User manual POLAROID ID CARD MAKER SOFTWARE

[. . . ] ID Card Maker version 4 1 2 ID Card Maker version 4 Contents CHAPTER 1 Introduction 3 3 5 7 11 What is ID Card Maker?Minimum Requirements What's On the CD 6 What's New In Version 4 Year 2000 Compliance CHAPTER 2 Installation 13 17 CHAPTER 3 Setting Up IDCM (Tools Form) User Accounts 21 User Permissions and Passwords 21 Configuring IDCM 27 Preferences 28 IDServer Setup 41 i ID Card Maker version 4 Contents Capture Devices Printers Encoding 52 56 45 Database Management 59 Database Options 60 60 61 64 72 81 Database Tables and Forms Modifying Tables and Forms Edit Field Definitions Window Database Management window Attaching to Another Database 79 Added Security with Field Definition files Importing 83 Importing 83 85 95 Advanced Import Exporting 95 Exporting the Entire Database Badge Design 97 Menu Commands Badge Objects Bar Encoding 98 120 125 104 121 Using the "Insert Image" Command Magnetic and Smart Chip Encoding Reports 129 Search Criteria 131 Fields to Show in Report 132 Data History 135 Add-ins 139 Image Export Selected Export 140 141 Repairing and Compacting 145 CHAPTER 4 Search Form 147 149 Searching for Records ii ID Card Maker version 4 Contents CHAPTER 5 Creating Badges (Personal Data Form) 155 Create and Edit Capture Printing History 158 161 164 167 158 Batch Printing Appendix A Navigating ID Card Maker Graphic File Formats Hardware Setup PDC 2150 Camera Signature Tablet 171 Appendix B 175 Appendix C 177 177 177 178 Fingerprint Capture Device Appendix D SQL and Boolean Operators IIF Statements 183 179 Appendix E Appendix F Input Masks & Field Formatting Input Masks 187 190 Field Formatting 187 Appendix G Best Practices 193 INDEX 197 ID Card Maker version 4 iii Contents iv ID Card Maker version 4 ID Card Maker Polaroid Corporation Commercial ID Systems & Solutions 4650 Executive Blvd. Wayne, Indiana 46808 ID Card Maker version 4 1 Information in this document is subject to change without notice. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, for any purpose, without the express written permission of Polaroid. [. . . ] The Merge images button launches a series of prompts allowing you to import images associated with the records you imported. ID Card Maker version 4 85 The text fields in the lower portion of the Advanced Import window display information about your previous import. The process of importing or updating records requires you to select a field for use as a comparator. Sometimes called a "primary key" or simply "key field, " this field is used to compare records between two databases. If the data in this field is the same, it is assumed the records in each database refer to the same individual. If the data does not match, it is assumed that the records refer to different individuals. Before you proceed, therefore, you must determine the following critical information: is the data in the "key field" in the import file the same as data in the equivalent field in the existing database?In order to update records that already exist, the data in the "key field" must be identical. In order to add new records to the database, the data in the "key field" must NOT be identical. Depending on which type of import you perform, you may overwrite data in the database with information in the import file. Import Text Click the Import text button to open the File Select window. There are four options. Compatible IDCM text file This is a comma-delimited text file exported from an ID Card Maker database. When this is selected, a Windows Open dialog looks specifically for a text (*. txt) or comma-delimited (. csv) file. Use this option ONLY if you have verified that the field names and field properties in the import file exactly match the fields in the existing database. ID Card Maker will automatically use the "IDNumber" field as the "key field" to compare records in both databases. When this is selected, a Windows Open dialog looks specifically for a text (*. txt) file. With this option, a "field mapping" window will open allowing you to "map" fields from the import file to the ID Card Maker database. You will have an opportunity to specify the "key field" for use as a database comparator. Text file 86 ID Card Maker version 4 Advanced Import Compatible IDCM database This is the "*dat. mdb" file of an ID Card Maker database. When this is selected, a Windows Open dialog looks specifically for a Microsoft Access 2000 (*. mdb) file. Use this option ONLY if you have verified that the field names and field properties in the import file exactly match the fields in the existing database. (Unless you copy or rename your database, the name of this file is "IDCMR4DAT. mdb. ") ID Card Maker will automatically use the "IDNumber" field as the "key field" to compare records in both databases. This is the "*. mdb" file of any other Microsoft Access 2000 database. When this is selected, a Windows Open dialog looks specifically for a Microsoft Access 2000 (*. mdb) file. Using this option, you may select the specific table within the database whose data you wish to import, as well as "map" the fields from the import file to the ID Card Maker database. [. . . ] The data in the underlying table itself isn't changed; the Format property affects only how the data is displayed. Field Formatting The Format property affects only how data is displayed. You can use the following symbols in custom formats for any data type: Symbol (space) "ABC" !You can also display literal characters by placing quotation marks around them. Display the formatted data in the color specified between the brackets. [. . . ]