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# Special formatting

The directives can contain embedded formatting instructions. This page details the available instructions.

### Barcode

Any data value can be requested as a barcode by appending

```
,BC[Type=t][Height=h][Width=w][Alignment=a][TextPosition=tp]
```

where any of the \[bricked] entries are optional

Type can be any of:

* 104 = EAN-13
* 108 = Code 39
* 110 = Code 128
* 106 = Interleaved 2 of 5
* 107 = Codabar

Height and Width are pixel units

Alignment can be any of

* -1 = Left
* -2 = Center
* -3 = Right

TextPostion can be any of

* -11 = None
* -12 = Above
* -13 = Below

### Width

The width of the data can be specified by appending either a positive (left-aligned) or negative (right-aligned) value to the directive

```
</directive,width>
```

e.g.

```
</WRKSTID,-6>
```

### Format

Formatting of numbers or amounts can be requested by append either

```
,FMT
```

or

```
,FMTABS
```

The second is absolute format (no negative values)