Specifications

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ID Works Basic Version 5 Operator’s Guide
Using a Project that is Connected to a
Database
Many ID Works projects are connected to a database. That is, the
information you gather is saved for future use not only by you but also
by other departments in your organization. In other cases, much of
the information was entered into the database by someone else, and
you retrieve it, add to it (perhaps the photograph), and save changes
to the database record.
If your ID Works project is connected to a database, your menu bar
will have a Record menu and your toolbar will include up to eleven
additional buttons and a list box.
Databases store information in tables. Each row of the table is called
a record, and that is why the new menu on the menu bar is named
Record—it deals with database records. Each column of the table is
known as a field. A column contains a category of information, such
as a name, a telephone number, or a photograph of the person
described in the record. The information you enter in fields in the ID
Works Production window can be stored in and retrieved from
columns in a database table. Searching the database to retrieve
information is explained in chapter 4, Searching the Database.
Record menu appears when the
project is connected to a database
Additional buttons and list box
appear when the project
is connected to a database