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1. Run Program Allows you to run the Notepad program Select Source Select Twain Source feature disabled after version 1 23 Scan Pages Scanning Multiple pages feature disabled after Version 1 23 Save Image Allows you to save the image as a file to your hard disk Open Configuration Allows you to change to a different configuration 115 Capture Program Change Password Allows you to change your own password Lock If you wish to leave your system unattended for a period of time without shutting down the computer you can lock your system EXIT 116 Capture Program E Illi omnes Create You must assign a unique ID number and create a Personal Profile for each applicant before a badge or ID card can be produced Follow these procedures to assign an ID number to a new Personal Profile l At the Main Window menu choose the Create command You may do this either by clicking on the Create button in the Quickbutton Bar or by clicking on the Badge heading in the Menu Bar and selecting Create from the drop down list 117 Capture Program The Select ID Number dialog box will be displayed as shown below The system displays this dialog box any time an ID number is required for an operation The last ID number accessed anywhere in the system will be shown in the dialog box upon opening x ID Number gooo0001 Search Next ID Cancel Help 2 Assign a unique ID number to the Person
2. Once you have completed this stage you will be requested for an image to attach to the record for a photo and or a signature There are 3 methods by which you can capture this information l Camera via a frame grabber pA Twain Source e g Digital camera Scanner etc 3 From File Once you have captured the appropriate images the next screen to appear will be NBS Mosaic for Windows SAMPLE DBL la xl File Badge Printer Setup Window Help BU amp a F7 Save andPrint F8 Save Only F9 Cancel E John 00000008 5 wwe j COME TEE See 7f Badge ipi x Mr Stephen John x Printer Idle MFWLITED CAPS NUM SCRL 119 CAPTURE PROGRAM Retrieve Card If you wish to display an applicant s profile but do not know the applicant s ID number at the Select ID Number dialog box click on the Search button The Profile Search window is then displayed as shown below Select ID Number 00000003 Profile Search Window Profile Search allows you to search all the Personal Profiles in your database by ID number or by Secondary Sorts you previously created using the Database Designer When the Profile Search window is first displayed all database entries are shown in ascending order by ID number You may also view them by another Secondary Sort you choose from the Search By drop down list Search for a single entry by typing a string of text into the Quick Search field inital IN Suster Profile Searc
3. You are now ready to add another card element to your design See The Tool Palette 83 CARD DESIGNER Adding a Fingerprint R Click the Fingerprint button on the Tool Palette to place a fingerprint element on your ID card 1 Put the cursor where you want the upper left corner of the fingerprint to appear and drag out a fingerprint object A sample fingerprint will appear as a placeholder as shown Fingerprint Placeholder You can move or resize the object as described previously When an ID card is issued later by the Capture Retrieve software each cardholder s fingerprint image will appear in this location You are now ready to add another card element to your design See The Tool Palette 84 CARD DESIGNER Adding a Link Click the Link button on the Tool Palette to place an element of linked demographic data from the database onto your ID card 1 Put the cursor where you want the upper left corner of the Link object to appear and drag out an object The Data Field Contents window will then be displayed Data Field Highlight the fields you wish to add This will appear in the selection line You can format this field by highlighting the format option When you are satisfied with the data field contents depress the Add Button click OK ee pe The data field titles in brackets appear on the card where the cardholder data will appear on the finished cards 6 Use the Link tool t
4. 12 8 rl Fingerprint Capture Device Photo Capture Components F print Capture Components Other documents Video Attributes TWAIN Sources Twain Sources Window 53 CARD DESIGNER Start Up Procedure Shortcut to Iddesign From the Windows Program Manager do the following to begin using ID Card Designer Move the mouse pointer to the Mosaic program group and double click press the left mouse button twice on the ID Card Designer icon to start up the application While the application is loading an ID Card Designer information box is displayed and then the Main Window appears 54 CARD DESIGNER Main Window After the application is finished starting up see Start Up Procedure the ID Card Designer Main Window will appear ESiID Card Designer Al ID Card Designer Main Window The Main Window will hold all ID Card Designer activity Note that at start up only two headings File and Help are showing in the Menu Bar Also note that two buttons are showing on the Standard Tool Bar and one of those the Open File button is active or available The other button Close File appears gray meaning that it is not presently active Select the File menu header and select Open from the drop down menu or click on the Open File button in the Standard Tool Bar The Open Database window appears 55 CARD DESIGNER Open Database Window Selecting the Open command from the File menu in the Main Wind
5. Group Membership MAINTENANCE lt lt Hemove Group Membership Window In the Available Groups list highlight the group you wish to add the new account to Then click the Add button to add the user account to the group and click OK Repeat for each group to which the account is to be added If the new account is not to be added to a group skip step 7 for now T Click on OK in each Account window to accept the new account settings and return to the main window Modify To modify an account do the following l Highlight an existing User Account name Click the Modify button The Account Information window is displayed as previously shown The selected User Account will be shown in the fields 32 WORKSTATION CONFIGURATION Type a new User ID into the User Name field if necessary If the account Status is to be changed select the appropriate status Active or Disabled from the Account Status field drop down list If necessary type in a new Password for the account in the Password field Type the same password into the Verify Password field If an existing account is to be removed from a User Group click on the Groups button to access the Group Membership window shown previously In the Available Groups list highlight the group you wish to remove the new account from Then click the Remove button to delete the user account from the group and click OK Repeat for each group from which the account is to be rem
6. command to give the cfg file a unique name 36 WORKSTATION CONFIGURATION Database Connection The database Connection Window shown below allows you to identify the Mosaic database software you are using The viable setting are as follows z Workstation Configuration sample cfg Database Connection Database Logs Data Files Activity Monitor Date Format Time Format Auto View Photo Capture Device Signature Capture Device Fingerprint Capture Device Photo Capture Components F print Capture Components Other documents Video Attributes TWAIN Sources Database Connection Window Native Paradox This is the default selection using the Borland Database Engine ODBC Connection through IDAPI Use the pull down list to select the Driver Name This is a hard coded list If the driver being used is not specified try Oracle Although the specified name is passed to IDAPI it is also used by the Capture program when verifying databases For instance a Paradox Date type specified in the DBL gets translated to a Date Stamp type in Oracle and Access which fails to verify against a Paradox Date when reopening If the Capture program knows which driver is being used it can translate a Date Stamp type to a Paradox Date type and verify OK Use the pull down list to select the Alias Name This list is filled form the ODBC INI file and only contains the valid Data Sources Select the Data Source you created e
7. 97 CARD DESIGNER If you wish to OVERRIDE those settings OR if formatting was NOT applied in Database Designer OR if you wish to add additional formatting at this time certain format commands may be added to any data field after entering it here in the Data Field Contents window To learn how to enter these special format commands see the topic Syntax Syntax When entering data fields a common syntax discipline is used so that Mosaic can correctly link format and print the data on each individual s finished card NOTE This same formatting syntax applies to fields entered as Magnetic Track data Basic Syntax for Entering or Formatting Data As discussed in the topic Linked Data Field Formatting the basic syntax for entering a linked data field is the Data Field Name in brackets as follows Last Name Modifiers To add formatting instructions to a data field you will use a comma followed by a space and then a modifier or a series of modifiers then another space and the closing curly bracket as illustrated Last Name modifier Keep in mind that modifiers are optional format commands A Linked object can be created on an ID card without any modifiers at all When modifiers are used always start with a comma after the data field name When using more than one modifier use a space between them and a space after the last modifier before the closing curly bracket as follows Last Name modifier modifier modifier
8. Database Designer Inserting a Text Label Box A text label box is inserted in the dialog template to provide labelling for a text field in the Personal Profile dialog box in the Capture Retrieve appplication l To insert a text label box click on the Text Label Box button of the Dialog Template Toolbar The Dialog Template Toolbar 2 Place the mouse arrow on the dialog template in the general area you wish to place the text label box Click once A red box will appear with the word text inside The box can be moved to the exact location required When the box is not selected the red border will not be visible and only the text will appear The wording for this label will be changed using the Control Properties button This text label will then become a caption for the id field below it Ifi Database Designer SAMPLE DB alale sj Js esr c podes Dialog Tempi ite Sample Dialog Template 25 Database Designer Testing the Dialog Template Testing the dialog template allows you to preview the finished Personal Profile dialog box exactly as it will appear in the IDS Capture Retrieve program To test the template click on the Test button in the Dialog Template toolbar ajenas 7 ATs ele n t nam The Dialog Template Toolbar A window will appear displaying an example of the finished dialog box You cannot change anything in this window You must go back to the template to make changes 2 Click on
9. Examples of data fields with modifiers are as follows Sex LOOKUP State RAW UPPERCASE Address CENTER 25 1 ID LOWERCASE See Valid Format Commands for the set of valid format modifiers for ID Card Designer 98 CARD DESIGNER Valid Format Commands Valid modifier syntax when creating Linked Data Field Formatting are as follows UPPERCASE Use this command to force the text in the data field to upper case regardless of any formatting in Database Designer LOWERCASE Use this command to force the text in the data field to lower case regardless of any formatting in Database Designer LOOKUP Use this command to force the entry in the data field to be the Lookup Table entry from Database Designer rather than the data field code itself See Database Designer online help for further explanation of Lookup Tables and field codes and abbreviations Example Sex M or F Sex LOOKUP Male or Female LEFT n Use this command to force the text in the data field to be left justified This command requires an additional modifier n in parentheses indicating the number of spaces to be allowed for the field Therefore the Left modifier with an allotment of 24 characters when typed into a data field entry looks like this Last Name LEFT 24 CENTER n Use this command to force the text in the data field to be centered This command requires the n modifier described above in the discussion of the
10. S Save As This command saves your work to a new file under another name of your choosing Card Setup This command recalls the Card Setup window so that you can edit a card s parameters See Card Setup Window Print This command sends the active window s card design to your printer Exit This command ends your ID Card Designer work session and exits the application The Shortcut Key combination is Alt F4 NOTE For easier access some Main Menu Bar commands are duplicated on the Standard Tool Bar 63 CARD DESIGNER The Edit Menu The Edit menu contains the following commands Cut This command deletes the selected text or object and places it on the clipboard where it is available to paste elsewhere The Shortcut Key combination is Ctrl X Copy This command places a copy of the selected text or object on the clipboard where it is available to paste elsewhere The Shortcut Key combination is Ctrl C Paste This command places a copy of the contents of the clipboard onto the workspace The Shortcut Key combination is Ctrl V Select All This command selects all of the contents of the active window file Duplicate This command makes a duplicate of any selected object and places it on the workspace Pick Up Object Style This command copies into memory the style of the selected object so that these formatting characteristics can be applied to another object Apply Style This command applies a previou
11. Style Copies the color or other formatting of the object selected when the eye dropper button is clicked 72 CARD DESIGNER Apply Style Applies a copied color or other formatting from the eye dropper to an object or group of objects selected when the apply style button is clicked Select All Selects all the objects on a given card without having to drag a marquee around them Group Turns two or more selected objects into one selection so that the objects within can be moved or resized together while maintaining their orientation to one another Ungroup Returns grouped objects to their previous individual components Bring Forward Moves an object one layer closer to the front in relation to all other layers of objects on a card Each time an object is selected and the Bring Forward command is given one object layer is sent behind the selected object and the selected object moves one level closer to the top This is true whether or not objects are overlapping in your design window Send Backward Each time Send Backward is clicked a selected object is sent one layer back in relation to all other objects on a card Zoom In Out Enlarges or reduces the active card in the Card Window enabling you to either see your whole card at once for an overview or examine your card in detailed close up for fine adjustments When the Zoom button is clicked the previously illustrated Zoom window is displayed 73 CARD DESIGNER The F
12. Text l ont Name Font Size Gold Italics Wordvirag Justify hea ee wl Underline Strikethrough Text Format Bar To add or change formatting do the following l Select the text object so that the handles are visible The text formatting tools will appear in the Format Tool Bar p Format the text using the buttons on the Format Tool Bar Text created using the Text tool will appear exactly as typed and formatted on every printed card You might use this tool to place a title such as Department of Corrections on your card or an identifying header for information such as ID Number or a notice such as This ID card may not be altered or reproduced 90 CARD DESIGNER Adding a Rectangle Click the Rectangle button on the Tool Palette to place any size and shape of solid rectangular object with square corners on your ID card The rectangle object will appear complete with handles so that it can be selected moved sized and colored in any way you choose You may create vertical and horizontal LINES using this tool as well as solid colored backgrounds bars stripes boxes borders etc To create a Rectangle object do the following l Put the cursor where you want to start drawing and drag out a Rectangle object The object will appear selected with handles 2 Use the handles to re shape the object as you wish by dragging You can create any shape with square corners 3 Use the Background Fill comma
13. actually saving a copy into your card image file When the box is checked a bitmap object which you place on your card design such as a company logo or a piece of clip art is not copied into the card image file but rather a link is established between the artwork file on your hard drive and the card image The two files remain separate on your Mosaic system The advantage of this method of adding a graphic to your ID card is that the card image file is much smaller and more efficient to work with Any time the card image is displayed the link causes the artwork to appear even though it is a separate file on your computer When the Link to File box is not checked a copy of the bitmap artwork is saved into the card design file and embedded within it The dbl file will become larger by the size of the graphic file saved into it The advantage of this method is that if you need to transport the database files from one office to another on diskette this can be done without worrying that linked artwork is being left behind in another directory on the original computer Similarly a linked artwork file might be inadvertently deleted or moved from its location on the hard drive so that the card image file could no longer access it whereas artwork embedded in the card image file cannot be misplaced Keep Aspect Ratio The aspect ratio is the proportion of height and width in an image When clicking and dragging the handles on an object such as a ph
14. button to accept A placeholder bar code graphic will appear so that you can accurately size and position your bar code on the new card design When an ID card is issued later by the Capture Retrieve software the bar code object will contain specific data for each cardholder NOTE Whenever a Bar Code object on a card is selected the Bar Code Formatting button will appear in the Format Bar Clicking on this button re displays the Bar Code window allowing you to edit the information in the selected bar code element You are now ready to add another card element to your design See The Tool Palette 87 CARD DESIGNER Adding Clip Art amp Click the Clip Art button on the Tool Palette to place a piece of artwork of your choosing such as your company logo on the ID card 1 Put the cursor on the card and drag out an object of the approximate size and position for the desired artwork An Open dialog box will appear with a scrolling list of the files on the current drive 2 Select any piece of bitmap artwork from your hard drive or a floppy disk to be imported onto your ID card Click the OK button in the Open window The art will display immediately and it can then be resized and positioned Whenever a Clip Art object is selected the Format Bitmap button appears in the Format Bar and the Format Bitmap Window may be accessed You are now ready to add another card element to your design See The Tool Palette 88 CA
15. by checking the individual boxes 50 WORKSTATION CONFIGURATION Other Documents This section allows you capture additional components for the configuration Workstation Configuration sample cfg m DeskScan ll 2 DeskScan II 2 DeskScan ll 2 DeskScan Il 2 DeskScan Il 2 DeskScan Il 2 DeskScan ll 2 i Photo Capture Device Signature Capture Device Fingerprint Capture Device Photo Capture Components F print Capture C t Other documents t mmmmmmeomsm TWAIN Sources You can Capture components using a twain source already loaded onto your system The file captured can be stored in different formats e g JPG TIFF BMP etc 51 WORKSTATION CONFIGURATION Video Attributes Workstation Configuration sample cfg Workstation Identification Database Connection Photo Capture Device Signature Capture Device Fingerprint Capture Device Photo Capture Components F print Capture Components Other documents Video Attributes Video Attributes Window This section allow you to select the Frame Grabber card on your system for capturing and other relevant video attributes associated with that device 52 WORKSTATION CONFIGURATION Twain Sources This section defines your Twain Sources for each capturing method Workstation Configuration sample cfg DeskScan II 2 8 DeskScan Il 2 8 Time Format Auto View Photo Capture Device Signature Capture Device DeskScan 28
16. drive C eg System Data Directory D NNBSIMAGENDATAN Image Directory D NBSIMAGE MYDB Database Layout File D NBSIMAGE MYDB DBL Select File Save followed by File Set Default Configuration before exiting Use File Manager or Program Manager to run C IDAPI BDECFG EXE This is the Borland Database Configuration utility You may wish to add it to your Mosaic for Windows program group On the Drivers page click driver name PARADOX The parameter NET DIR will be at its default ie C Click on the C and use the browse button to start the common file dialog and locate the PDOXUSRS NET file on drive D the database owners drive C When the window closes the parameter should say D Select File Save and then exit the program Use Notepad to edit CAPTUPE INI as described in the section Modifying CAPTURE INI Run Capture If the workstation does not have its own printer but shall feed a print server then select Printer ID Card Printer Setup and click the radio button for Send ID Cards to Print Server Each time a print request is made an entry will be appended to the print queue database table 136 Modifying CAPTURE INI When a workstation opens a database table it makes a temporary copy of as many records as it can in memory this is called caching This improves performance on a standalone workstation In a networked environment it causes a problem when another workstation modifies the same database
17. largest value that can be entered in this field Default The value entered here will automatically appear in the field in the capture program This field can be changed in the capture program when necessary Display Format Allows you to enter specific text that serves as a template for data entered in this field This template formats the information entered into this field in the capture program Default Date The validity check for a date field type is selected a special Default Date button appears in the Database Properties group box on the Database Layout Window Click on this button and the Default Date Settings window appears Default Date Settings C Specific Date 2070772000 C Base Date On Cancel IT i a iz iE ON im i jm m Ix Months JE 0 E Years OS Days O Day OF Month 13 Database Designer Do Not Initialise Date Does not provide a default Value Specific Date allows selection of certain date Use the arrow keys to the right of the Specific Date box to increment or decrement to the desired date Base Date On allows selection of a date based on one of the following gt The current date plus minus the desired months days or years for example an expiration date can be set as the current date 4 years gt A specific day of the month for example the third of each month gt A date based on a specific day of the week for example the last Friday in
18. of it See your Windows manual if necessary for further information on how to operate scroll bars To move around using the scroll bars you may Scroll Bars Maximize Minimize Buttons The Minimize Maximize buttons located in the upper right corner of the Card Window are shown below esce Minimize Maximize Buttons When working with one new card it is recommended to click the Maximize button in the upper right corner of the Card Window This will enlarge your card image to fill the available screen and make working in it easier The Minimize button may be used to iconize a card window or shrink it down to icon size so that you can store it on the Main Window for future use or reference while working on another card design You may have several card windows open or iconized in the Card Designer Window See your Windows manual if you need more information on the Minimize Maximize buttons 77 CARD DESIGNER The Tool Palette The Tool Palette enables you to place all the major ID card elements as you build a new two sided card by simply pointing clicking and dragging Each data element placed on the card image will be represented by a placeholder graphic to allow you to see as accurately as possible what your card will look like as you design it Click on any button in the illustration below to go to the discussion of that function The Tool Palette The Tool Palette contains the following tools Front Back Butt
19. query against The drop down lists in the field criteria box allows you to select against the field name using certain parameters E g equal to less than between starting with etc 123 CAPTURE PROGRAM Once you have completed this selection the SQL statement will appear on the next screen This can then be modified further by editing the statement in the box In this case we are selecting everybody with a last name of smith FI Define A New Query here D sLastName smith Hit OK to continue You will now be returned to the Select by SQL Menu where you can execute the query Select By SQL 124 CAPTURE PROGRAM Delete This option deletes the current record Print This option prints the current badge Print Copies This option prints a number of copies of the current badge Capture Front View This option re captures the Front View image of the current record Capture HandKey Data Please contact NBS Technical support for assistance on this option Edit Data This option edits the data of the current record See section Editing a Personal Profile Encode Badge This option encodes the magnetic strip with data for the current record The associated card design must be setup for this option Photo Lineup This option allows you to display up to 4 photos to the screen Photo Lineup Selection x ID Number 1 go000
20. shown still selected is seen below Middle Aligned Objects To maintain this alignment we might now combine the objects into a Group described above so that we can move them around on the card as one object maintaining the relationship between the components 70 CARD DESIGNER Snap to Grid Another way to align objects on your card is by using Snap to Grid When you place an object on your card or move an existing object you may want the convenience of having those objects align automatically by adhering to the gridlines you have chosen for your card window When the Snap to Grid command is checked objects placed on the card snap into alignment with the nearest gridline This makes it easy to create a neat and professional looking card quickly without the necessity of zooming in to make fine adjustments of each card element you place If you prefer to make finer adjustments than Snap to Grid allows or if you wish to move an object off a gridline uncheck the Snap to Grid command on the drop down list and you can then move objects on the card window pixel by pixel until you re check the command In either mode objects will remain where you last placed them The Window Menu This menu heading is a standard Windows housekeeping feature in most Windows applications If you have more than one window open in the Card Designer window you may arrange them neatly on your screen using either the Cascade or Tile commands I
21. table Neither workstation can see the others changes until the program is shut down and restarted because the changes are cached in memory To solve this problem the opened database cursors need to be refreshed at relevant times This introduces a performance overhead that would be unnecessary for a stand alone workstation However it MUST be enabled in a networked environment To enable database cursor refreshing add the following section 1f it does not exist already to C NBSIMAGE CAPTURE INI System Networked 1 For a workstation to feed a print queue it must know the full pathname of the database table on the database owner s drive C or file server which forms the print queue Print Queue Database D NNBSIMAGEMMYDBNPRNQUEUE Dedicated File Sever Installation For a dedicated file server installation begin by creating the database on a workstation s local C drive as per Pier to Pier Database Owner Then use File Manager to copy the database directory from C NBSIMAGE to the file server Move the PDOXUSRS NET file to this directory too Then set each workstation up as per Pier to Pier Workstation remembering to point IDAPI s NET DIR to the new location for the PDOXUSRS NET file Print Server Print Server does not have to be run on the PC which owns the database It can be run on any workstation which has an ID card printer attached It is possible to run multiple print servers however it is not possible to spec
22. the tools for creating card elements and defining sizing and formatting these card elements In learning to use each of these tools you will be learning how to create an ID Card 61 CARD DESIGNER Main Menu Bar File Edit View Draw window Help Main Menu The Main Menu Bar contains the following menu headings File Edit View Draw Window Help Commands in this menu may be executed by clicking with the mouse pointer or by pressing key combinations To access the File menu for example use the mouse pointer to click on the File menu heading or press the Alt key plus the F key A drop down list will appear showing commands available under File Click again with the mouse or type the underlined letter in one of the listed commands to execute it See drop down lists illustrated for each menu heading in the corresponding Help topic Shortcut Key combinations are shown where available to the right of each command name in a drop down list Once you have learned these combinations commands can be accessed directly by typing these key combinations without the necessity of going to the Menu Bar 62 CARD DESIGNER The File Menu The File menu contains the following commands Open This command opens a card window from the existing card files The Shortcut Key combination is Ctrl O Close This command closes the active card window Save This command saves your work to a file The Shortcut Key combination is Ctrl
23. the month Display Format The display format box allows you to establish a template which format the data entered into the corresponding field in the capture program If you enter the format 99999 9999 and then enter in the Capture application the number 123456789 the system will format the value as 12345 6789 The table below describes the characters you can use when developing a display format Display Format Characters Character What It Represents X any ASCII character 9 any numeric digit A upper and lower case letters N any number or letter upper case or lower U L H Upper case letters only Lower case letters only hexadecimal numbers 0 9 a b c d e f Constants Any ASCII character except those listed in the left column of this table can be entered as a constant These characters will always appear in the entered data exactly as you specified in the display format 14 Database Designer Lookup Tables A lookup table is a data entry tool The Lookup Table function is part of the Database Properties group box of the Database Layout Window It provides an alternative acceptable entry for the associated field Its purpose is often to substitute a more pleasing version of a value for the coded entry in a field for example female instead of F Lookup tables can be constructed in either of the following two types Indirect When designing this type of table you must enter a value and a description When th
24. 001 ID Number 2 00000002 nM IDNumber3 00000003 ID Number 4 00000004 jg cme 125 Capture Program Photo Lineup Select Close Photo LineUp Option 126 Capture Program The Printer Option Digital ID System SAMPLE DBL File Badge Printer Setup Window Help ID Card Printer Setup Report Printer Setup Print Server Batch Print AtB Batch File Print Reports o July 27 2000 2 03pm Ms Nicola Sample Bxpires ug mw APR 2000 MEET 22220002 Printer te ADMIN CAPS NUM SCRE Astart dade Sent tems My Docume a untitled Pai Aj Microsoft Ph BY Microsoft W E Digitar D sy BEAR 14 03 IDCard Printer Setup Selects your IDCard Printer Report Printer Setup To change the settings for a printer which produces your reports click on the Printer heading in the Main Window Menu Bar or press Alt P and select Report Printer Setup from the Printer drop down list The Print Setup window is displayed This window s appearance will vary depending upon the specific printer card printer fax machine and or modem connected to your system Refer to the manufacturer s instruction manual for complete information on the options settings and configurations of each 127 Capture Program The following settings may be changed Printer Click the Default Printer button to use the default printer Since more than one prin
25. Cancel to return to the dialog template Setting Tab Order The Tab key is commonly used in software applications to move the cursor along from one field to the next when data is entered into a dialog box The cursor usually moves through the fields from top to bottom and left to right In Database Designer when a dialog box is created a default order for tabbing through the fields is automatically created for use later in the Capture Retrieve application This default tab order can be changed if you wish as you make final adjustments to the dialog template Click on the Tab Order button in the Dialog Template Toolbar Tab Order x escription Field Type CardType Database Title Database Forename Database Surname Database Initials Database Gender Database DOB Database CarReg Database Cardi ssue Database CardE xpiry Database OK Static Cancel Static Forename s Static Select ttem with mouse and drag to new position EE Cancel The Tab Order Window 26 Database Designer The default order for the fields is shown with the first item in the list corresponding to the first tab setting Only OK Cancel and items with a field type of database have tab settings All other static field types are not included in the tab order 2 Highlight an item and drag it to the desired position 3 When you have the items in the desired order click on OK 27 Database Designer Saving Database Layou
26. Date FORMAT mmm dd yyyy UPPERCASE Dates are masked using the standard m d and y placeholders Only certain date mask choices are valid The valid format options using m d and y are as follows Date Characters Description m Month without zero fill mm Month with zero fill mmm Three character abbreviation mmmm Full month name d Day without zero fill dd Day with zero fill yy Year excluding century yyyy Year including century 100 CARD DESIGNER Wild Card Characters Masks may be created using any of the following special wild card characters All other characters typed into a mask are assumed by the software to be constant placeholders such as or The valid wild card characters are Character Legal Characters Any ASCII character Any numeric character 0 to 9 or decimal point Alphabetic characters A Z or a z Alphanumeric characters combination of types A and 9 Upper case alphabetic characters A Z only Lower case alphabetic characters a z only Hexadecimal digits 0 9 A F a f HUC ABO Each wild card character in the mask directly holds a place for one character from the data to be displayed For example everyone s Social Security number has nine digits in it Any mask for a Social Security number therefore would need nine wild card characters to properly format the database entry i e 999 99 9999 is a proper mask for a Social Security number because it holds exactly the right number of
27. Edit Move Up or Edit Move Down The field will move one row in the selected direction If a field can only be moved in one direction the other direction will be unavailable I Database Designer SAMPLE DBL alala c5 4 2 1 J Cardlssue CardE xpiry Extrafield 11 Database Designer Validity Checks Rules which limit what you can enter into a field type are known as Validity Checks These rules ensure that the data entered into a field in the Capture program is valid If an attempt is made to enter a value that falls out of the range of the validity check the capture program will not accept the entry Validity Checks Demme To place a validity check in a field perform the following steps Highlight the desired field Select Validity Checks from the Database Properties list The checks numbered 1 6 which are available for the selected field type will appear Unavailable checks will be displayed in gray Enter the appropriate information for each number according to the Table below 12 Database Designer Validity Check Description Show in Search When checked this field will be displayed when a search is performed in the capture program Required Field When checked specifies that this field must have a value entered Minimum Specifies the smallest value that can be entered in this field Maximum Specifies the
28. Introduction Many customers request that they would like to use the images they have captured with MfW in their own applications When they discover the confusing way that the images are stored on the hard disk they think again One or two customers have even accused NBS of deliberately complicating our image storage to prevent anyone from accessing the files This is not the case Our stance is they are your images and you may do what you wish with them The directory structure and filenames are no secret but before we explain how to unravel them it is necessary to understand the method behind the apparent madness which is based upon 10 years experience since it may be of help to anyone contemplating their own image storage system History The first digital imaging system developed by NBS in the UK called DI2 was released in 1989 and ran on a DOS PC However the images were to be stored on a UNIX fileserver The system was specified to be able to hold separate photo and signature files for 60 000 cardholders This was achieved by storing all of the compressed photo files in one directory and all of the comperessed signature files in another Due to the efficient way that UNIX manages its files this system worked well The only problem with this scheme on UNIX is that a command such as SLs pS issued in an image directory with more than about 1000 files fails because there are too many files in the directory to process on the command l
29. LEFT modifier and is used exactly the same way RIGHT n Use this command to force the text in the data field to be right justified This command requires the n modifier described above in the discussion of the LEFT modifier and is used exactly the same way RAW Use this command to force the text in the data field to ignore any formatting which might have been attached to it in Database Designer Such text will appear unformatted or raw in the Linked object 99 CARD DESIGNER FORMAT mask Use this command to force the text in the data field to adopt a mask or template which you assign to it Simply type the command FORMAT followed by the mask inside double quotation marks in parentheses A mask is simply another kind of formatting discipline for specific types of information like dates or telephone numbers The mask 999 999 9999 is valid for phone numbers for example having the correct number of digits to force a telephone number string like 2195551212 to become a more sensible 219 555 1212 on a printed ID card Examples of valid format masks in ID Card Designer data fields include the following Note that double quotation marks inside parentheses are always used to set off the contents of the mask from the formatting codes surrounding it Social Security FORMAT 999 99 9999 Telephone FORMAT 999 999 9999 Birth Date FORMAT mm dd yy Birth Date FORMAT mmmm dd yyyy Birth
30. MOSAIC TRAINING INSTALLATION INSTRUC HONS ccscicnswa bnred MERE UE RE REA Ep FERE dee nuts 2 DATABASE DESIGNER cisxanedniagsad copeintageiononndnsuies nasa Tin EEEE ER 6 WORKSTATION CONFIGURATION ccssesseeHHHHem 29 CARD DESIGNER se ssoprine r ienie nen E E E EEEE EEEE 54 CAPTURE PROGRAM iet vecta xen trev ASA E RRUDNFER ERO NEEE AANE ERO ER Ran 110 IMAGE FILE amp DIRECTORY NAMES EXPLAINED eese 132 NETWORKING ec eene h Iu rS a RECO ME ru ON eta RES Seth ad ide 135 THE TUTILIFY PROGRAM Geri Eesbh hat ee PEE Reb sisan EE E EN a 138 DATABASE DOCTOR ioetesepsraviqd ie qu deir HM eco PI dated dM E Made 139 INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS Thank you for choosing NBS Mosaic for Windows It is essential that you follow these instructions to ensure that your card personalisation system is set up and running as rapidly as possible and with least difficulty NBS Mosaic for Windows will work with the following operating systems Microsoft Windows 95 Microsoft Windows 98 Microsoft Windows NT Version 4 0 Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft Windows XP Installing from a CD Rom Insert your NBS Mosaic for Windows CD into the CD Rom drive If the Auto Run feature on your computer is switched off please run mfwSetup exe from your drive Welcome to the NBS Mosaic for Windows setup program NBS recommends you start by installing your printer driver then the dongle driver then finally Mosaic for Windows Run dongle driv
31. Name and Address object for example using the field names you assigned in Database Designer might look like this First Name Last Name Address1 Address2 City State Zip Notice that each field name is enclosed in brackets that there is a space between data fields because there needs to be a space between words and a comma and space between the City and State fields Although it is not visible there is a carriage return at the end of each line as well The spaces and the comma are outside of the brackets They and anything else outside of brackets will appear exactly as typed on every issued ID card A printed card entry based on the data object described above would look like this Joe Dokes Apartment 414 11008 Buena Vista Street Burbank Ca 91523 If you were to omit the spaces between bracketed items the name entry would appear as JoeDokes If you were to omit the comma and spaces the City and State entries would appear as BurbankCa By typing spaces commas and periods between bracketed items you configure linked data objects in the text exactly as you would like to see the data on the finished cards Formatting Carried Over from Database Designer If any formatting characteristics were applied to a given data field when the field was created in Database Designer such as All Caps Bold or Italics these characteristics will automatically appear on the finished ID cards if no other action is taken
32. RD DESIGNER Adding Text T Click the T button on the Tool Palette to create text on your ID card Text created using the Text tool does not identify a data field This text will print exactly as you typed and formatted it on every finished ID card You might use this tool to place a title such as Department of Corrections on your card or an identifying header for information such as ID Number or a notice such as This ID card may not be altered or reproduced 1 Put the cursor where you want the upper left corner of the Text object to appear and drag out an object The Edit Text window will then be displayed Edit Text x Transportation Department Press Ctrl Enter for new line Edit Text Window 2 Type the desired text into the Edit Text window 3 If you need more than one line of text press Ctrl ENTER to create each additional line Press the Cancel button to exit the window without entering text Use the scroll bar to the right of the text window to review several lines of text 4 When finished you may press ENTER to close the window and place the text object onto the card You may then format the text See Text Formatting You are now ready to add another card element to your design See The Tool Palette 89 CARD DESIGNER Text Formatting Whenever the Text Tool is selected on the Tool Palette a row of text formatting buttons appear in the Card Designer window s Format Tool Bar Cdit
33. al Profile you are about to create by typing a new number into the ID Number field in this dialog box or select the Next ID box for the application to create the next available ID Number Click the OK button or press ENTER to accept The system will assign the newly entered ID number to the new profile and this number will be displayed in the Profile ID Display located above the Main Window workspace Profile ID Display WARNING You may use an ID number only once You may not create more than one record with the same ID number If you type in an ID number which has been previously used a dialog box will inquire whether you wish to overwrite an existing file which means to delete the already existing file and replace it with the new file Unless you wish to replace the existing profile click on No and assign a unique ID number to the new profile If you do wish to overwrite an existing profile click on Yes and the previously displayed number will be assigned to a new profile You will now be requested to supply the data for the new record you are creating The format of this input is determined via the Database Designer program An example of this type of screen is shown below 118 Capture Program Personal Profile x Mosaic for Windows Card Number Issued Expires 00000008 gz 3070472002 g 3070472004 Card Type n Title Forename s Surname ee Initial s Date of Bith Car Reg
34. ape as needed from a thin line of ribbon to a square bar box or rectangle Employee i 1269 Dhur K haun Dragging with Handles 80 CARD DESIGNER Creating an ID Card ID cards are created in ID Card Designer by adding positioning and formatting elements which are available on the Tool Palette Each tool on the Tool Palette adds a specific element to your card image as you create an ID card design These tools not only can be mastered easily by the beginning user but each has many configurable formatting variables for the advanced user so that anyone can create a wide variety of professional secure ID card designs without the need for programming or software development expertise Each card element uses an example as a placeholder so that you can see as accurately as possible while you are working what your finished card will look like An example of a finished card design with placeholders is shown below Finished ID Card with Placeholders 81 CARD DESIGNER Adding a Photo Click the Photo button on the Tool Palette to place a photo element on your ID card l Put the cursor on the card image where you want the upper left corner of the cardholder s photo to be and holding the mouse button down drag out a photo object of the desired size and position The Photo Selection window will be displayed as shown below Photo Selection x C Right Profile C Left Profile Photo Selection Window 2 If y
35. arlier 37 WORKSTATION CONFIGURATION If the username you specified in the IDAPI configuration requires a password then enter it in the Login Password field You can also specify the Table Username eg for SQL Server on this page Note that this is different to the database Login Username specified previously in the IDAPI configuration The Database Extension is used for Crystal Reports The rest of the Workstation Configuration is as per a native Paradox system However because the Paradox database directory will not be created the image directory will not be created You must create the image directory manually If you forget and try to save an image you will receive the error message which tries to resave the image with a different colour depth 38 WORKSTATION CONFIGURATION Database Logs The Database Logs window shown below allows you to enable or disable reports generated from within the Capture Retrieve software and to designate the maximum number of entries in each log The functions are as follows Workstation Identification Database Connection Data Data Files a Activity Monitor Date Format v 500 Time Format Auto View Photo Capture Device v Signature Capture Device Fingerprint Capture Device Photo Capture Components x 500 F print Capture Components Other documents Video Attributes v TWAIN Sources Database Logs Window Enable System Activity Log Check this box to record a log of system a
36. ate format by selecting from the choices in the drop down list Click on the arrow button to see the available formats Separator Choose a separator character for the date i e or or other character by typing a character into this field The character will be inserted into the date in the appropriate places 1 e 06 25 95 or 06 25 95 Century Check this box to include the century in a date year i e 1995 Uncheck this box to use a two character year in the date 1 e 95 42 WORKSTATION CONFIGURATION Time Format The Time Format window allows you select the default format for time as displayed throughout the system in dialog box fields The functions are as follows z Workstation Configuration sample cfg Workstation Identification Database Connection Time Format Auto View Photo Capture Device Signature Capture Device Fingerprint Capture Device Photo Capture Components F print Capture Components Other documents Video Attributes TWAIN Sources Time Format Window 12 Hour Click this button to choose the standard 12 hour AM PM time format 24 Hour Click this button to choose the 24 hour military time format where 00 00 11 59 is AM and 12 00 23 59 is PM Separator Type in a character usually for the separator between hours minutes and seconds i e 11 40 It will automatically be appropriately inserted 43 WORKSTATION CONFIGURATION Auto View The Auto View window allows
37. ators The Status Bar key indicators display is illustrated below CAPS NUM Key Indicators 75 CARD DESIGNER The Card Window The Card Window The Card Window is the canvas upon which ID card designs will be created When beginning a new card design a blank card image appears in the Card Window which also encompasses the following helpful features Grid A dotted line grid appears over the face of the card to allow easier placing of card elements This grid can be turned on or off and its increments can be re sized using commands in the Menu Bar Rulers Rulers marked in inches appear vertically and horizontally along the left and top edges of the Card Window The upper left corner of the ID card is always positioned at zero on both rulers Coordinate markers on both rulers follow the coordinates of the mouse pointer for easy measurement of objects positioned on the card Rulers NOTE The coordinates markers correspond to the pointer coordinates values displayed in the Status Bar at the bottom of the Card Designer window 76 CARD DESIGNER Scroll Bars The scroll bars on the Card Window shown in the next illustration are useful 1 when you have created a larger than standard sized card or 2 when using the Zoom feature for a closer look at your card In either case the scroll bars are used to move around a card image when it is bigger than the available window space so that you can view any portion
38. ctivity which may be printed from the Capture application Limit System Activity Log Size Check this box and enter a value in the field to limit the log size to a certain maximum number of events Enable Card Production Log Check this box to record a log of card production activity which may be printed from the Capture Retrieve application Limit Production Log Size Check this box and enter a value in the field to limit the log size to a certain maximum number of cards Enable Event Log Check this box to record a log of events during the use of the Capture application 39 WORKSTATION CONFIGURATION Data Files The Data Files window shown below allows you to enter the path where the application will look to access user accounts and other data that is common to all workstations on a network The functions are as follows 4 Workstation Configuration sample cfg REE File Account Help m Options Workstation Identification Database Layout File attorneys a CANBSIMAGENSAMPLE DBL zul Data Files Activity Monitor System Data Directory Default Directory Iv Date Format renee a Tie Format C NBSIMAGE DATA Photo Capture Device Image Directory Signature Capture Device c NBSIMAGE SAMPLE As Fingerprint Capture Device Photo Capture Components Storage Scheme F print Capture Components Traditional Mosaic Other documents Video Attributes C Long IDs TWAIN Sources C Long Filenames Syste
39. cts lines and rectangles placed on the card image to create a card design have characteristics similar to objects in many popular drawing applications The draw menu contains some basic draw commands which will be familiar to you if you have used other draw programs NOTE Some of these commands are duplicated by buttons on the Standard Tool Bar Handles Any object selected by clicking with your mouse pointer displays a set of handles around its edges Selected Objects Show Handles These handles may be used to stretch or shrink the object vertically by clicking and dragging a top or bottom handle or horizontally by clicking and dragging a left or right side handle or to resize it by clicking and dragging a corner handle or move it by placing the mouse pointer over the center of the object which causes the pointer image to turn into a small hand and clicking and dragging the object into position Group By using the mouse pointer to drag the dotted line marquee around several objects or by holding down the Shift key while selecting with the pointer more than one object on your card may be selected at a time When two or more objects in the Card Window are selected one set of handles surrounding all click on the Group command to combine these objects into a single object for convenience in moving and sizing while maintaining these objects distance position and general orientation to one another A group will have one set
40. d numbers no additional symbols should be used Do not include any spaces Field Types and Sizes l Highlight the Type box for the desired field Press the spacebar or click on the down arrow on the right side of the type box A drop down menu of types will appear 3 Highlight the desired type and press enter The highlight will move to the Size box 4 Type in the desired size staying within the limits stated in the table below If a size is not entered Database Designer assumes the default value for the associated type Field Type Size Range Description Text 1 255 Allows the input of letters numbers and any special characters on the system keyboard Character 1 Allows the input of letters numbers and any special characters on the system keyboard Integer 32 766 to 32 766 Allows the input of whole numbers Long Integer 2 147 483 646 to 2 147 483 646 Allows the input of whole numbers Floating Point Virtually unlimited Allows the input of numbers containing a decimal point Date N A Allows the input of any valid date Leap years are handled automatically Time N A Allows input of time of day stored in milliseconds since midnight Database Designer Opening an Existing Database Layout File To open an existing database layout file do the following l Click on the open existing file icon or select FilelJOpen The Open window will appear as shown All databa
41. dentity links IS Database Designer SAMPLE DBL GI x File Edit View Help Database Properties Text Integer Text Text Text Do not use a link Text Database contains a link Text Character Link Field 3 Text Link Field 2 Date Date H Long Integer Iv Link Field 1 Surname Applicant Identity Links Group Box The Applicant Identity Link function found in the Database Properties group box of the Database Layout Window provides a way to clearly identify an applicant s name from among the data fields which you create Specifying a name link in the database layout allows the link to be displayed on the Capture Retrieve Profile ID Display whenever a personal profile is open The link will also display the name when printing an ID Refer to the Capture Retrieve application Three name fields are provided for linking last name first name and middle initial You can select any field that has been previously defined to link to Capture Retrieve To link fields select Applicant Identity Links from the Database Properties list The functions available in the Applicant Identity Links group box will appear as shown above Database Designer Select Database Contains Link Type in the desired field name or select a name from the drop down list by clicking once on the down arrow on the right side of the box You do not have to select the last name field to be displayed in this box but an entry must be made here t
42. dge or ID card 111 Capture Program Capture The Capture function allows you to capture an applicant s photo and save it with that person s Personal Profile and to recapture a photo for an existing profile Note On Mosaic systems with the optional signature tablet or fingerprint scanner Capture also enables you to record and save a signature and or fingerprint image to the applicant s profile Edit The Edit function allows you to call up an existing Personal Profile edit the profile data and save the edited profile Reports The Reports function allows you to send data reports and audit logs about Capture Retrieve activity to your printer 112 Capture Program Commands The Capture Retrieve application works within a Windows environment Functions are performed by choosing a command usually issued from the keyboard or mouse that tells the application to carry out a particular procedure You may give a command by Using the left hand mouse button to click a Quickbutton on your screen Using the up or down cursor keys to move the highlight bar on a menu list to the desired function and then pressing the ENTER Key Pressing a Function Key F1 F12 Using Shortcut Keys Use the Cancel button to exit from a screen and return to the previous menu Note For more information on using a Windows program refer to the Microsoft Windows user s guide 113 Capture Program Login Procedure Once the Capture Retrieve a
43. e E Left thumb print Etc The 01 represents the image set This was never fully implemented hence the reason all files are 01 Originally it was intended that more than one photo could be held against a cardholder The subsequent photo would then be a02 etc NBSHASH DLL To simplify the mystery NBS can supply a DLL called NBSHASH DLL which contains exported functions that can be called from a C or Visual BASIC program BSTR VBNBSHashFileName BSTR lpszID BSTR VBGetImageDir BSTR lpszId LPSTR CNBSHashFileName LPSTR lpszFileName LPCSTR IpszID LPSTR CGetImageDir LPSTR IpszDir LPCSTR IpszlId These functions take the ID as input and pass the resulting MfW pathname as output Contact your Account Manager for more details Conclusion If you plan to store images on the old DOS Windows 3 1 disk systems ie FAT12 or FAT16 you must consider using a sub directory system to achieve good retrieval performance If you plan to store images on UNIX VFAT32 or NTFS then you can get away with storing all of the files in one directory but you will need lots of memory to view the directory using most of the common Windows explorers Maintenance ie backup copying and moving could be a problem 134 Mosaic For Windows Technical Bulletin Networking Introduction Mosaic for Windows supports networked operation between several PCs either to a dedicated file server or to one PC on a pier to pier network The following notes a
44. e Capture Device Fingerprint Capture Device Photo Capture Components F print Capture Components Other documents Video Attributes TWAIN Sources Activity Monitor Window Do Not Secure Workstation Click this button if no password or lock out security is required for the workstation Lock Workstation After Inactivity Click this button to cause the workstation to lock after a period of inactivity The current User s password will be required to re enter the workspace once the workstation has been locked Logout User After Inactivity Click this button to cause the application to log the user off after a period of inactivity User logon will be required to re enter the workspace Initiate After X Minutes of Inactivity Designate the desired period of inactivity after which the User will be locked out or logged off by typing a value into this field 41 WORKSTATION CONFIGURATION Date Format The Date Format window shown below allows you to select the default format for dates as displayed throughout the system in dialog box fields The functions are as follows z Workstation Configuration sample cfg Workstation Identification Database Connection Date Format DDMMCCYY Photo Capture Device Signature Capture Device Fingerprint Capture Device Photo Capture Components F print Capture Components Other documents Video Attributes TWAIN Sources Date Format Window Date Choose the default d
45. e dialog box is displayed in the Capture Retrieve application the field will have a drop down list containing the description only Direct When designing this type of table you enter a value only This value is displayed in the Capture Retrieve application in the field s drop down list To add a lookup table perform the following steps l Highlight the desired field in the Database Layout window 2 Select Lookup Table from the Database Properties list Existing tables can be modified or erased 3 Click on define and the Define Lookup Table window will appear Define Lookup Table 15 Database Designer The Define Lookup Table Window 4 Select the desired type of lookup table Click on OK The Modify Lookup Table Window will appear according to the type of table you selected Modify Lookup Table L Yaw i Indirect Lookup Table Modify Window 5 Type in the desired data pressing Enter after each entry The next figure shows an example of an indirect lookup table created for the Eyes field in the Database Layout window Entries can be rearranged by highlighting a row and clicking on one of the arrow buttons shown in the figure 6 To arrange entries in numerical or alphabetical order click on the Sort button 7 To delete an entry highlight the row and click on the Delete button 8 When you have finished constructing the lookup table click on OK to save it 16 Database Designer Applicant i
46. e list of available data fields from Database Designer to refresh your memory as needed NOTE See the discussion of data fields formatting in the Help topic Linked Data Field Formatting for instructions regarding data syntax for the Track 1 Track 2 and Track 3 Data boxes Reviewing and Saving a New ID Card Design l Click the Save command on the File drop down list to save a new ID Card design when it is finished You may save a new design to the dbl file and access it later from the IDS Capture Retrieve software You may have as many card designs as you wish All will be available in the Capture Retrieve application once they have been saved in ID Card Designer 2 Choose the Print command from the File drop down list to print a hard copy ofa card design to a paper printer Exit Procedure To Exit ID Card Designer after saving any finished ID Card designs simply choose Exit from the File menu If you have not saved a card design you will be given the opportunity to save it before the application shuts down After exiting ID Card Designer you will be returned to the Windows Program Manager s IDS software group 109 Capture Program Introduction Overview The Mosaic Capture Retrieve application allows you to perform the following functions You can create thousands of personal profile entries to your database You can add applicants photographs to personal profiles and save the entries to your database With optio
47. e records and either correct the problem by inserting blank records or remove all references to corrupted records Points to be aware of before running this program l Ensure that you have a backup copy of the database Ensure that the database your are correcting is set as the default in Workstation Configuration 3 Run the report procedure first to establish the amendments that are going to be made 139
48. ed by first changing the settings then saving then renaming new variations of the normal cfg file using the Save As command Open Allows you to load any saved configuration file with the identifier cfg The default file which will load automatically upon starting up the application is called normal cfg 29 WORKSTATION CONFIGURATION Close Closes the open cfg file The Main Menu Options list then becomes inactive until another configuration file is opened Save Saves the current configuration settings to the currently open cfg file The default file is normal cfg It is recommended to save changed settings using the Save As command rather than changing the settings in the original normal cfg file You should save a copy of normal cfg in another directory so that you will always have an unchanged normal cfg file Save As Allows you to save configuration settings to a new cfg file with a new filename of your choosing i e filename cfg As many different configuration settings as you wish may be saved as cfg files using Workstation Configuration Each workstation in an office system should have its own unique cfg file Set Default Configuration This is where you set the currently open cfg file as the default to use when opening IDS applications like Capture Retrieve on the current workstation Each individual workstation should set its own unique cfg file as the default Exit Exit closes the Worksta
49. en all of the applicant information has been entered into the Personal Profile window Select Cancel to close the window without saving the changes Once a Personal Profile has been saved the applicant name appears in the Profile ID Display if a name link was created using Database Designer As long as a profile is open the ID information will be shown in the Profile ID Display above the Main Window workspace Next to the ID display are two buttons with icons a Close button a red X and a Trash Can button Click on Close to put away the currently open profile Click on the Trash Can to discard and delete the currently open profile When the profile information has been accepted you may go on to the Capturing a Photo process Note Optional functionality for the IDS system includes a Signature Tablet for capturing the applicant s signature and a Fingerprint Reader for capturing an applicant s fingerprint If you have these options the next procedure would be to capture a signature and then capture a fingerprint before capturing the photo 130 CAPTURE PROGRAM Help Option The help option contains Help Files for NBS Mosaic In addition there is a sub option for System Information An example of which is shown below System Information User Accounts System Activity Log Image Tracking 131 Mosaic For Windows Technical Bulletin Image File amp Directory Names The Mystery Explained
50. er setup Run NBS Mosaic for Windows setup Please take a moment to familiarise yourself with Mosaic by reading the Mosaic Training Manual before running any of the programs You will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed click on the link below if not already installed Run Adobe Acrobat Reader setup Please take a moment to visit our website www nbstechnologies com by clicking on the banner link below INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS Dongle Driver Setup The Sentinel Dongle Driver setup wizard will install your dongle software allowing you to run NBS Mosaic for Windows You will be required to re boot your system after this installation is complete Exit from this wizard and run MFWSetup exe again to install NBS Mosaic for Windows NBS Mosaic for Windows Setu xi Welcome to the NBS Mosaic for Windows Setup program This program will install NBS Mosaic for Windows on your computer It is strongly recommended that you exit all Windows programs before running this Setup program Click Cancel to quit Setup and then close any programs you have running Click Next to continue with the Setup program WARNING This program is protected by copyright law and international treaties Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this program or any portion of it may result in severe civil and criminal penalties and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under law Next gt Cancel Click Ne
51. es as Links where card applicant information is to be inserted we enclose them in curly brackets First Name Last Name Address 1 Address2 City State a and so on If you have created additional data fields like Middle Name or Middle Initial you may wish to include these in your ID card s name and address data as well Some card applicants will no doubt have information for both Address1 and Address2 and others will not If you include both data fields Mosaic will close up the empty space whenever the extra line is not used How do we enter these fields in the Data Field Contents window so that cardholder information will appear as desired on the finished cards See the topics Creating Data Field Contents and Syntax 96 CARD DESIGNER Creating Data Field Contents As we said in the topic Linked Data Field Formatting each data field you enter in the Data Field Contents window must be enclosed in brackets The brackets are necessary to set off your data fields from each other and from plain text You want the ID Card Designer application to replace your data field names in the Contents window with an actual data entry later but still allow you to include commas periods or other text in the Contents window as you need them to format your information for a pleasing and orderly card design The basic format for any data field entry in the Contents window is Field Name Therefore the proper format for a
52. essary to change any of the width height margin settings or orientation if you are issuing a standard wallet sized ID with the normal printing margins Orientation If you are issuing a wallet type ID card the correct orientation setting is the horizontal or Landscape mode If you are issuing a badge or tag however you may wish to change the card s orientation so that it appears upright by clicking the Portrait button 59 CARD DESIGNER Magnetic Stripe If there will be no magnetic stripe on your card select the default setting as shown in the figure ID card does not contain a mag stripe If you do wish to have a mag stripe on the card choose whether it is to be Manually determined HI CO or LO CO by clicking the appropriate button Then click the Mag Data button to configure the magnetic stripe data See Creating Magnetic Stripe Data Smart Card Chip If there is a chip on the ID card highlight this option and add the appropriate DLL When all the setup choices are satisfactory click on OK to accept and the Card Designer window will appear NOTE You can return to the Card Setup window at any time by selecting it from the File drop down list in the Main Menu 60 CARD DESIGNER Card Designer Window After accepting the contents of the Card Setup window the ID Card Designer window is displayed ID Card Designer Window This window holds all your card design components The surrounding menus control
53. f the windows are iconized use the Arrange Icons command to arrange them neatly across your window All open windows are listed under this menu heading with the active window checked If you have overlapping windows open you can use the Window menu to bring a desired window to the front making it the active window See your Windows user manual for more details on the manipulation of windows 71 CARD DESIGNER Standard Tool Bar The buttons on the Standard Tool Bar control many of the basic application functions A single mouse click executes each command 2 5 4 5 8 78 910 fl T3 14 Standard Tool Bar The buttons shown above represent the following commands 1 Open 8 Apply Style 2 Save 9 Select All 3 Print 10 Group 4 Cut 11 Ungroup 5 Copy 12 Bring Forward 6 Paste 13 Send Backward 7 Acquire Style 14 Zoom In Out Open Brings up the Open window so that you can open a pre existing card design to edit Save Saves your card changes to the file on the hard drive Print Sends the active card design to your printer Cut Removes a selected object or text from the card and puts it on the application s clipboard so that it is available to paste elsewhere Copy Puts a copy of the selected object or text into the clipboard without deleting it from its present location so that the same object or text is available to paste elsewhere Paste Places a copy of the contents of the clipboard on the card Acquire
54. h cow sj i a ae eT E RTCA 00000001 41 PERMSTAF Michael Turner 22 01 1963 12345678910 07 04 1998 07 04 2000 VISITOR Rebecca Cartwright 12 05 1967 P542CDS 12j05 1998 12 05 2000 TEMPSTAF Nicola Sample 04 05 1965 NBS1 07 04 1998 07 04 2000 PERMSTAF Tommy Taylor 11 05 1961 P712BGD 11 05 1998 11 05 2000 PERMSTAF Jane Jackson 12 05 1966 R782JHD 12 05 1998 12 05 2000 PERMSTAF John Murphy 22 09 1957 H456LCD 12 05 1998 12 05 2000 VISITOR Liz Close 16 07 1970 X654NGS 12 05 1998 12 05 2000 Wy merosonw GOTO sy 120 Capture Program To use the Profile Search operation do the following l Select the data field to search by from the drop down list under the heading Search By This list may include any of your data fields for example ID number last name birth date or Social Security number depending upon the fields you stipulated as Secondary Sorts in the Database Designer 2 Move the cursor to the Quick Search field by pressing the Tab key 3 Type in a string of text to search for This text must be one or more characters existing in the entry you wish to find As the text 1s typed the highlight moves to the appropriate database entry If you chose ID from the Search By drop down list the Quick Search field can be a partial or complete ID number If you chose Last Name from the Search By drop down list this may be a partial or complete last name The first entry which includes the text string will be found and highlighted au
55. hades of color which can be selected directly or created by adjusting the values of light dark hue saturation and luminescence You may directly adjust the values of the primaries Red Blue and Green numerically To use the Color Window do the following l Select an object on your card whose color you wish to change 2 Click in the Color Pool on a color you want to use 3i Click in the Light Dark bar to select the shading The color then appears in the Color Solid window and the corresponding numerical values are displayed 4 Adjust any of the values shown as desired 5 Click the OK button to apply the color to your selected object NOTE Click the Add to Custom Colors button to put a new color from the Color Solid window into the custom colors palette 107 CARD DESIGNER Creating Magnetic Stripe Data Mag Stripe data can only be added if a Magnetic Stripe has been chosen in the Card Setup Window window This window is displayed when a new card is created You can also access the Card Setup Window as follows l Select File from the Main Menu Bar and select Card Setup from the File drop down list 2 Select the type of Mag Stripe Mag Stripe Setup Options 3 Click the Mag Data button The Mag Stripe Data window is shown Mag Stripe Data UPPERCASE Mag Stripe Data Window 108 CARD DESIGNER 4 Enter the necessary data fields in the box for Track 1 Repeat for Tracks 2 and 3 if needed Scroll through th
56. his will add one to the accumulated field after the successful printing of a card Pad with spaces This will pad the field with spaces up to the defined length History Database These checks are used to connect the main database to a History Database You can select which fields are to be stored and viewed in the Capture Application Card Link This can only be highlighted against a text field of 8 characters The field is cross referenced against the name of a card design when the record is entered in the Capture application 22 Database Designer Creating a Dialog Box Once a database layout has been constructed see Database Layout Window Database Fields and Database Properties a dialog box must be created which will appear as the Personal Profile input box in Capture Retrieve This dialog box will allow entry of data into the Personal Profile database record created for each badge id card that is produced To view a dialog box click on the Dialog Box button on the Database Layout toolbar The Database Layout Toolbar The Dialog Template Window will appear as shown below A new dialog box can be created or an existing box edited from this window Database Designer untitled olala 4 Dialog Template The Dialog Template Window 23 Database Designer In the lower left corner the screen displays two sets of numbers The X and Y coordinates on the far left describe the current location of the upper left c
57. ie Photo Capture Device Si nature Capture Device Photo Capture Components F print Capture Components TWAIN Sources Fingerprint Capture Device Window Photo Capture Device Click None if your workstation has no photo capture device Otherwise choose the appropriate device Capture Size The default size is indicated File Format Choose the format to which fingerprint image files will be saved Where available you may choose the percentage of compression for archived images NOTE The greater the percentage of compression the less resolution will be available when the image is later retrieved Because such images as fingerprints have low image resolution requirements as compared to photographs the default value is set at a relatively high degree of compression 90 48 WORKSTATION CONFIGURATION Photo Capture Components The Photo Capture Components window allows you to configure the workstation to prompt for the correct number of photographic captures when creating a new ID card The functions are as follows z Workstation Configuration sample cfg Photo Capture Device Signature Capture Device i i ture Device Photo Capture Components F print Capture Components Other documents Video Attributes TWAIN Sources Photo Capture Components Window Photo Components Uncheck all boxes if your workstation has no photo capture device or you do not require photographic images to be captured O
58. ify which server should print which card The system works on a first in first out basis 137 Using Tutility in Mosaic to cure Index out of Date problems Using Windows Explorer access the directory C NBSIMAGE TUTILITY Double click the program TUTILITY Hit Return to Continue at OK prompt Take Option T for Table Under the field Table type g nbs nbsimage return You will now notice a number of files have appeared in the files field Double click Appdata db A screen will now appear showing details of the Appdata file e g the number of fields in the database and the number of records Take the option Rebuild and enter appsjn in the rename file field Hit return to continue The file will now be rebuilt Now re build the indexes Rebuilding Indexes Take Option T for Table Double click Appdata Table information will now appear Take the option Cancel which will take you to the menu family objects Take Option Primary Key then Rebuild Take Option Secondary Key For each secondary key field double click and Re build Now take the option return and exit his directory may change depending on where you store your database files 138 DATABASE DOCTOR These is a program in the NBSIMAGE directory call DBDOCTOR exe Database Doctor will check databases for missing images and cross referenc
59. ill be displayed Card Description Card Description Window You will assign two identifying descriptions to a new card by typing in the Short and Long Description fields Short Description An alphanumeric file number up to 8 characters long which the software can use to index and identify your card designs Long Description A text description which helps you to select the correct ID card when working in the Mosaic design or Capture Retrieve software 2 Type in a Short Description alphanumeric file number 3 Type in a Long Description of your new card Your Card Description window should now look something like the example Card Description PERMSTAF Permanent Staff Example Card Description 4 Press ENTER or click the OK button to enter the data The Card Setup window will then be displayed 58 CARD DESIGNER Card Setup Window Once you have typed and entered the Card Description data the Card Setup window will be displayed as shown p Card Setup zum fo 125 pem orm pss Card Setup Window The Card Setup window allows you to set or change the basic card parameters of width height margin size and orientation and to choose whether or not there will be a magnetic stripe on the back of the card Card Size and Margins The defaults for width height margins and orientation are preset for a standard sized ID card printed on a standard card printer You may not find it nec
60. ine When this system was used standalone on a totally DOS based system a big problem occurred Retrieval time for the images became unacceptably slow This was caused because a DOS directory is created to hold only 256 entries If you want to store more than 256 files in a directory which is perfectly legal then the last entry in the directory is pointer to another 256 file directory This is repeated until the disk is full So to find 1 file out of 20 000 all stored in one directory can take ages since the first part of the directory is scanned then the disk hops to the next part of the directory and so on until the file is found 132 When the DIS system was released it introduced a far more efficient split directory system with 100 files in each directory Each image file was allocated an 8 character filename Cnnnnnnn jpg Where C represented the cutomer s first initial and nnnnnnn was a 7 digit leading zeros unique photo number allocated by the database The sub directory name was generated by dividing the 7 digit number by 100 discarding the remainder then multipying the result by 100 again as per the following examples ImgN000Nn0000001 3pg Img 000 n0000099 4pg Img 100 n0000100 jpg Img 12300 n0012345 4jpg ImgN567800Nn0567890 3pg Whilst the above system eliminated the poor performance problem of DD it introduced another even if the customer had their own unique number for the cardholder another uniq
61. kward Each time the command is given the object moves one layer on the card Keep in mind that there are as many layers as the total number of card elements and that even objects which are not touching each other are on separate and distinct layers To put an object behind another object you may have to choose Send Backward several times if your card design has a large number of elements since there may be several other layers between your selection and the object beneath it 69 CARD DESIGNER Align This powerful command facilitates lining up a number of individual objects vertically or horizontally all at once without the use of the grid and without operator guesswork To use the Align command first create several objects on the card that you will want to align Unaligned Selected Objects We would like to align the data headings Hair Eyes Ht and Wt so that they appear in a neat row on our card To accomplish this we do the following 1 Select all of the objects by dragging a marquee around them with the mouse pointer or by Shift clicking on each 2 Click on the Align command Another drop down list will appear with vertical and horizontal alignment options 3 Click on the alignment option that will correctly position your selections and the objects are automatically aligned accordingly In our example we chose Middles for horizontal alignment of the object centers The resulting alignment of the elements
62. ly created in Database Designer Format your entries to display the data on the finished card as you would like it to appear You will enter and format Mag Stripe data in exactly the same way The Available Fields window lists the data field names you created in Database Designer Scroll through the list to familiarize yourself with the available data choices The Field Formatting window will reveal any available data formatting options for a field when selected on the Available Fields list 95 CARD DESIGNER A Note Regarding the Magnetic Stripe The data fields in Mag Stripe Tracks are formatted exactly the same way as is being described here See the Help topic on Creating Magnetic Stripe Data for a further discussion of that function and when entering Mag Stripe Data refer to this Help topic for the description of data fields entry and formatting Placing Data Fields As an example of a Linked Data Field object let s place a name and address data field on a card design For this example we assume that in Database Designer you created fields for all the needed elements of a name and address including First Name and Last Name City State and Zip and at least two lines for address material which we will call Address and Address2 Addressl and Address2 might be any combination of company name suite or apartment number a P O box street address or any other address data Item Using Brackets So that Mosaic can recognize these titl
63. m data directory points to the location for user accounts and other data that is common to all workstations on the network Data Files Window System Data Directory The default directory created during Setup is NBSIMAGE DATA as shown in the figure If the system data resides in another location replace the default information by typing the new path into the field or use the browse feature Image Directory The default directory created during Setup is NBSIMAGE DATA Ifthe image data resides in another location replace the default information by typing the new path into the field or use the browse feature Database Layout File The default directory created during Setup is NBSIMAGE SAMPLE DBL as shown in the figure If the database layout dbl file resides in another location or has a different name replace the default information by typing the new name and or path into the field or use the browse feature Storage Scheme Image filenames can be stored as traditional NBS with subdirectories or in one single directory named in the image directory box 40 WORKSTATION CONFIGURATION Activity Monitor The Activity Monitor window shown below allows you to choose the level of security for the workstation you are presently configuring The functions are as follows 4 Workstation Configuration sample cfg Workstation Identification Database Connection Photo Capture Device Signatur
64. most black and white bitmap images 2 Check the Transparency checkbox The white background in a selected black and white bitmap image becomes invisible For example after a signature element is placed on your card clicking on the Transparency checkbox and selecting the color white renders the white background fill portion of the Signature object transparent so that only the signature image itself is visible This image can then be placed to overlap other card elements such as a ghost photo or a colored rectangle without obscuring everything underneath The transparency function provided by ID Card Designer can do much more than simply remove white fill from signature or fingerprint images By removing specific shades of color it can sharpen and clean up images It can make any one of sixteen million colors or a range of color shadings invisible in a photo or clip art object 105 CARD DESIGNER It does this by means of a subset of color controls under the Transparency checkbox which includes the Color Tolerance Box the Color Field drop down menu and the Color Window To learn the use of these controls see the topic Color Transparency Color Transparency In the figure below the subset of color controls for Transparency is reached from the Color Field drop down list button and the Color Tolerance settings box inside the Format Bitmap window Transparency Transparency Color Tolerance Re 25 5 5 G
65. n ascending or descending order Sorts allow you to control how the records in a table are displayed reported and printed Sorts maybe be based on any element of data in a record such as ID number or last name or GPO code Sorts are established in Database Designer and then are used in the Capture application to place records in a desired order Database Designer allows the use of the following two types of sort Primary Sort The primary sort is the default order of the records in a database Database Designer automatically assigns the primary sort default to the ID Number field in ascending order The primary sort is identified by a P for primary in the Database Layout Window sort column The primary sort requires that the number in the ID number field is different for every record or Personal Profile in your database Secondary Sorts A secondary sort can provide another way to sort the records in a database when searching in Capture Creating a Database It is recommended that you make planning the database the first step in preparing a database layout You should decide up front what you want in the database and how you want to lay it out While you are planning keep these ideas in mind Think small Put as little information as possible in each field For example break the name field down into Last name First name and Middle initial This will allow for easier maintenance and sort methods in the fu
66. n the Modify button The Group Information window is displayed 3 Enter the desired modifications and click OK 35 WORKSTATION CONFIGURATION Workstation Identification The Workstation Identification window shown below allows you to create a separate configuration file for each workstation on your system and to rename the Capture Retrieve application if necessary The functions are as follows Workstation Configuration sample cfg Workstation Identification Database Connection Database Logs Data Files oa Activity Monitor Digital ID System Date Format Time Format Auto View Photo Capture Device Signature Capture Device Fingerprint Capture Device Photo Capture Components F print Capture Components Other documents Video Attributes TWAIN Sources Workstation Identification Window Application Title You may change the title appearing in the title bar of the main application windows by typing a new title into this field Office ID Identify your office location by typing its name into this field The data in this field along with the data in the Workstation ID field determines the identity of the workstation affected by the settings in this configuration file Workstation ID In network situations there will be more than one workstation under one Office ID Identify the specific workstation by typing its designation into the Workstation ID field NOTE Save these settings using the Save As
67. nal Profile window is displayed containing blank information fields You or your Administrator created this window using the Mosaic Database Designer application An example of a simple Personal Profile window is shown below Personal Profile 00000001 0770471998 07 04 2000 Me mM Personal Profile Window This window may be accessed any time a profile is open by clicking the Edit button or by choosing Edit Data from the Badge drop down list 1 Enter the applicant s demographic information by typing data into the corresponding fields or by choosing entries from the drop down lists Use the Tab key to move from field to field 129 Capture Program Where dates must be entered into a field you may either type in a new date use the up down arrow buttons to help you select the numbers or simply overtype existing numbers to change them Use the left and right cursor keys to move from number to number Where drop down list choices exist for a field a small drop down list button to the right of the field indicates this You may use the mouse pointer to click on the arrow button or on the field itself to see the menu Place the pointer on the desired list choice and click to select it Note If you are editing an existing profile overtype the existing field entries to make changes The ID number for an existing profile cannot be edited 2 Click on OK or press ENTER to save the profile data wh
68. nal equipment you can add signatures and or fingerprints as well You can retrieve profiles at any time to add data edit and modify information and delete entries You can produce badges and ID cards as well as a wide variety of reports You can print IDs to a card printer report printer or image file as needed 110 Capture Program Main Functions il DC ID System SAMPLE DBL File Badge Printer Setup Window Help Cr Capturew The main IDS Capture Retrieve functions are as follows Create Retrieve View Print Capture Edit Reports Create The Create function allows you to create a Personal Profile for a new applicant to assign an ID number and enter all the necessary profile information for that applicant and then to capture the applicant s photo image and save it to the same profile in a database which you have designed Retrieve The Retrieve function allows you to call up an existing Personal Profile by ID number last name or other user designated field of information in order to view existing profiles and to change or update profiles as needed View The View function enables you to display the photo badge or ID card of any person who has an existing Personal Profile Note On Mosaic systems which include the optional signature and or fingerprint capabilities View also allows the display of signature and fingerprint images Print The Print function enables you to print out a photo image ba
69. nd to color the object as desired Rectangles can be sized and positioned to place lines ribbons or stripes on a card or to add shadow effects or backdrops to other objects like photos and artwork Its uses are limited only by the card designer s imagination Because objects inserted onto a card design are positioned on the card in successive layers you can then use the Draw Menu command in the Main Menu Bar to position other objects or text over or under the rectangle you have created You are now ready to add another card element to your design See The Tool Palette 91 CARD DESIGNER Foreground Fill Fa Click the Foreground Fill button on the Tool Palette to choose the color of foreground objects like text signatures or bar codes Make the signature appear to have been signed in red ink for example or make text white so that it can be easily read over a darker background To use Foreground Fill do the following l Select the object to which you wish to add or change color 2 Click on the Foreground Fill Tool button The Foreground Fill Palette will appear Tl TESS o IT SSS Tl SSS rl ll Sees TIT ESS IT eee IT EBHENHNENENEN TT TES Seeee Other Color Foreground Fill Palette 3 Select a color by clicking on it See the Format Bitmap Window Help topic for more details on working with colors 92 CARD DESIGNER Background Fill amp Click the Background Fill Tool on the Tool Pale
70. o repeat this procedure to put additional data fields on your card as needed See Linked Data Field Formatting to learn how to enter and format data fields You are now ready to add another card element to your design See The Tool Palette 85 CARD DESIGNER Adding a Bar Code Click the Bar Code button on the Tool Palette to place a bar code element on your ID card Ls By clicking and dragging on the card image use the pointer to define the space to be occupied by the bar code Upon finishing the bar code placement and releasing the mouse button the Bar Code window will be displayed Bar Code 9 40 Center E E Bar Code Window 2 Select and configure the type of bar code you wish to insert by making selections in the Symbology and Options boxes See your bar code reader s instruction manual for details on these settings 3 Click the Edit Contents button and the Data Field window is displayed See Linked Data Field Formatting for further discussion 4 Enter the necessary data field information in the Contents window Click OK when finished 5 Click the OK button at the Bar Code window to accept your bar code data 6 Click the Sample Data button and the Sample Data window is displayed as shown below 86 CARD DESIGNER Sample Barcode Data 1234567890 Bar Code Sample Data Window 7 Type in a text or number string of the same length as the expected data in your bar code Click the OK
71. o use the Applicant Identity Link function If you would like to display more than one field click on the small box in front of Link Field 2 This activates the Link Field 2 box and allows you to make an entry in this box To add a third field click on the small box in front of Link Field 3 The third field that appears in Capture Retrieve will only display entries which contain one character Save the database and the applicant identity link is saved along with it 18 Database Designer Secondary Sorts Name ExpiryD ate The Secondary Sorts Group Box The primary sort is automatically designated by Database Designer as the ID number field Additional fields can be assigned as secondary sorts to allow a different order of the database records to be searched for in retrieval or batch operations and to be printed in reports To setup a secondary sort go to the Database Layout Window and do the following 1 Select Secondary Sorts from the Database Properties list The functions available in the Secondary Sorts group box will appear Note that a secondary sort called Names already exists in the example window above 2 Click on Define to establish a new secondary sort The Secondary Sort window will appear as shown below 19 Secondary Sort Card_ID Surname IssueNum Forename Cardlssue CardE xpiry Extrafield Secondary Sort Window 3 To add a field as part of the sort highlight it in the Field
72. of handles surrounding all objects in the group 66 CARD DESIGNER Single and Grouped Objects Selecting the Group command in the case of the example pictured above causes the selected objects to become one object NOTE To edit text in an object which is a member of a group you must first Ungroup the object Ungroup To ungroup objects which have been previously combined into a Group select the group then select the Ungroup command If other grouped objects exist within the selection clicking on Ungroup again will ungroup further smaller groups After ungrouping individual handles again appear on single objects when selected Bring to Front First a word about layers Each object placed on a card design is layered over the object placed just prior to it There may be as many layers as there are objects placed on a card An object may be moved forward or backward up or down in this series of layers 67 CARD DESIGNER Layered Objects The objects in the figure are layered The tiger was placed on the card first the rectangle second and the photo most recently Because of this the tiger is the back layer the rectangle is forward of the tiger and the photo is currently the front layer The operator has clicked on the rectangle to select it When an object has other objects partially obscuring it and you wish to bring it to the front of the group select the object and click on the Bring to Front command The objec
73. omplete You maybe required to re boot you computer to complete the installation You have now successfully installed NBS Mosaic for windows Have fun Database Designer The purpose of Database Designer is to create and format the database into which all of the Personal Profiles or demographic information about your ID Cardholders will be stored Later this demographic information will be combined with captured images to produce the finished cards Understanding Tables A database is an organised collection of information or data A telephone book could be considered a simple form of a database It organises data about people under specific headings names phone numbers and addresses A database created using Database Designer is organised as a table Each row of a table contains one individual record Each column in the table contains one element of the information that makes up a record this is called a field The example below shows the contents of a table that could be created with Database Designer ID Last Name First Name Initial Birth Date Car Reg 00000001 Smith Jane B 03 07 1959 R590 NDV 00000002 Squires Gavin J 12 08 1961 N624 SPF 00000003 Naldrett Stephen J 31 08 1961 T439 TWR 00000004 Davies Stephen M 12 12 1978 G623 YWQ 00000005 Lane Darren H 08 08 1973 T298 DFV Database Designer Understanding Sorts A sort is a list of data items i
74. ons Mouse Pointer Button Create Button Photo Button Signature Button Fingerprint Button Link Button Bar Code Button Clip Art Button Text Button Rectangle Button Foreground Fill Button Background Fill Button Rotate Button 78 CARD DESIGNER The Front Back Buttons The Front and Back buttons on the Tool Palette not only control which side of the card you are working on they also allow you to see at a glance which side of the card is displayed When the Front button is depressed as in the figure above you are viewing the front of your ID card in the Card Window 79 CARD DESIGNER The Mouse Pointer Button R Click the Mouse Pointer Arrow button on the Tool Palette to use the mouse pointer in its usual mode for pointing clicking selecting and dragging in your Card Window The elements which you create on your ID card such as rectangle photo signature and fingerprint all behave as draw objects meaning that as in many popular drawing programs they can be selected and resized repositioned and rotated without losing image integrity See the Draw Menu Help topic for more about draw objects Dragging This manipulation is done by using the mouse pointer to select objects or grasp the handles which appear at the edges of each object when it is selected By clicking on these handles and holding down the mouse button you can drag an object to a larger or smaller size and in the case of the rectangle change its sh
75. ormat Tool Bar The Format Tool Bar appears on the Card Designer Window in the space below the Standard Tool Bar and above the Tool Palette This tool bar contains formatting tools which are specific to the tool selected on the Tool Palette The Format Tool Bar only appears when a tool is selected on the Tool Palette which has formatting capabilities Whenever a Bar Code object on a card is selected for example the Bar Code Format button will appear in the Format Tool Bar E Lll Bar Code Format Button Whenever a Text object is selected on the card image for example the Text Formatting tools appear in the Format Tool Bar Coit Taxt Font Parra siza Gold Italics Wordyrap Justify s ees Urd ris Strikethrough Text Format Bar See the discussion of specific Tool Palette tools for further explanation of Format Bar tools 74 CARD DESIGNER The Status Bar The Status Bar running along the bottom of the Card Designer Window contains information about the application most importantly the coordinates of the tip of the mouse pointer on the card grid Using coordinates you can place or align objects with great precision Also indicated in the Status Bar is the object tool selected and the condition of the Caps and NumLock keys Coordinates Dimensions Status Bar pointer coordinates and object dimensions are illustrated below Rectencle t 1 750n 1 000in GF 0 125in 0 0C0in Object Coordinates Status Key Indic
76. orner of a selected box If no box is selected the coordinates describe the location of the mouse arrow Next to the coordinates are the dimensions in dialog units of the currently selected box If no box is selected the dimensions are those of the dialog box Inserting a Text Field A text field represents a field in the Capture Retrieve Personal Profile dialog box which will accept input data In the dialog box template each text field is titled with its field name In the finished dialog box this title will not appear Therefore a text field must be inserted then a text label box must be inserted so that the operator of Capture Retrieve will be able to identify what data must be entered in each field l To insert a text field click on the Insert Field button the chain link of the Dialog Template Toolbar alala z J emm res The Dialog Template Toolbar 2 Move the mouse arrow to any point on the dialog template and click the left mouse button once The Insert Field Window appears A list of field choices displays all fields which were created in the database layout except those which have already been inserted into the dialog template 3 Click on the desired field The Insert Field window disappears and a text field box appears on the edge of the Dialog Template The text field box will be bordered in red which indicates that it is selected and can be moved to the desired location in the Dialog Template 24
77. oto to enlarge or reduce it it is often important that the relationship of height and width remains the same so that the photo does not become stretched or distorted When the Keep Aspect Ratio box is checked in the Format Bitmap window a selected object will maintain its proportion when it is dragged and resized When the box is not checked an object can be stretched squeezed or distorted as its handles are dragged with the mouse pointer 103 CARD DESIGNER Grayscale When the Grayscale checkbox is checked in the Format Bitmap window the selected bitmap image will appear as a grayscale image rather than as a color image When the Grayscale box is not checked the image will maintain its original color attributes Ghost The Ghost checkbox in the Format Bitmap window controls a security feature which allows a copy of an object such as a photograph to be repeated as the backdrop for other data elements on a card It is much more difficult to falsify an ID card when a ghost of the ID photograph is repeated under the demographic data for example If the photo on a card is falsified the ghost photo will no longer match If the demographic data is erased or altered the ghost photo will be defaced Other uses of Ghosting include the following l It enables you to place artwork under text signature or other information while allowing that data to remain legible in the foreground 2 It enables you to create a watermark effec
78. ou have one photo for each file select OK to use the default Front View If you have profile views stored as well click a button to choose the desired view and click OK A placeholder sample photo will appear on your card design to show you the size and position of the photo element The photo object remains selected with handles visible at the edges Photo Placeholder 3 Click on one of the handles and drag the object to the desired size or click in the center of the photo and hold the mouse button down to grasp the object in order to move it around the card When an actual ID card is issued later by the Capture Retrieve software each applicant s captured photo image will appear in the space which is reserved by this photo object You are now ready to add another card element to your design See The Tool Palette 82 CARD DESIGNER Adding a Signature Sig Click the Signature button on the Tool Palette to place a signature element on your ID card E Put the cursor where you want the upper left corner of the signature to appear and drag out a signature object of the correct size and location A sample signature will appear as a placeholder as shown below Employee 1269 Sem K Miun Signature Placeholder After creating the object you can move or resize it See Mouse Pointer Button When an ID card is issued later by the Capture Retrieve software each cardholder s signature image will appear in this position
79. oved Click on OK in each Account window to accept the modifications and return to the main window Add Modify User Groups Clicking on the Add Modify User Groups command displays the Group Maintenance window as shown Group Maintenance x Group Name Status MAINTENANCE Active OK New is E Delete Group Maintenance Window 33 WORKSTATION CONFIGURATION Add To add a user group do the following l Click the New button and the Group Information window will be displayed as shown Group Information Workstation Configuration Workstation Configuration Database Designer Run Software ID Card Designer Change user passwords Digital Capture Add modify user group Add new user Database Designer Run Software ID Card Designer Run Software Digital Capture Run Software Group Information 2 Type a new group name into the Group Name field 3 From the Group Status drop down list select whether the group will be Active or Disabled 4 Click on the Users button to display the User Membership window and add users to the group and click OK to accept 5 When finished click OK in the Group Information window to accept and return to the Group Maintenance window The new group name will appear in the Group Maintenance window Modify To modify a user group do the following l Highlight the desired group name in the Group Maintenance window 34 WORKSTATION CONFIGURATION 2 Click o
80. ow causes the Open Database window to appear apt dbi ayes bankcard dbl craig dbl ecu ig1 dbl hero db bankcard hosp2 dbl clipart ics dbl fest i sample dbl C craig ID Card db 7 Open Database Window From the list box in the window select the database for which you wish to design or edit an ID card Click the OK button to continue to the Card Selection Window 56 CARD DESIGNER Card Selection Window After clicking OK in the Open Database window the Card Selection window will be displayed PERMSTAF Permanent Staff TEMPSTAF Temporary Staff Contracta VISITOR Visitor Badge Card Selection Window In the Card Selection window choose from among the following command buttons New to create a new ID card Design to edit an existing ID card First highlight your card choice in the list box then click on this button Delete to delete an ID card from the list Highlight the card to be deleted in the list box then click on this button Edit Description to edit an existing ID card s description Highlight your card choice in the list box before clicking on this button Set Default to set a default ID card to be displayed in the Mosaic Capture Retrieve software 57 CARD DESIGNER Card Description Window To open a new card at the Card Selection window take the following steps l Click on New in the Card Selection window and the Card Description window w
81. places for the entire Social Security number to print Similarly a telephone number in the United States has a 3 digit area code followed by a 7 digit local number Therefore acceptable masks for a U S area code and phone number data entry would include 999 999 9999 as well as 999 999 9999 and also 999 999 9999 101 CARD DESIGNER Format Bitmap When working with the bitmap objects Photo Signature Fingerprint or Clip Art the Format Bitmap button is the only formatting button which will appear in the Format Tool Bar Clicking the Format Bitmap Button displays the Format Bitmap window IFormat Bitmap CardT ype Title OK Cancel Format Bitmap Window The Format Bitmap window allows you to control various characteristics of a given bitmap object Information The bitmap file name is shown along with the image height and width in pixels and the color depth in bits for the benefit of more advanced users 102 CARD DESIGNER Link to File NOTE This function should not be confused with the adding of a Linked Data Field in ID Card Designer See Linked Data Field Formatting for discussion of that function The Link to File checkbox only appears in the Format Bitmap window when a draw object is selected which can be linked rather than copied to your card image file Its purpose is to allow you to keep the dbl file from growing very large by enabling you to insert a graphic onto your card design without
82. pplication has finished starting up see Daily Startup Procedure the Login window will be displayed NBS Mosaic for Windows Login Login Window L Type in your assigned User Name or select it from the drop down list Press ENTER to move to the Password field Note The default user names are User Super and Maint New account names and passwords should be created and assigned New user names will appear in the drop down list Zs Enter your assigned password Asterisks will appear in place of your password as shown in the figure so that others cannot see it as it is entered 3 Click on OK or press ENTER to continue You may also click Shutdown to exit the application or click Help if you have a question Once the User Name and Password are successfully entered the Capture Retrieve Main Window will appear and you are ready to begin working 114 Capture Program The File Option NBS Mosaic for Windows SAMPLE DBL l j xl File Badge Printer Setup Window Help Run Program gt Select Source Scan Pages Save Image D April 30 2002 1 51pm Open Configuration Change Password Lock Ctrl Exit Alt F4 Mr Michael Turner y im Ss Printer Idle MFWLITE CAPS NUM SCRL start t e k KSlnbox Microsof amp TRAINMOS doc HiJuntitied Paint BS Paint Shop Pro CyCnbsimage Enes mosaic for QQG 13 51 Aha fanr ay J oir
83. pply to the UK version of Mosaic for Windows from Build 38 For either system the setup is very similar Pier to Pier Database Owner Identify one PC as the owner of the database This may be a PC with a card printer attached Use a standard installation of both Mosaic for Windows and IDAPI to create a database in the normal way under C NBSIMAGE eg C NBSIMAGE MYDB APPDATA DB C NBSIMAGE MYDB APPDATA PX eo The action of running the Capture program triggers the Borland Database Engine IDAPI to create a file called C PDOXUSRS NET This file is an important system file used to control database file sharing and record locking File Manager to make the whole of drive C sharable You can make this password controlled for security purposes if required But in any case access must be for read AND write Use Notepad edit CAPTURE INI as described in the section Modifying CAPTURE INI To use the workstation as a print server run Capture then select Printer Print Server Capture will continue to print cards as the queue is replenished until it is exhausted 135 Pier to Pier Workstation For each workstation that will share the database begin with standard installations of both Mosaic for Windows and IDAPI Use File Manager to connect for example drive D to the database owner s drive C Run the Workstation Configuration program On the Data Files page set the entries to point to the connected drive D Database owner s
84. reen 255 5B fs o gt p Transparency Controls These functions may be described as follows Color Tolerances For cleaner removal of the stipulated color tolerances for the primary color components Red Green and Blue are set to a default of or 5 but may be set to any number between or 1 and or 255 This allows slight color shading differentiations to be included also You may increase or decrease tolerances for each primary color separately according to specific needs for cleaning up sharpening or removing color shades from your images Color Field Next to the Transparency checkbox is a field showing the color to be affected by the operation The default color white is handy when you wish to remove the fill in a signature image fingerprint image or bar code image To choose a color other than the default click on the field s arrow button to reveal the Color Field Palette shown below DOrrrrmsmgmBENHN T SSSR me LLL TIT EEEE E Tl ESSE lee me LLLLLL re LLL Other Color Color Field Palette If this color palette still does not provide adequate choice in creating and working with color click the Other Color button and the Color Window is displayed 106 CARD DESIGNER EE HH EI ES i lig SER II di BENI li SEER lil HEER J ERED ll LINER B ERE Color Window The Color Window offers the choice of up to 16 million s
85. s box and click on the right arrow The selection will be transferred to the Sort Fields box You can add as many fields as desired to the Sort Fields box To remove a field from a sort highlight it in the Sort Fields box and click on the left arrow The selection will be moved back to the Fields box Click on lt lt Clear All to remove all fields from the Sort Fields box and start over The sort will go by fields in descending order as listed in the Sort Fields box 4 Place the cursor in the Sort Name box and type in a name for this sort Press Enter In the example the sort name Location has been assigned The OK button will become active after a name has been entered 5 Click on OK to save the sort 20 Database Designer Database Designer will place an S in the Sort column for each field included in a sort as illustrated below If a certain field is included in more than one secondary sort only one S will appear P designates the primary sort gt Designer SZ IE Secondary Sorts E i l NH IA ca CH nr Em E a aI a rl cni ID EE 21 Database Designer Special Processing Denne mm LI LJ LI a To attach Special Processing to a field perform the following steps l 2 Highlight the desired field Select Special Processing from the Database Properties List The checks which are available for the selected field type will appear Increment after Print T
86. se layout dbl files in the default directory will be displayed in the File Name selection box 2 The Open window also contains a File Type list all files created with Database Designer will be dbl files and a Drives list To select an existing dbl file from another drive click on the down arrow A list of available drives will appear Click on the desired drive or TAB over to the field use the up down cursor keys to select it and press ENTER A new file list will appear under the File Name selection box 3 Select the file to open Editing Fields To delete a field Highlight a box anywhere in the desired field Select Edit Delete The entire row will be deleted To change a field name Highlight the desired name Begin typing the new name The current name will disappear and the new name will be entered To move a field Highlight a box anywhere in the desired field Select Edit Move Up or Edit Move Down The field will move one row in the selected direction If a field can only be moved in one direction the other direction will be unavailable 10 Database Designer Editing Fields To delete a field Highlight a box anywhere in the desired field Select Edit Delete The entire row will be deleted To change a field name Highlight the desired name Begin typing the new name The current name will disappear and the new name will be entered To move a field Highlight a box anywhere in the desired field Select
87. sly copied style to another selected object 64 CARD DESIGNER The View Menu The View menu contains the following commands Standard Tool Bar This command shows hides the Standard Tool Bar Format Tool Bar This command shows hides the Format Tool Bar Status Bar This command shows hides the Status Bar Grid This command shows hides the gridlines on the card image in the card window workspace Grid Divisions You may change the number of dots per inch shown in the gridlines on the card workspace by changing the number in this field You may either click the or buttons or type a new number to change the setting Zoom This command controls the size of the card image in the Card Window It zooms the card window image in or out for either a more detailed or a more overall view of your card design You may choose an enlargement or reduction setting from the button list or you may type a number into the Percent field You may also increment or decrement the percentage shown in the Percent window by clicking the or buttons to the right of the field The Fit to Window button automatically sizes the image to fill the window If you change your mind click the Cancel button Once a percent of enlargement or reduction has been selected click the OK button and the card image will be altered accordingly zooming in to magnify the card image or zooming out for an overall view 65 CARD DESIGNER The Draw Menu The obje
88. t immediately appears as the front layer To bring the rectangle to the front layer in this example after selecting it you would click the Bring to Front command and the card would then appear as shown below Bring to Front Send to Back The quickest easiest way to send an object to the back of a cluster of objects is by clicking on the Send to Back command No matter how many layers are on the card the selected object will become the bottom most or back layer In our example selecting the rectangle and choosing the Send to Back command causes the card to appear as the figure below 68 CARD DESIGNER Send to Back The selected rectangle is now behind all other card elements Bring Forward and Send Backward There are as many layers as the total number of objects placed on a card You may want to re order these layered objects in a variety of ways Since you are likely to have many layers on your card you need to be able to move objects forward and backward a layer at atime You may want to overlap objects reveal obscured portions of objects by bringing them forward a few layers or hide portions of other objects by sending them backward a few layers The Bring Forward and Send Backward commands allow you to move selected objects easily through the card layers just as you might re order index cards To use these two commands do the following 1 Select an object you wish to re position 2 Click on Bring Forward or Send Bac
89. t Files To save a Database Layout file do the following 1 Click on the save file icon in the Database Layout Toolbar or select File Save If you are saving an existing file which has been updated the file will be saved automatically If you are saving a new file the Save As window will appear as shown The Save As Window pos Type in the desired filename The system will automatically attach a dbl extension to the filename when it is saved To save the file to a directory other than that shown first select another drive from the Drives list 28 WORKSTATION CONFIGURATION This section file describes the details and procedures of the Workstation Configuration software application You will learn how to l identify and set defaults for individual workstations 2 configure workstation devices 3 monitor and log system data 4 control ports 5 configure software attributes File The File drop down list shown below is a standard Windows menu heading for manipulating cfg files The following commands are available on the File drop down list Click on a listed command to see its definition or see the list below 4 Workstation Configuration sample cig File Account Heb New Open Open Default Configuration Lise Save Save As Set Defeuk Configuration Est AREA File Menu New The New command is disabled in the Workstation Configuration application NOTE New configuration files cfg are creat
90. t on your document To use the Ghost feature do the following l Place a second copy of the photo object or any clip art object onto your card image 2 Use the Send Backward command if necessary to arrange the bitmap object under the foreground data 3 With the object still selected click the Format Bitmap button to open the Format Bitmap window 4 Check the Ghost checkbox 5 Enter a percentage of ghosting for the image Adjust this percentage until the desired visual effect is achieved Text signature or other elements may be placed over the ghost image on the card so that the ghost image appears behind them You may need to render the background of overlapping objects transparent to allow the background artwork to show through See the Help topic Transparency to learn how to do this If you have placed a ghost photo image when cards are produced both photo objects will display the cardholder s image 104 CARD DESIGNER Use Bor the Ghost In Transparency The transparency feature in the Format Bitmap window is used to cause certain colors in a bitmap object to become transparent One purpose of transparency is to clean up a spotty or dirty image Another is to allow underlying elements or images to be visible through it To use Transparency do the following l Select a color or color range to become transparent The default color in the transparency color field is white which comprises the background in
91. tem The functions are as follows Workstation Configuration sample cfg Workstation Identification Database Connection Activity Monitor zd 4979 v Date Format en Time Format 239 Auto View Photo Capture Device z 48 L Signature Capture Device Fingerprint Capture Device Photo Capture Components F print Capture Components Other documents HN NONE v Video Attributes TIFF G4 FAX g 80 Jignatule 1 daBIet T 0l m TWAIN Sources Signature Capture Device Window Signature Capture Device Click None if your workstation has no signature capture device Otherwise choose the appropriate device Capture Size The default size 1s indicated File Format Choose the format into which signature image files will be saved Where available you may choose the percentage of compression for archived images NOTE The greater the percentage of compression the less resolution will be available when the image is later retrieved Because such images as signatures have low image resolution requirements the default value is set at a relatively high degree of compression 90 47 WORKSTATION CONFIGURATION Fingerprint Capture Device The Fingerprint Capture Device window allows you to designate the type of fingerprint capture component attached to your system The functions are as follows z Workstation Configuration sample ctg Workstation Identification Database Connection LI M e
92. ter is available on this system click the Specific Printer button to select from a drop down list of available printers Orientation Click on the Portrait or Landscape button depending upon how you wish the printer or fax machine to align your printed pages The page icon will change to show your chosen page alignment Paper Select the paper or card size you wish to print for example 8 1 2 x 11 from the Size drop down list Select the printer paper tray you wish to print from for example Manual Feed or Paper Cassette using the Source drop down list Different print devices will cause different lists of choices to be shown for Size and Source If more Print Setup options are available click on the Options button and an Options window is displayed containing further settings choices Printer Server To monitor a print server which produces your ID cards click on Printer in the Main Window Menu Bar and choose Print Server from the drop down list Batch Printing To batch print click on Printer in the Main Window Menu Bar and select Batch Print from the drop down list The option prints a selection of records from your database by using SQL statements Please refer to the section on Batch Delete for methodology 128 Capture Program Editing a Personal Profile After you have entered a unique ID number in the Select ID Number window for the newly created Personal Profile see Creating a Personal Profile the Perso
93. therwise choose the correct type and number of photographic images to be captured when creating a new ID card by checking the boxes for Front View Left Profile and or Right Profile For systems which will be capturing a single photographic image of a cardholder choose Front View only For systems which will be capturing more than one photographic image of each subject check the boxes for the images you wish the system to capture 49 WORKSTATION CONFIGURATION Fingerprint Capture Components The Fingerprint Capture Components window allows you to configure the workstation to prompt for the correct fingerprint captures when creating a new ID card The functions are as follows ZU E ere DOE Configuration sample cfg Workstation Identification Database Connection Photo Capture Device Signature Capture Device Fingerprint Capture Device Photo Capture Components F print Capture Components Other documents Video Attributes TWAIN Sources Fingerprint Capture Components Window You may choose to capture one fingerprint image from either hand or several images from both hands On the Left and or Right Hand you may select the following l Cause the capture software to prompt the operator to capture any one finger for a single fingerprint image or a single image from each hand by clicking the appropriate button s OR 2 Cause the capture software to prompt the operator to capture multiple fingers and multiple images
94. tion Configuration application and returns you to the Windows Program Manager 30 WORKSTATION CONFIGURATION Account Menu The Account commands are used to add or modify User IDs and passwords for the IDS applications and to set certain Users off in groups with specific privileges as needed Add Modify User Accounts Clicking on the Add Modify User Accounts command displays the Account Maintenance window as shown Account Maintenance User Nome Stotus MAINT Active New Modify f Delete Account Maintenance Window The example shows User Ids of ADMIN and MAINT and indicates that both user accounts are Active or accessible Add To add an account do the following l Click the New button The Account Information window is displayed as shown Account Information x User Name Account Status Ld Password Verify Password Account Information Window 2 Type a new User ID into the User Name field 31 WORKSTATION CONFIGURATION 3 If the account is to become active immediately select Active from the Account Status field If the account is not to be immediately activated select Disabled from the Account Status drop down list 4 Type in a Password for the account in the Password field 5 Type the same password into the Verify Password field 6 If a new account is to be added to a User Group click on the Groups button The Group Membership window is displayed as shown below
95. tomatically For example If you search by Last Name choose Last Name from the drop down list under Search By the database is immediately sorted in ascending alphabetical order by the letters of each Last Name field You will see any entries beginning with the letter A at the top of your list in the Profile Search window Ifthe name you wish to find is Jones type the letter J into the Quick Search field and the highlight will immediately jump to the first last name entry beginning with the letter J If you type Jones into the Quick Search field the highlight will jump to the first last name in the database which is Jones And so on 4 When the desired Personal Profile is highlighted in the Profile Search window press ENTER or select OK to select it and return to the Select ID Number dialog box Or to return to the Select ID Number dialog box without selecting a profile click on Cancel You will now be able to amend the select record 121 Capture Program Batch Scan This program is used to scan an image against an ID Number without having to retrieve the record first Re Index This option will re number a record by requesting the original ID Number then a new one Copy Image This option allows you to transfer an image from one record to another Each record must exist in the database Close This closes the current record Batch Delete This option deletes a selection of records from your database by using SQL statemen
96. ts On taking this option the following screen appears Active SQL Statement All records E stastName E Yes 00000001 Sample Sally Yes 00000002 Jackson Peter Yes 00000003 Burton Linda Yes 00000004 Mokito Anson Yes 00000005 Jones Gayle Yes 00000006 fgfhjh kghghjghgjgh Yes 00000007 Squires Gavin Select A Group Of Records Clear Selection Edit Record Close Delete Output f sraerl rA ZS PSL Sinha Microsoft Out Sacsimy nonimentstra BEN ire TR ATNTNG 2 SAvintitled Paint Re macai for win CONES en 122 CAPTURE PROGRAM You can toggle the range of records you wish to delete by depressing the space bar on a selected record Hit the delete key to remove all the record with a Yes against each record If you wish to select a different range of records by using an SQL statement take the option Select a Group of Records You will now be asked to create a new query or edit a previously defined one Define A New Query a xj Description SQL Select From AppData D Type in the description box a name for your query Now select the where button to create your SQL statement The following screen will appear x Database Fields m Field Criteria sFirstName sJobTitle sCompany dtE xpiry sUserl sUser2 dtU seri dtUser2 nUserl nUser2 Clear Field Clear All Now select the database field name you wish
97. tte to choose the color of the background in a draw object or text box For example rectangles can be colored in any available shade using this tool To use the Background Fill Tool do the following I Select the object to which you wish to add or change color 2 Click on the Background Fill Tool The Background Fill Palette will appear as shown below SSS EET LL LLL Other Color No Fill Background Fill Palette ds Select a color by clicking on it See the Format Bitmap Window Help topic for more details on working with colors 93 CARD DESIGNER Rotating an Object Click the Rotate button to turn an object in 90 degree increments Pressing the Rotate button on the Tool Palette causes drop down buttons to appear which allow you to choose any of four different orientations as shown Rotation Drop down Buttons To use the Rotation Tool do the following l Select the object that you wish to rotate a Click the desired rotation icon The object jumps to its new orientation on the card 94 CARD DESIGNER Linked Data Field Formatting Whenever you place a linked object on your new card design the Data Field Contents window will be displayed Data Field Contents Window To create a linked data object do the following l Type into the Contents window the data field s you want to be displayed Data Field IssueNum Select from among the data fields which you have previous
98. ture e Be complete Include fields for all the data you will need but don t add data you may not need Additional fields can be added later if necessary Be consistant Create a database layout that uses the same names and organisations as the forms and files you already use Database Designer Defining Fields To create a database layout you must define each field by naming it and specifying the field s type and size This is done in the Database Layout Window shown below Database Designer untitled To make creation of the layout easier the following functions are available for certain field types define validity check for individual fields define lookup tables for individual fields establish an applicant name link used in the Capture application for clarity when viewing records Designate a field as a secondary sort Special processing Database Designer Fields are defined in a list in the Database Fields box You can use the mouse arrow keys Enter key or Tab key to move around between rows and columns A vertical scroll bar will appear in the Database Fields box when there are more fields than can be displayed at one time Field Names Type the name of the field in the Field Name column of the Database Fields list Field names must meet the following guidelines e maximum length is 31 characters no two names in one layout can be exactly the same Names should contain only letters an
99. ue image number was required by the NBS system Mosaic for Windows Mosaic for Windows was designed to eliminate both the previous problems It allows the customer to utilise their own unique number which can be alphanumeric not just numeric and uses a split sub directory system for perfomance MfW Sub Directory Since the ID can be alphanumeric division by 100 can not be guaranteed so the subdirectory name is generated using a hashing algorithm This is freely available from NBS upon written request MfW File Title If the ID is 8 characters or less then the file title is the same since DOS filen titles can only be 8 characters long If the ID is greater than 8 characters then MfW looks for a run of numerics between the alphas and converts this number from base 10 to base 36 Base 36 uses the 10 digits plus the 26 letters of the alphabet to represent a number This technique can compress a huge number down to 8 characters For example a UK National Insurance number is 9 charcters eg AB123456C This couldn t be used as a file title MfW will compress the 6 numerics between the alphas to base 36 which yields Img0004 ab2n9cc a01 133 File Extension The file extension is a little simpler to work out It does not represent the image file format used to store the image The first letter is the type of image derived from the following table A Photo Front Profile B Photo Left Profile C Photo Right Profile D Signatur
100. ure Device The Photo Capture Device window allows you to designate the type of photo capture component attached to your system The functions are as follows z Workstation Configuration sample cfg Workstation Identification Database Connection Database Logs Data Files Activity Monitor Date Format Time Format Auto View Photo Capture Device Signature Capture Device Fingerprint Capture Device Photo Capture Components F print Capture Components Other documents Video Attributes TWAIN Sources Photo Capture Device Window Photo Capture Device Click None if your workstation has no photo capture device Otherwise choose the appropriate device by clicking on Camera Photo Capture Box Twain file or Choose at runtime Capture Size The default size is indicated You do not need to change these values unless you have third party components with special specifications File Format Choose the format into which photo image files will be saved The Mosaic system can save a photo image in any of several different graphic formats Where available you may also choose the percentage of compression for archived images NOTE The greater the percentage of compression the less resolution will be available when the image is later retrieved 46 WORKSTATION CONFIGURATION Signature Capture Device The Signature Capture Device window allows you to designate the type of signature capture component attached to your sys
101. xt to continue Choose Destination Location x Setup will install NBS Mosaic for Windows in the following folder To install to this folder click Next a install to a different folder click Browse and select another older You can choose not to install NBS Mosaic for Windows by clicking Cancel to exit Setup Destination Folder C NBSIMAGE Browse Click next to Continue INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS Files for NBS Mosaic for Windows application will be copied to your computer This will include programs for the Borland Database Engine After this process has completed you will be presented with the following screen Select Components s 5 i x Select the type of installed frame grabber None C WinTV C Falcon PCI C Flash Point C Shap Plus C Snap Magic Back Next gt Cancel Please select the frame grabber installed on your computer and Next to continue Select Components x Select the type of photo capture device C TWAIN compatible scanner or camera C Disk file C Video camera connected to a frame grabber C Choose at runtime Now select the type of photo capture device you wish to run with NBS Mosaic for Windows If you are using a Twain device please ensure that the appropriate software is installed on your computer for that device You can amend these selections in Workstation Configuration later INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS Setup C
102. you to format the Capture Retrieve application to choose which image elements to automatically view in the main window after a capture or retrieval has been completed and saved The functions are as follows Workstation Configuration sample cfg Workstation Identification Database Connection Date Format Time Format Auto View Photo Capture Device Signature Capture Device Fingerprint Capture Device Photo Capture Components F print Capture Components Other documents Video Attributes TWAIN Sources CE S E E E E lt Auto View Window ID Card Check this box to automatically view a rendering of the finished ID card Front View Check this box to automatically view the cardholder s photograph Left Profile Right Profile If your system captures left and or right profile in addition to the front view photograph check these boxes to automatically view these image s Signature Check this box to automatically view a signature image 44 WORKSTATION CONFIGURATION Left Fingerprint Right Fingerprint Check either of these boxes depending on the configuration of your system regarding fingerprints to automatically view the fingerprint image s Each of the checked images will appear in the Capture application main window for your review after completing a card and executing the Save or Save and Print command NOTE You may choose none by unchecking all boxes 45 WORKSTATION CONFIGURATION Photo Capt

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