This article is on how to modify a CI Badge Layout. 

Caution: You cannot edit the CI Badge files in the "Data" folder while CI Badge is open

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• What are fields?
• Verify which "Fields" are already in use
• How to add a new Custom Field

What are fields?

Fields are the information you enter in CI Badge that gets printed on the card.

Image above "Fields" highligted in red

Verify which "Fields" are already in use

1. Open CI Badge

2. Login as Admin

Username: Admin
Password: admin

3. Click "Settings"

4. Navigate to the tab "Custom Fields" and Double click one of the pink or purple cells.

6. In the "edit screen" you can see which of the Custom Fields are already assigned

    6a. If it shows "Not Displayed" then the field has not been assigned.

How to add a new Custom Field

1. Open CIBCards82 or CIBCards83. 

    a. These change based on the version of CI Badge you have installed-- v8.2 or v8.3

    b. File location: PC > Windows (C:) > CI Solutions > CI Badge > Data

2. Find the layout that you want to modify, then right click and select "Design View":

3. Once the layout is open in Design View, under "Report Design" click "Add Existing Fields"

4. A "Field List" will pop-up. Here, you will select a "TextField" or "DateField" by double clicking it. This will apply that Custom Field to the Design.

5. Once you select your desired Custom Field to add, you will need to place it where you want it to be printed on the card.

6. Text Fields will automatically come with a "Border" that will show up on print. To make it transparent, in the top left, select "Property Sheet" and make sure that the Custom Field you want to use is selected

   6a. Then, adjust the "Border Style" to "Transparent"

7. Once complete, right-click the top of the rptCard window and hit "Save"

8. Close out of CIBCards82 file and re-open CI Badge to go back to the "Custom Field" tab in settings.

9. Double- click the first available colored cell to assign the TextField

    9a. First, name the field

    9b. Then select how you would like the data to be inputted.

   9c. Select the Custom Field (TextField or DataField) from the previous steps, then hit save.

10. Go back to the CI Badge Home Screen and you will see the new Text Field:

11. To verify that the text now shows up on the layout, you can select the Photo of the person and get a print preview.