CardExchange - How to connect textboxes in card template to database fields

CardExchange - How to connect textboxes in card template to database fields

For this guide, we will be showing how you can make textboxes dynamically change according to fields in your database assuming that you already have the database connected to your card template. If not, you can check this link for a step-by-step guide.

To begin with, click on Card designer to open the card template.






The above image shows a card template with four (4) text fields. We can create a text field by going to Insert tab and clicking on Text, then click and drag inside the card template to form a box of any size.


Next, double-click on a textbox to open its properties window. 



Then inside the properties window, under the Content tab, change Fixed value from the dropdown list to a database column. In this case, we will choose the NAME column.




Upon clicking the database column, the textbox should already change according the selected field in our database.




Doing the same steps for the next textboxes, the result should look like this:




*Note: Aside from the content, other parameters can also be changed such as the Position, Text Alignment, Border, Colors, etc.


To see if the content for each textbox changes dynamically for every record, exit Card designer and check the Records view on the main window. Upon clicking on a record, the texts for each field should also change in the Preview (as seen below).

      



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