Program #

Program Number Source

First 'n' characters of PARTNO

The program number can be retrieved two ways: 1) by reading the PARTNO statement and getting the first n characters or 2) by prompting the programmer to enter the desired program number while postprocessing. Check this option if you want the program number to be retrieved from the PARTNO.

Prompt for the program number

The program number can be retrieved two ways: 1) by reading the PARTNO statement and getting the first n characters or 2) by prompting the programmer to enter the desired program number while postprocessing. Check this option if you want to prompt the programmer for it during postprocessing..

Program Number Type

Numeric

When prompting, the program number is either Alpha-numeric or Numeric only. Check this option if you want the program number to be only numeric (characters 0-9).

Alphanumeric

When prompting, the program number is either Alpha-numeric or Numeric only. Check this option if you want the program number to be alphanumeric (characters a-z, A-Z, and 1-9).

Output String (prefix, prog#, postfix)

Prefix (10 chars max)

Enter the program number prefix. This string will be appended to the beginning of the program number prior to it being output to the machine control data file.

Example:

Prefix String = O

Program Number = 1000

Postfix String =

Output:

O1000

or

Prefix String = (PGM,

Program Number = 1000

Postfix String = )

Output:

(PGM,1000)

Postfix (10 chars max)

Enter the program number postfix. This string will be appended to the end of the program number prior to it being output to the machine control data file.

Example:

Prefix String = O

Program Number = 1000

Postfix String =

Output:

O1000

or

Prefix String = (PGM,

Program Number = 1000

Postfix String = )

Output:

(PGM,1000)

Program Number

n =

This is the number of characters to retrieve from the PARTNO statement to become the program number.

Skip Leading Blanks and Slash

Use this option to skip the leading blanks and the leading slash (/) character in the PARTNO / abcd command. Some CAM      systems may automatically generate the slash / character.

Minimum value

This is the minimum value for the numeric only program number.

Default value

This is the default value for the numeric only program number.

Maximum value

This is the maximum value for the numeric only program number.

Default string

Enter the default program number. This string will be the default program number when prompted. If the programmer hits <cr>, when prompted at process time, this will be the default program number used along with the prefix and postfix strings.

Example:

Prefix String = O

Default Program Number = 1000

Postfix String =

Output:

O1000

or

Prefix String = (PGM,

Default Program Number = 1000

Postfix String = )

Output:

(PGM,1000)

Prompt string

Enter the string the postprocessor will prompt the programmer with to type in the program number.

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