Specifications

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ID Works Basic Version 5 Administrator’s Guide
Date Field
Date fields contain a date and, optionally, time, in the format you
specify on the Production Form. You can specify the font and color
attributes of a date field, as well as rotate it. See “Fonts” on page 81.
See the online help topic “Add a date field to a report” for step-by-step
instructions.
Barcode Field
Barcode fields are necessary on reports when you want to duplicate a
card design in a report block. With some types of barcodes, you can
specify density, error checking, and whether the barcode field uses a
checksum algorithm. The kind of barcode you use in your report block
is determined by the barcode reading equipment you use. See the
documentation for your barcode reader to determine what barcode
type to select. That documentation will also explain the rules for
determining valid information for the barcode type you will use.
You select the barcode type on the Advanced tab of the Edit Field
Properties [Barcode] dialog box. The following table lists the barcode
Date field
Barcode field