Specifications

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ID Works Basic Version 5 Administrator’s Guide
created using the Advanced Search editor in the ID Works Production
application and exported with projects.
Distributing ID Works Projects
The final steps in using ID Works projects on multiple systems involve
exporting the ID Works project from the computer on which it was
designed and importing it on the other computers. You use the ID
Works Administrator application for both of these steps.
When you export an ID Works project, you make a Project Export File
containing all the information necessary for the project. See the
Administrator online help topic “Export a project” for step-by-step
instructions.
While it is possible to use diskettes as the export medium, it is
recommended that you export large or multi-card projects to a
network drive or high-capacity removable medium, such as a USB
flash drive.
When you import an ID Works project that was previously exported,
you return the files to a form that can be used by ID Works Basic
applications. The import utility creates a directory and places the
restored files in the location specified for project files. See the ID
Works Administrator online help topic “Import a project” for step-by-
step instructions.
Distributing Configurations
Magnetic stripe configurations are not stored with ID Works projects.
Therefore, the Export utility in ID Works Administrator does not
include the magnetic stripe configuration you may have created if
your card design includes a magnetic stripe field. See the Online
Reference Library document for your printer for information about the
location of configuration files and methods for distributing those files
to other computers in your system.
Configurations for a camera cannot be exported and must be
configured separately for each computer.