Specifications

68 Plan and Create the Production Form
ID Works Standard and Enterprise Version 5 Administrator’s Guide
Fonts
You can select from many different fonts for character-based fields
and prompts on your Production Form. ID Works Designer uses Arial,
an OpenType font supplied with Windows, as the default font. See
“Fonts” on page 37 for more information.
Text Field Colors
You can select both a foreground and background color for your
character-based fields. The foreground color refers to the color of the
text in the field. You can specify either that the background be
transparent (the default) or that it be a solid color.
Field Options
You can specify optional properties for Production Form fields. The
options available depend on the type of field. Production Form field
options are:
• Hidden
If selected, the field is not visible to the Production operator and
does not appear on the Quick Search window but is available for
advanced searches. For example, you may need to retrieve
sensitive information from a database to encode on a magnetic
stripe. Composite fields are often hidden to avoid operator
confusion.
• Mandatory
If selected, the Production operator will not be allowed to save
the database record or print the card until this field is completed.
Consider indicating which fields are mandatory by using bold type
for the operator prompt or including an asterisk in the prompt.
Creating a text field mask that requires entry automatically
selects this option.
• Read Only
If selected, the Production operator can see the information in
this field but cannot change it in the database or on the form. The
field is dimmed when viewed in the Production application.