO…LOOP	148
10.21 IF…THEN…ELSE…ENDIF LOOP	151
10.22 GOSUB…RETURN	154
10.23 GOTO	155
10.24 INP$()	156
10.25 INP()	157
10.26 LOB()	158
10.27 INPUT	159
10.28 PREINPUT	160
10.29 POSTINPUT	161
10.30 SET FILTER ON/OFF	162
10.31 REM	163
10.32 OUT	164
10.33 OUTR	165
10.34 GETKEY()	166
10.35 INT()	167
10.36 LEFT$()	168
10.37 LEN()	169
10.38 MID$()	170
10.39 RIGHT$()	171
10.40 STR$()	172
10.41 STRCOMP()	173
10.42 INSTR()	174
10.43 TRIM$()	175
10.44 LTRIM$()	176
10.45 RTRIM$()	177
10.46 TEXTPIXEL()	178
10.47 BARCODEPIXEL()	179
10.48 VAL()	180
10.49 NOW$()	181
10.50 NOW	182
10.51 FORMAT$()	183
10.52 DATEADD()	187
10.53 FSEARCH()	189
10.54 TOUCHPRESS()	190
10.55 RECORDSET$()	191
10.56 REPLACE$()	193
11 Device Reconfiguration Commands	194
11.1 SET COUNTER	194
11.2 SET CUTTER	195
11.3 SET PARTIAL_CUTTER	196
11.4 SET BACK	197
11.5 SET KEYn	198
11.6 SET LEDn	200
11.7 SET PEEL	201
11.8 SET REWIND	202
11.9 SET TEAR	203
11.10 SET GAP	204
11.11 SET BLINE	206
11.12 SET HEAD	207
11.13 SET RIBBON	208
11.14 SET ENCODER	209
11.15 SET RIBBONEND	210
11.16 SET COM1	211
11.17 SET PRINTKEY	212
11.18 SET REPRINT	214
11.19 SET FEED_LEN	215
11.20 GETSENSOR()	216
11.21 GETSETTING$()	219
11.22 SET USBHOST	222
11.23 SET AUTORUN	223
11.24 SET RESPONSE	224
11.25 SET DAYLIGHT_SAVE	226
11.26 PEEL	227
11.27 LED1, LED2, LED3	228
11.28 KEY1, KEY2, KEY3	229
11.29 SET SENSOR_REF	230
12 Printer Global Variables	231
12.1 @LABEL	231
12.2 YEAR	232
12.3 MONTH	233
12.4 DATE	234
12.5 WEEK	235
12.6 HOUR	236
12.7 MINUTE	237
12.8 SECOND	238
12.9 @YEAR	239
12.10 @MONTH	240
12.11 @DATE	241
12.12 @DAY	242
12.13 @HOUR	243
12.14 @MINUTE	244
12.15 @SECOND	245
12.16 _MODEL$	246
12.17 _SERIAL$	247
12.18 _VERSION$	248
13 Bluetooth Module Setting Commands	249
13.1 BT NAME	249
13.2 BT PINCODE	250
13.3 BT MODE	251
13.4 WLAN OFF	252
13.5 WLAN SSID	253
13.6 WLAN WPA	254
13.7 WLAN WEP	255
13.8 WLAN DHCP	256
13.9 WLAN IP	257
13.10 WLAN PORT	258
14 Internal Ethernet Setting Commands	259
14.1 NET DHCP	259
14.2 NET IP	260
14.3 NET PORT	261
14.4 NET NAME	262
15 Setting Commands for RJ-2035B/2055WB/3035B/3055WB	263
15.1 SET PRINTQUALITY	263
15.2 SET STANDBYTIME	264
15.3 SET SLEEPTIME	265
16 RFID	266
16.1 RFID READ / RFID WRITE	266
16.2 RFIDDETECT	270

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10.51 FORMAT$()

Description

Return the current date, time, number and number value according to the printer setting.

Syntax

FORMAT$(expression[,style$])

Parameter

Description

expression

Required. Any valid expression.

Style$

Optional. A valid named or user-defined format string expression.

Predefined

date/time

Description

General Date

Date and time

Long Date

Long Date format

Medium Date

dd-mmm-yy format

Short Date

Short Date format

Long Time

Hour,, minute, second, and “AM” or “PM” (h:mm:ss format)

Medium Time

Hour, minute, and “AM” or “PM” (hh:mm AM/PM format)

Short Time

Hour and minute (hh:mm format)

User-defined

date/time

Description

Date (ddddd) and time as (ttttt)

Day as a number without a leading zero (1 – 31).

Day as a number with a leading zero (01 – 31).

ddd

Day as an abbreviation (Sun – Sat).

dddd

Day as a full name (Sunday – Saturday).

ddddd

Date serial number as a complete date (including day, month, and year),

formatted according to your system’s short date format setting. The default

short date format is m/d/yyyy.

dddddd

Day as a complete date (including day, month, and year),

formatted according to the long date setting recognized by your

system. The default long date format is dddd, mmmm dd, yyyy.

Day of the week as a number (1 for Sunday through 7 for Saturday).

Week of the year as a number (1 – 53).

Month as a number without a leading zero (1 – 12). If m immediately

follows h or hh, the minute rather than the month is displayed.

Month as a number with a leading zero (01 – 12). If mm immediately

follows h or hh, the minute rather than the month is displayed.

mmm

Month as an abbreviation (Jan – Dec).

mmmm

Month as a full month name (January – December).

Quarter of the year as a number (1 – 4).

Day of the year as a number (1 – 366).

Year as a 2-digit number (00 – 99).

yyyy

Year as a 4-digit number (100 – 9999).

Hour as a number without leading zeros (0 – 23).

Hour as a number with leading zeros (00 – 23).

Minute as a number without leading zeros (0 – 59).

Minute as a number with leading zeros (00 – 59).

Second as a number without leading zeros (0 – 59).

Second as a number with leading zeros (00 – 59).