Optical reader having improved menuing features

摘要

An optical reading apparatus which is adapted to operate in the manner indicated by the enabled ones of the parameters stored in a parameter table. A processor stores at least a menuing program and a decoding program. If the apparatus decodes a symbol in accordance with the parameter table and determines that it is a menu symbol, the menuing program is invoked to execute at least one of a change in the parameter table and the performance of a menu symbol specified task. If the apparatus decodes a symbol in accordance with the parameter table and determines that it is a data symbol, the data is output in the manner indicated by the parameter table.