User manual POLAROID ID CARD MAKER EXPERT

[. . . ] ID Card Maker Enhanced, Expert, and Elite Online User Documentation This file contains information about Polaroid ID Card Maker identification software version 6. 0 or higher. Some information included here may not apply to your environment. Please choose a title below to view the document, or click on the titles to the left of this page. Operator's Guide for ID Card Maker Version 6 Administrator's Guide for ID Card Maker Version 6 Polaroid PCID Printer and Magnetic Stripe Plug-ins Legal Notices Conventions Used in the Online User Documentation Comments? [. . . ] See the online help topic "Add a composite field to a Production Form" for step-by-step instructions. 66 ID Card Maker Enhanced, Expert, and Elite User Documentation Plan and Create a Production Form Print Count Field Print count field If your ID Card Maker project is connected to a database, you can use a print count field to indicate how many times a card has been printed for a user record. An ID Card Maker Production Form can have only one print count field. You can specify the input length of the print count field. If the input length is 1, the maximum print count value is 9; if the input length is 2, the maximum print count value is 99. When the maximum value is exceeded, the value rolls over to 0. ID Card Maker Version 6 Administrator's Guide 67 Plan and Create a Production Form Print count fields are always Read Only. The Process application increments the value in the print count field as cards are printed. The print count field also increments if a card is encoded without printing. If the Process application user prints multiple copies of a card in one print job, the print count value is incremented by the number of copies printed and each copy of the card has the same print count value printed on it (if there is a connection between the Production Form print count field and a text field on the card design). The same holds true if the print count field is connected to an encodable field, such as a magnetic stripe field. The Process application increments the print count field value when a print job is submitted. If the card fails to print or encode, the field value cannot be decremented through ID Card Maker applications. You can, however, use your database application to correct the record. See the online help topic "Add a print count field to a Production Form" for step-by-step instructions. 68 ID Card Maker Enhanced, Expert, and Elite User Documentation Plan and Create a Production Form Auto Sequence Field If your ID Card Maker project is connected to a database, you can use an auto sequence field to create a unique database value when a record is inserted in the database. You can specify the length of the field, the minimum value that will be used for the sequence, a prompt for the field, and how the field will look on the form--the font and color attributes of the operator prompt and the value. You can also specify that the database value be modified when the record is updated. Auto sequence fields are always Read Only. A Production Form can have only one auto sequence field. When a Process operator saves a record from a Production Form that has an auto sequence field, the ID Card Maker software queries the database to determine the current maximum value and uses it to create a new unique value. The same process is used when a database record is updated if you have specified that the database table column associated with the auto sequence field be modified when the record is updated. Because the auto sequence field requires a database query before each record is inserted, inserting records will be slower. In addition, if multiple users attempt to insert records simultaneously, there is a chance that a duplicate value will be used and will result in a "duplicate key" error for all but the first user. If your database can generate an auto sequence number, allowing the database server to control the assignment of the value will reduce contention and improve performance. [. . . ] On the Encoding tab of the Edit Field Properties [Magnetic Stripe] dialog box, select Polaroid ID Card Printer Magstripe Plug-in in the Device list. The Polaroid ID Card Printer Magnetic Stripe Configurations dialog box opens. 5. Select the Configuration you want to change and click Edit. The Polaroid ID Card Printer Magnetic Stripe Configuration : [name] dialog box opens. [. . . ]