To add accreditation text and dates that appear when required do the following.
1. Click the menu button in the top left of the EasyBadge Program window.
2. Click Add Field.
4. Select “Date Field” and click the “create” button.
5. Name the field so it describes the text item you want to turn on or off. Below we have used “First Aid”. Click ‘OK’ to add the field Click ok to the default field length (128). Note: If this text is quite long you can abbreviate this name now as the actual text that appears on the card is in a set in step 7.
6. Your Database will need to close and re-open, click ‘OK’.
7. Now click the menu button (3 lines top left) and select modify field and select the field you just added. In the properties table change Accreditation to “True”, and change “Description” to the actual text you want to appear on the card. Click on another line to refresh page then click “Save”.
8. Now from the any view in EasyBadge click ‘Change the Design’ Button on the central ribbon,
9. Next select the design you need to edit and click the edit this design button.
10. Accreditation text normally gets added to the back of the card. Front Card Designer click the menu button (top left) and Card Set up and make sure you have 2 sided design selected. Then Click Menu > View Back to switch to the reverse of the card.
11. Now add two text boxes to the back of the card by clicking the “A” icon on the left and positioning them like so. In the left box use this text string [AccreditationText] and in the right box use [AccreditationDate]
12. Now Click the Save the design icon.
Now when you edit a record and add a dates to one or more of the accreditation fields you added both the accreditation name and expiry date will get added to the back of the card.
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