Code formats
The default and valid format for each type of generated code uses a series of characters to represent the character types.
The following table lists the characters you can use to control code formats.
Control code formats
Characters
Treated As
A-Z, any symbol,
b, d-m, o-w, y, z (or, b-z except c, n, x)
A constant value in the generated code
a
Any uppercase letter A-Z
c or x
Any uppercase letter A-Z, or any number, 0-9
x
Any uppercase letter A-Z, any number 0-9. However, users can replace the generated character with any ASCII character.
To specify variable length codes, the code format must end with one or more "x" characters, and the allowVariableLengthCodes property must be set to "TRUE."
n
Any number 0-9
Example
Example of control code format
Format definition
Example of generated code
CAMP_aaannn
CAMP_DWP839
(CAMP_, followed by three randomly generated capital letters, then three randomly generated numeric digits)
Default code formats
Code format requirements
About changing the default code formats
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