Specifications

48 Plan and Create the Production Form
ID Works Basic Version 5 Administrator’s Guide
General Mask Characters:
Literals (Note that the Production operator is not allowed to enter a
value into a position occupied by a literal.):
Character Description
& Placeholder for any one character except
underscore and space
Entry is required and the Mandatory field property is
selected automatically.
C Placeholder for any one character except
underscore
Entry not required. Unentered data become spaces
when the data is saved, displayed in the card
preview, or printed on a card.
Character Description
.
(period)
Decimal symbol “smart” literal
The actual character displayed in Production is the
character specified for the decimal symbol in the
Number page of the Control Panel Regional
Settings Properties dialog box. If the decimal symbol
specified is multiple characters, the left-most
character is used. Unlike other literals, the decimal
symbol is saved with the data value.
,
(comma)
Digit-grouping symbol “smart” literal
The actual character displayed in Production is the
character specified for the digit-grouping symbol in
the Number page of the Control Panel Regional
Settings Properties dialog box. If the digit-grouping
symbol specified is multiple characters, the left-most
character is used. The digit-grouping symbol is not
saved with the data value but is reapplied when data
is retrieved.