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. [. . . ] That is, those records in the ID Card Maker database will be over-written with data in the import file. ID Card Maker will use a "key field" to compare the records in the import file to the records in the ID Card Maker database. If the data in the "key field" of any records of the import file are identical to data in ID Card Maker's "key field, " ID Card Maker will overwrite those records with the data from the import file. If the data in the "key" field is not identical, ID Card Maker will add those records to the database. Update existing records Add or Update If you are not importing a "compatible IDCM text file or database, " after selecting an option in the Add/Update Select window, a Field Name Mapping window appears displaying two "panes:" left of the arrow buttons are the names of fields in the Source (import) file and Destination (ID Card Maker) database; right of the arrow buttons are the mapped fields. 88 ID Card Maker version 4 Advanced Import If fields in the source are not the same as the fields in the destination, yet contain equivalent data, you may "map" them. You may instruct ID Card Maker to insert data from a field in your database into any specified field in ID Card Maker's database. Click once on the field name in the Source column and click on its equivalent in the Destination column. button, those two fields will display side-by-side in the right If you double-click on a field in either the Source or Destination column, ID Card Maker will automatically search for an identically- or similarly-named field in the other column. If an identically- or similarly-named field exists, ID Card Maker assumes they each contain equivalent data and maps them. (For example, if our program uses the field named ID Card Maker version 4 89 "LastName, " it will automatically map "lastname, " "Last Name, " or "Last_Name. ") Single-clicking a field and clicking the button performs the same action. If you click the button, ID Card Maker searches all fields in both the Source and Destination files and maps those that are spelled identically or similarly. The mapped fields are displayed in the right pane. To "un-map" fields, select the mapped fields in the right pane and click the but- ton, or click the button to un-map all fields. When satisfied that the fields are correctly mapped, click the button. Click to cancel the import. 90 ID Card Maker version 4 Advanced Import If you are not importing a compatible IDCM text file or database, a Select Key Field window appears next. You must specify the unique field to be used as the "comparator" for the two databases. The Select Key Field window displays all the fields in the Source (import) file. Select the field which corresponds to ID Card Maker's "IDNumber" field. The field you select must contain unique numbers. ID Card Maker calculates how many records may be added, updated, or added and updated, and prompts you to continue. You are notified if the import was successful or unsuccessful. Merge Images Click Merge images at the top of the Advanced Import window to import the images associated with records you have imported. In the Select file type window that appears, ID Card Maker version 4 91 select the correct file type: Compatible IFW text file, Text file, Compatible IFW database, or other Microsoft Access database. Select the correct file in the following Windows Open dialog. If you did not choose an IDCM compatible text file or database in the previous window, two Select Key Field windows appears in which you first specify the "key field" in the Source (import) file, and second, specify the corresponding field in the ID Card Maker (destination) database. 92 ID Card Maker version 4 Advanced Import Next, you are presented with a window displaying all your Source (import) file's fields. You must select the field that contains the identifying name or number of the images. (For example, ID Card Maker stores the image names in the "ImageID" field. ) Lastly, in the following dialog, enter the path to the folder where your import file's image files are stored. ID Card Maker reports that the images were successfully or unsuccessfully imported. ID Card Maker version 4 93 94 ID Card Maker version 4 Section 3. 6 Exporting You export your data by clicking TOOLS EXPORT or TOOLS EXPORT SELECTED RECORDS. Exporting the Entire Database Exporting an ID Card Maker database lets you create a comma-delimited text file containing all the text data for every record in the database. 1. A Windows Save As. . . dialog opens where you are prompted to enter the path and name for the export file you want to create. [. . . ] Display the formatted data in the color specified between the brackets. Available colors: Black, Blue, Green, Cyan, Red, Magenta, Yellow, White. Text character (either a character or a space) is required. Force all characters to uppercase. @ & < > 190 ID Card Maker version 4 Input Masks & Field Formatting When you have defined an input mask and set the Format property for the same data, the Format property takes precedence when the data is displayed and the input mask is ignored. [. . . ]