Smart DB User Manual

Smart DBUser Manual

CONTENTS

1 Introduction 7

1.1 System Requirements 71.2 Program Structure 71.3 Copyright 8

2 Program Start 9

2.1 Execution 92.2 New Project 102.3 Data Input 122.4 Data Modification152.5 Printing 16

3 Main Function18

3.1 New Project 183.2 Creating / Modifying Database 18

3.2.1 Auto create database 18

3.2.2 Manual Create Database19

3.3 ODBC Connection 233.4 Save 253.5 Import 253.6 Addition 263.7 Modifying Image 273.8 Selection 303.9 Printing 313.10 Changing Printing Data 333.11 Usage of Conditional Formula 33

4 Menu and Display35

4.1 Toolbars introduction 354.1.1 New Project 35

4.1.2 Open Project 35

4.1.3 Save Project 35

4.1.4 Print 35

4.1.5 Set Printed 35

4.1.6 Reset printed 35

4.1.7 View All Cards 36

4.1.8 View Printed Card 36

4.1.9 View Not Printed Cards36

4.1.10 Find Next Printed Cards 36

4.1.11 Find Next not Printed Card 36

4.1.12 Find Next Matched Card 36

4.1.13 Find Next Directed Position 36

4.1.14 Add Card37

4.1.15 Update Card 37

4.1.16 Delete Card 38

4.1.17 Execute SmartDesign 38

4.2 Menu384.2.1 File38

4.2.2 Edit 44

4.2.3 Database45

4.2.4 Options48

4.2.5 Help 48

APPENDIX 49

1 Plugin49

1.1 Plugin Registration 49

1.2 Plugin Development 50

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Figure 1 SmartDB Operation Structure. 8

Figure 2 SmartDB Window 9

Figure 3 New Project10

Figure 4 Connect Fields11

Figure 5 After DB connection 11

Figure 6 Add Data 12

Figure 7 Capture 13

Figure 8 Add Figure Image 13

Figure 9 Plugin Data Added 13

Figure 10 Print & Continue 13

Figure 11 Add Data 14

Figure 12 After Adding Data 14

Figure 13 Editing Data15

Figure 14 Direct Input in Column 15

Figure 15 Select Data for Printing 16

Figure 16 Select Printer 16

Figure 17 Print Spooler 16

Figure 18 Printing 17

Figure 19 After Printing 17

Figure 20 New Project 18

Figure 21 Connect Fields 19

Figure 22 MDB Management 19

Figure 23 Auto Create MDB20


Figure 25 Input MDB Name 21


Figure 27 Create New Table 21

Figure 28 Create New Table Import from CSD22



Figure 31 ODBC Select ODBC Data Source.23

Figure 32 ODBC Data Source Administrator 24

Figure 33 Select ODBC Data Source 24


Figure 35 Select MDB 25

Figure 36 Caption Bar of Project Information 25

Figure 37 Add Data26

Figure 38 View after Add Data27

Figure 39 Image Editing Window 27

Figure 40 Edit Image Location28

Figure 41 Edit Brightness 28

Figure 42 Edit Contrast28

Figure 43 Zoom in / Zoom out 29

Figure 44 Image Rotation29

Figure 45 Before Image Edit 30

Figure 46 After Image Edit30

Figure 47 Information of Edit Image30

Figure 48 Select data 31

Figure 49 Select Printer 31

Figure 50 Print Standby 31

Figure 51 Screen at the printing.32

Figure 52 Results 33

Figure 53 Filter Bar 33

Figure 54 Filterbar Create Conditional formula 34

Figure 55 Toolbars35

Figure 56 find matched card 36

Figure 57 Find Position37

Figure 58 Modify Card 38

Figure 59 Contents of Excel File 39

Figure 60 Select Excel File 39

Figure 61 Import from Excel39

Figure 62 after import from Excel 40

Figure 63 Select ODBC Data Source 41

Figure 64 Import from ODBC 41

Figure 65 Export to Excel 42

Figure 66 Export to MDB43

Figure 67 Print History44

Figure 68 Find next matched Card 45

Figure 69 Find Next Directed Position 45

Figure 70 Set field Connecting 46

Figure 71 Update Data 47

Figure 72 Select Plugins 48

Figure 73 SmartDB Information 48

Figure 74 No plugin.dll49

Figure 75 Copy of Plugins 49

Figure 76 Plugin Auto-Registration 49

71 IntroductionSmartDesign is the program which focuses on designing a card so you can print card data

one by one. However when the data is huge, it takes too much time to print every data one

by one.

For this reason, SmartDB is developed and you can print several data at once using this

program. This program is able to be linked with DBMS via ODBC function and have many

useful functions such as Multi-language Support and Print History.

1.1 System RequirementsSmartDB can be operated with only I&A Systems SMART card printers.

The required software and hardware configuration for your computer system to execute

SmartDB is.

- Windows XP, Vista, 7

- Pentium 1G Hz

- 256MB RAM

1.2 Program StructureIf you design a card in SmartDesign and save in your PC, the file will be saved as

*.CSD. In this CSD file, there is Field section and it is for linking texts, images and

barcodes to SmartDB so that SmartDB program can modify the items.

You dont need to change data case by case in SmartDesign but you can modify

different data using SmartDB at once. If you edit CSD Field in SmartDB, it will be the

same effect as you modified the CSD file. But this changed data is valid until closing

CSD file in SmartDB. So if you close CSD file or exit SmartDB program, the original

design of CSD data would not be changed.

You can design and modify large number of cards through SmartDB quickly and safely.

8Figure 1 SmartDB Operation Structure.

1.3 CopyrightYou are not allowed to use SmartDB commercially also may not distribute this software

for profit. We cannot accept any liability for any problem caused by those kinds of use.

All rights reserved to I&A System about this program.

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Usage of this program will be introduced in this chapter briefly.

2.1 Execution

SmartDB can be executed in start menu.

Start Menu > Program > Smart > SmartDB Start

Or you can execute using the shortcut icon in desktop.

When you run the program, it will be displayed as Fig. 2.

Figure 2 SmartDB Window

Menu

Please see chapter 4.2

Shortcut Icon

Please see chapter 4.1 Toolbar

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Filter

Please, refer to chapter 3.11 Conditional Formula

Data

It shows data which is connected to CSD field and DB field.

Preview

It shows preview image. If a document has single side, it shows only front side. If a

document has both sides, it shows another tap for the back of the document.

When select the tap, it will present preview image of back side.

CSD fields / DB fields

When you select a CSD field tap, it shows field information of the CSD file opened.

When you select DB field tap, it shows recorded information of Database.

2.2 New Project

Create new project in order to connect a CSD file and Database.

First, create a CSD file which has fields section using SmartDesign.

For more information, please refer to user manual of SmartDesign.

Select Create menu in File menu or Click button in toolbar.Window for New Project will be displayed.

Figure 3 New Project

Enter new project name in Project Name" section.

Click button and select and open saved CSD file. When you select a CSD file,

Project Name will be changed as the CSD file name.

Project Location indicates the path where newly created project is saved in.

You can click "..." button and change the path where the project is saved in.

Auto Create Database is the function which creates and connects database

automatically according to CSD fields when you make new project.

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Select CSD file and mark Auto Create Database. Click Yes.

Figure 4 Connect Fields

Above image shows how CSD fields and Database(DB) are connected. Database is

created and connected automatically according to CSD fields because Auto Create

Database is activated.

In CSD Fields column, the blue color section is Field Name of the CSD file. Pink

color section is print record fields, and these sections are used in SmartDB. Yellow

color section is Image field. It will be created automatically, in case, there is connected

CSD field images.

When Do you want to connect fields? window appears, select Yes to connect CSD

fields with DB fields.

After CSD fields are connected to DB fields, the program will be changed as Fig. 5.

Figure 5 After DB connection

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CSD preview will be shown to the right side and CSD fields and DB fields will be

displayed.

From now on, you can input and modify data.

SmartDB manages projects as the unit of directories. So a directory is created as

Project Name on appointed Project Location and all files will be copied in the folder.

2.3 Data InputTo input data, click Add Card in Database menu.

Input data in Value column.

Select an image after click button when you use image field. To delete or change

an image, click mouse button on Value column. When you click Select Image on

menu, you can select new image and also you can delete an image using Delete

Image menu.

Figure 6 Add Data

If you select Image Fields when USB camera is connected to PC, Capture button

will be activated on the right side.

Click activated Capture button, and then camera view window appears like Fig. 7.

If you click Capture button in the window, the program will save the image as Fig. 8.

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Figure 7 Capture Figure 8 Add Figure Image

If Plugin is installed in SmartDB program folder, the buttons will be displayed as

plugin names like figure 9. Click a button and execute plugin so that you can import an

image. Please refer to Appendix Plugin part.

Figure 9 Plugin Data Added

You can click Print and Continue button and print the data you entered in the

program.

Figure 10 Print & Continue

Select a printer on upper combo box and click Issue button. Then printing will be

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started.

After printing process, preview will be closed automatically and the data of printed

content will be added in Database automatically.

Figure 11 Add Data

After inputting data, you can save it by clicking Close after Save or Continue after

Save button.

Close after Save will save data and close the display.

Continue after Save will save data and keep this window.

Clear will clear whole data in current window.

Close will just close the program without save.

Figure 12 After Adding Data

If you add a card, the new data is updated on the screen as Figure 12.

Selected data is updated through data field and it is displayed in preview section.

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2.4 Data ModificationThere are two way to edit data user entered.

The first one is through Modify Card menu in Database menu.

The second one is direct modification by double clicking of the column.

If you choose first method, it will be displayed as Fig. 13.

Figure 13 Editing Data

If you click Close after Update button after modifying the data, the modified data will

be applied to the database and it will be return to the main program. If you click

Capture button, it will bring an image from USB camera connected on PC. If you click

Print and Continue button, it will print using present data.

If you click Continue after Update, the modified contents will be applied to the

database but the current window will shown continually.

When you select Close button, it will be return to the main program without saving.

If you use the second way, you can input data directly to the column as Fig. 14.

Figure 14 Direct Input in Column

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2.5 PrintingConnect a card printer to PC before printing

To print, select the data as Fig. 15 and execute Printing menu in File menu or click

button on Toolbar.

Figure 15 Select Data for Printing

Figure 16 Select Printer

Fig. 16 shows available printer which is connected PC or network

The printers which have a word USB on the lists are connected to PC directly.

The printers which names start with IP address, are connected to network

Choose a printer and click Confirm button.

Figure 17 Print Spooler

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Figure 17 shows printer spooler window.

If you click Print button, all data on the lists will be printed.

Figure 18 Printing

The white background means the data which is ready to print. The green color means

under printing. After finish the printing, the color will be changed to yellow. If there is an

error during the printing, it will be changed to red color. Even though it is under printing,

you can add more data to print.

When printing is done, click Close to return to main program.

Figure 19 After Printing

Printing results will be applied to data list as Fig. 19.

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3 Main FunctionThe main function will be explained in this chapter.

3.1 New ProjectCreate new project and link CSD file from SmartDesign to database.

Select New button or Click button.

Figure 20 New Project

New Project window will be displayed and you can input new project information.

Input a project name to Project Name section.

Click button on the right side and select CSD file. After selecting, CSD file name

will be applied on Project Name.

Newly created project will be saved in Project Location directory. Click to select

the location.

Auto Create Database is the function which creates and connects the database

automatically as CSD files fields. If it is connected with the existing database, you

have to remove the mark in this section.

Project file will be generated as *.csp in the folder under the directory which set on

Project Location.

3.2 Creating / Modifying Database3.2.1Auto create database

If Auto Create Database option is activated in chapter 3.1, MDB database will

be created and connected automatically as CSD files fields.

In CSD Fields column, the blue color section is field name of the CSD file.

Pink color section is the print record field, and these are used in SmartDB.

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Yellow color section is Image field. If there is connected image in SmartDB, it

will add _CONFIG in the last part of the field name and will be created.


If Do you want to connect field? box appears, select Yes to connect

CSD field name and DB field name automatically.

3.2.2Manual Create DatabaseIf Auto Create Database option is not activated at chapter 3.1, need to create

database or connect to ODBC.

When execute MDB connect at Database menu, MDB Management will be

displayed as Fig. 22.

Figure 22 MDB Management

3..2.1 Auto create MDB

Click Automatic Create MDB button, then Automatic Create MDB as Fig.

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Figure 23 Auto Create MDB

MDB Name means that created MDB file name. You can change the name.

Table Name means that, created table name in MDB file. You can also

change the name.

DB table structure will be created according to CSD file field structure.

Click Create button, DB will be created as setting. It will be connected with

CSD files fields automatically as below.


If you click Yes, CSD file fields and DB fields will be linked.

Click No, the fields are not synchronized.

3..2.2 Create MDB

Click Create MDB, then Input MDB Name window will be displayed.

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Figure 25 Input MDB Name

You can input name.

If you click OK button, MDB Table Management window will appear as Fig.

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Selected table structure of MDB file will be displayed on the left list and you

can create, edit and remove the table.

To create table, click New Table button.

Figure 27 Create New Table

Input a name in Table name section.

To input/edit the Field name, double click to the empty Fieldname index or

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data.

You can set the field type on Type column.

In Length column, you can set the maximum data size of the field.

If you click Import from CSD on the right button, table field will be set

automatically according to CSD file field structure as below.

Figure 28 Create New Table Import from CSD

When you click Create button, a question message will pop up.

To create it, click O.K.


Figure 30 is created table.

To change selected table structure, click Edit Table button

To remove the selected table, click Remove Table button.

If you click Connect Fields, you can connect the fields as Fig. 30.

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3.3 ODBC ConnectionTo connect variety sorts of DBMS, it will support ODBC.

All databases supported by ODBC are available.

Figure 31 ODBC Select ODBC Data Source.

On the left side, you can see the data which is available to connect.

If you click ODBC Management, ODBC Data Source Administrator will appear as

Fig. 32.

For more information, please refer to the related materials.

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Figure 32 ODBC Data Source Administrator

If you click Select Table after select one source, you can see the different

window as per each source.

SMART Test data source is created from ODBC original administrator. Click Select

Table,then Available Tables and Views will appear, and you can select table or view.

Figure 33 Select ODBC Data Source

Click Connect Fields button after selecting a table, then Fig. 34 will appear


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CSD fields and DB fields can be connected.

While selecting MS Access Database, click Select Table button then you can select

MDB file as Fig. 35

Figure 35 Select MDB

If select a MDB file and click OK button then table or window will appear.

Thereafter it will run through same process as described before.

3.4 SaveInformation of CSD file and Database connection will be saved in the project file

(*.csp).

If it cannot be recorded, you need to proceed many steps as above.

To avoid the inconvenience, if connection setting is finished, you need to save project

file.

To save project, click save at file menu or click the button

Figure 36 Caption Bar of Project Information

If you save a project file, CSD file information will be displayed as Fig. 36.

3.5 ImportYou can import project file with Open button at file menu. When you import a file,

CSD fields automatically will be connected database fields.

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3.6 AdditionInput new data through Add Card at Database menu.

Figure 37 Add Data

Input data in value index.

Select indicated column, input with keyboard or mouse double click.

To select image, if the type is image field, click button. To change or to clear

selected image, mouse right click at value section of image field. In this case, if select

Select Image, you can select new image. If select Delete Image, the image will not

be used. If you click Capture button, you can use the images which are in USB

Camera connected to PC.

After input all of data, you can save using Close after Save and Continue after

Save buttons.

You can click Print and Continue button and print procedure will be done immediately

also you can click Save and Close and Save and Continue button and save data.

Click Close after Save button then will be saved data and close.

Click Continue after Save button then will be saved data and keep the program

running.

Click Clear Fields button then all of currently entered data will be removed.

Click Close button then will close the window without add data.

When input data, entered data will be printed as Fig. 38

Selected data is applied through the field. It will appear in the top right of the preview.

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Figure 38 View after Add Data

3.7 Modifying ImageThe image which is connected on Image fields can be modified. You can edit image

size and location easily using this function.

Double click a point of indicated field in preview screen on the right side then Image

Edit window will appear. And also double click image field on CSD fields on the

bottom will be the same.

When Image Edit window appears, the amount of changes is displayed as

percentage and values.

Blue dotted line on the center is the size of image field and the size is reduced

according to the size of Image Edit window. To modify the location of an image, you

can use left button of mouse. (Drag and Drop)

Figure 39 Image Editing Window

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In Image Edit window, there are many simple and useful tools for editing images.

Brightness, Contrast, Rotation functions are included from the top

Figure 40 Edit Image Location

If brightness value is near to 0, image will be darker.

If it is near to 100 image will be shown brighter.

Figure 41 Edit Brightness

If contrast value is close to 0 then image will be more blur, on the contrary, if it is

close to 100 then the image will be shaper. ..

Figure 42 Edit Contrast

Drag

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It is possible to resize an image by zoom function.

Figure 43 Zoom in / Zoom out

Image can be rotated by 90, 180, 270, 360 degrees through Rotation.

Figure 44 Image Rotation

To change brightness, contrast, zoom(minimize, maximize), rotator, move a scroll bar

or input value in edit box, and press Enter or tap key.

You can input zoom value until second minority. (0.xx).

If you do not like modified image, you can back to the default value using Set a

Saved button.

If you click Set a Default button, it will be back to the original CSD image file.

In case of Apply button, you can close the window after save the modified content.

Apply All can be used when you want to apply the changed value to all selected data.

It will be took some time depend on the data volume.

Click Cancel or Escape button then, close without save modified value.

If click apply or Apply All button, you can see modified image on preview.

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Figure 45 Before Image Edit Figure 46 After Image Edit

When you modify the image, modified value will be set as Fig. 47.

Figure 47 Information of Edit Image

3.8 SelectionYou can select data to print or remove printer data. When you select data, all of the

lines will be selected. To select more data, you can click mouse left button and drag.

To select several data, press Ctrl Key and click lines. If a line has not selected, it will

be added from selected lines. And if a line has selected, it will be excluded from

selected lines.

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Figure 48 Select data

3.9 PrintingYou can select data to print edited cards.

To print cards, click Print menu in File menu, or click icon in toolbar.

Figure 49 Select Printer

You can see the printer lists which are connected to PC or Network Fig. 49

The printers which have a word USB on the lists are connected to PC directly.

The printers which names start with IP address are connected to network.

Select a printer on the list, and click OK button.

Figure 50 Print Standby

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Fig. 50 window will pop up.

If there is several print data, you can click Use Printer Spool so that continually you

can print several data. And you can save time.

Click Print then data printing starts from the top

Figure 51 Screen at the printing.

If background color data is white, it is ready to print. Yellow-green represents selected

card is printing now. Bright Yellow-green color represents that the data is spooled and

ready to print. If document printing is completed the data color is changed to Yellow.

Red color data means there was an error during the printing.

If you click Stop button, it will stop all procedure after current printing data is done.

If you click Close button, It will close the window after current printing data is done.

SmartDB will stay Standby mode if there are the data which are spooling or printing.

If printing or spooling is done, the window will be closed.

If you click Printed Card Remove button, Yellow color data (which means printing is

done) will be removed.

If you click Reset failed Card button, it will retry to print Red color data ( which means

there was an error during printing).

When all printing jobs are completed, you can click Close and return to main program.

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Figure 52 Results

Printing results will be applied on data lists as Fig. 52.

3.10 Changing Printing DataPrinted data cannot be selected or printed again and It is to prevent reissuance,

If you want to re-print a card, click Print Mark Cancel in Edit menu or Click thebutton on toolbars and change information of completion item.

Contrary, if you dont want to print unprinted data, you can click Set Print Mark in

Edit menu or Click button and change information.

3.11 Usage of Conditional FormulaIf you want to display to specified data in the screen from lots of data, you can use

Filter Bar.

Figure 53 Filter Bar

First section defines the connecting method of conditional option, if there are more

than two conditions, it will define the relations of two conditions.

AND

OR

The earlier condition and new input condition are satisfied

both of them.

The earlier condition or new input condition is satisfied.

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Second section is for selecting registered field name.

Third section defines to range of condition value.

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