Specifications

12 System Overview
ID Works Standard and Enterprise Version 5 Administrator’s Guide
When you cut a field, it is placed on the clipboard. It stays on the
clipboard until it is replaced by a different field or you close the
project.
Developing a Project
An ID Works project involves a Production Form, one or more card
designs, connections between the Production Form and card design,
and, optionally, reports and connections to your database. It does not
matter which part of the project you start with. This document
describes card designs first because many people find it easiest to
think about a card—something you can hold in your hand. If your
main interest is in how your identification system uses your existing
database, you might want to start your design with database
considerations.
Furthermore, ID Works applications support an iterative design
process. You can start with a card design, move to the Production
Form, use the field connector to associate Production Form fields
with card fields and database table columns, and then go back and
refine your card design or make changes to the Production Form.
Create the ID Works Project
You create a new project in the ID Works Designer application. You
can either create a project from scratch or start with one of the
sample projects provided with the ID Works software. And after you
have completed your first ID Works project, you can use it as a
starting point for subsequent projects.
To create a new project from scratch, either select Create a new
project on the Welcome dialog box when you log in or select File and
then New Project from the Designer menu bar. See the online help
topic “Create a new project” for step-by-step instructions.
If you use one of the sample projects that includes a database as a
starting point, follow the step-by-step instructions in the online help
topic “Modifying a sample project” to ensure that your database will
not be overwritten if you need to reinstall your ID Works software.
Each project has a set of properties that applies to the project as a
whole.You can set whether your project will have more than one card
design, which database (if any) your project will connect to, and