Specifications

Connecting Fields 103
ID Works Basic Version 5 Administrator’s Guide
To ensure that all the data you collect using the Production Form is
saved in the database and, conversely, to ensure that all the data in
the database can be displayed on your Production Form, the length of
text fields on your Production Form should match the length of the
database table column to which they will be connected. If you connect
text fields of unequal length, the ID Works software will offer to
change the length of the Production Form text field to match the
length of the database table column.
If you change the data type, length, or name of a database column
after you have connected it to a Production Form field or if you
change the Production Form field length after you have connected it
to a database column, you must disconnect and reconnect the fields
or errors may occur when the project is used.
Restrictions on Connections to
Card Design Fields
You can connect a Production form field to as many card design
fields 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.
Production Form Field Compatible Card Design Fields
Text Barcode, Magnetic Stripe,
Variable Graphic, Text
Photo Photo
Date Date
List Barcode, Magnetic Stripe,
Variable Graphic, Text
Composite Barcode, Magnetic Stripe, Text
Print Count Barcode, Magnetic Stripe, Text
Auto Sequence Barcode, Magnetic Stripe, Text