Copy objects from one experiment to another?

[Paul Gr]

Leisha,

Unfortunately none of the options you mention (copying between es-documents 
or starting another script from a running experiment) are possible with the 
current release of EPrime. However, it is possible to run several scripts as 
one sequence by using a simple batch file. To prevent entering the startup 
attributes at the start of each script, you could use a small utility called 
E-Kick, which is available from http://step.psy.cmu.edu/scripts-plus. There 
is another reason why it is not always possible to combine several scripts 
into one large one: the basic interpreter has some limitations concerning 
the size of the script. (See also topic 1300 of the EPrime support knowledge 
base: http://www.pstnet.com/e-prime/support/kb.asp?TopicID=1300)

When you would like to pass runtime information from one script to the 
other, you could save and reload the required values by using a so called 
ini-file (see WriteIni and ReadIni functions for details.)

best,
paul groot



>From: Leisha Wharfield <leisha at decisionresearch.org>
>To: E-Prime <eprime at mail.talkbank.org>
>Subject: Copy objects from one experiment to another?
>Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 12:56:01 -0800
>
>I added a new procedure to a superseded version of my experiment file. Can 
>I copy objects from one experiment file to another to avoid re-entering the 
>data & complex nesting of lists?
>
>Alternatively, is it easy to launch one .es file from another? I would need 
>to carry the subject number and one other attribute from the first to the 
>second .es file, which would also be the final .es file--in other words, 
>there's no need for me to return to the original .es.
>
>Has anyone done this? I think I recall some previous discussion regarding 
>this solution.
>
>Thanks for your help (once again),
>
>Leisha Wharfield
>Decision Research
>Eugene, Oregon, USA
>
>