Specifications

62 Plan and Create the Production Form
ID Works Basic Version 5 Administrator’s Guide
Common Production Form Field Characteristics
Many field types have common characteristics, or properties. You can
change a field’s properties in the field properties dialog box. To
access the field properties dialog box, select the field and, from the
menu bar, select Edit and then Field Properties (or double-click on
the field). The properties that appear in the dialog box vary depending
on the field type.
Names
All Production Form fields, regardless of their type, are given a default
name when they are created. Named fields are necessary to connect
Production Form fields with card and database fields and to select
fields using only the computer keyboard. You can change the field
name at any time, replacing the default name (for example, Text Field
1) with a descriptive name (such as FirstName).
Field names can be up to 100 characters long and can contain any
character you can type on your keyboard.
Alignment
Most fields have an alignment property. The choices available
depend on whether the field contains characters or graphical
information.
Sample Data
Variable fields that can contain characters let you supply sample data
for use when viewing the Production Form in Sample Data view. You
type information that might appear in the field. Variable fields that can
contain an image use a sample image that is appropriate for the field
type.
Position/Size
All fields have position and size properties. You can change these
properties by typing new values in a dialog box or by using the
mouse. See the online help topics “Move a field” and “Change a
field’s size” for step-by-step instructions.