Starting control characters

To define the starting control parameters in a panel, you can use these characters in the panel file:

Control characters	ASCII code	Description
*	42	Start of a 2-byte integer field that ranges from 32768 to 32767.
~	126	Start of a 4-byte integer field that ranges from 2147483648 to 2147483647.
`	239	Start of 4-byte real field that ranges from 1.175494e-38 to 3.402823e38.
$	36	Start of a text field.
"	34	Start of a time field: Hours, minutes, and seconds displayed for example as HHMMSS. The field can contain separator characters such as HH:MM:SS. If the defined field is too small, the values are truncated from the left to the right.
^	94	Start of a date field: Year, month, and day displayed for example as YYMMDD. The field can contain separator characters such as YY/MM/DD. If the defined field is too small, the values are truncated from the left to the right.
¨	249	Start of a centihour field: Hours, minutes and seconds displayed for example as HHMMSS. The field can contain separator characters such as HH:MM:SS. If the defined field is too small, the values are truncated from the left to the right.
§	21	Start of a right-aligned static text field.