Specifications

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List Field
When used in the ID Works Production application, a list field
produces a list box rather than a text box. The values you specify
appear in the list. The data-driven card production feature in ID Works
software relies on list fields to provide a mechanism for switching
between card designs. (See chapter 11, Projects with Multiple Cards,
for more information.) You can have as many list fields as necessary
on a Production Form, but only one can be used to select the card
design in data-driven card production. The variable graphic card field
is also best used with a list field.
List fields help reduce data input errors and variations. For example,
assume you need to capture the work site for your employees, that
your organization has six sites, and that sometimes site names are
abbreviated and other times they are spelled out. To complicate
matters, assume one of the sites has a name that is often misspelled.
You can establish a list field that contains the official abbreviations for
your sites. Your Production operators simply select the appropriate
site from the list, saving time and reducing spelling errors.
You can specify a prompt for the field and how the field will look on
the form—the font and color attributes of the operator prompt and the
values in the list. You can enter list field values in the Designer
List field