Format Output, when enabled in the Setup view, allows you to determine how symbol data is formatted and parsed before being output as a data string.
The Output String section of the Output Formatting Editor gives you the ability to set a preamble and postamble for symbol data output, and to define the character that is used to separate output for each read cycle.
You can also set multiple selection rules that determine whether or not a particular symbol's data is selected or not.
When you check the Parse Symbol box, the Symbol Parsing section of the Output Formatting Editor is illuminated.
In the example shown below, an extract operation is performed on the symbol data. The extract range is set as 1 – 3. The result is that three characters are extracted from the example data and output as the parsing result, which in this case is 123.
You can set multiple parsing operations to occur in sequence. When you click the add button, a popup appears giving you two choices: Extract chars from symbol data or Insert your own text.
If you select Insert your own text, the Insert text box will appear, providing a text box in which you can enter characters. If you click the ASCII link, a matrix of buttons with standard ASCII control codes will appear.