Send> and %CR%

[D_S]

I've been using this product for some time and I don't know what I'd do without it. Usually I've written compiled macros that provide data input to some programs screen. I usually write the code in the usual fashion

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Send>data
wait>1
Press Enter
Send>data2
wait>1
Press Enter
etc

My coworker showed me that he could embed all of this data with embedded carriage returns, asc 013, in a barcode, then using a barcode reader feed everything to the program without the wait states and the screen accepted the inputs lightening fast and processed the data input correctly.

So I tried the following and it worked perfectly...no wait states necessary.

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Send>data%CR%data1%CR%

I looked through the documentation..maybe not as closely as I should have and hadn't noticed this used for sending data. Is this something everyone else already knew and I'm just having a V8 moment?

[Marcus Tettmar]

Press Enter is the same as sending carriage return. Some people called the Enter key the "Return" key and I remember it being labeled as such on old keyboards. It took the place of the carriage return key on typewriters. So, yes, to me at least it is clear that Send>CR should be the same as Press Enter.

[evangelmike]

But please remember that if data is a variable, it must be enclosed by %'s:

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Let>data=abc
Let>data1=defg
Send>%data%%CR%%data1%%CR%
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Of course if data is itself a constant or a string (such as abc or defg), this becomes:

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Send>abc%CR%defg%CR%
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