Image Storage Methods
Until Version 5.40, all photographs, fingerprints and signatures were stored in files at the badging station. This was true even if the badge information database was remotely located.
But starting with V5.40 these images can be stored directly in the database, if it supports it, as most do. Storing images directly in the database has several advantages. It centralizes all information about the individual; it makes data backup easier; it facilitates remote central database storage; and it reduces the risk of accident deletion of image data.
When a new database is created, whether by using the wizard or the expert screens, an option can be selected to store the images in the database. Once this selection is made it is not final, however, and capabilities are provided to switch between the two image storage methods.
When images are stored in the database it may happen that a file copy is required for some other purpose. To aid in this an Image Export feature is provided. For more information see Exporting Images.
