Specifications
118 Connecting Fields
ID Works Standard and Enterprise Version 5 Administrator’s Guide
Restrictions on Connections to
Card Design Fields
You can connect a Production Form field to as many card design
fields (on as many card designs) as necessary, provided the field
types are compatible. For example, if a card design includes a photo
and ghosted photo, a single photo field on the Production Form can
be connected to both card design photo fields. The following table
lists compatible field types.
Each card design field can have only one connection. To combine
information from two or more Production Form fields in a card design
field, create a composite field on the Production Form and then
connect the composite field to the card design. Note that photo fields,
Production Form Field Compatible Card Design Fields
Text Barcode, Magnetic Stripe,
Smart Card, Variable Graphic, Text
Photo Photo, Smart Card
Date Date
Signature Signature, Smart Card
List Barcode, Magnetic Stripe,
Smart Card, Variable Graphic, Text
Composite Barcode, Magnetic Stripe,
Smart Card, Text
Print Count Barcode, Magnetic Stripe,
Smart Card, Text
Auto Sequence Barcode, Magnetic Stripe,
Smart Card, Text
Binary*
* Binary fields are only available in ID Works Enterprise.
PDF417 (Binary) Barcode,
Magnetic Stripe, Smart Card