E-Prime on a VM
frankbosco
google at frankbosco.com
Fri Apr 24 12:39:26 UTC 2009
Hi Liwenna et al.,
Wow - this is awesome! Sorry I never got back to you guys on this --
I tried to modify my code to add participant numbers, etc., but
utterly failed :(
I'd be happy to post the files on my site for others to download --
http://www.frankbosco.com/call_ebs_fixed_random.zip
Best,
Frank
On Apr 24, 4:39 am, liwenna <liwe... at gmail.com> wrote:
> LO AND BEHOLD!!!
>
> It worked out ! \o/
>
> In the two links below two autoitscripts can be downloaded. They work
> under the same conditions as Frank Bosco's scripts but these one will
> also prompt you for subject and sessionnumber once and autofill these
> into the eprime experiments. Maybe the interface of the loginbox could
> be made a litle more shiny and a little less autoit like but otherwise
> it seems to work all fine. Major thanks go out to the autoitforum
> person who actually had it all done in minutes... isn't it amazing?!
>
> I have no personal uploadspace so it's on a filesharing machine... If
> someone cares to host it, that would be nice too, little script, take
> hardly any space.
>
> http://www.2shared.com/fadmin/5474738/cd5d2d5c/scritp_to_call_ebs2_fi...http://www.2shared.com/fadmin/5474737/5de230cd/scritp_to_call_ebs2_fi...
>
> Please let me know how these work out for you guys. Maybe in abundancy
> but: don't use the script for timed experiments... no idea what it'll
> do to the timing.
>
> Greetings,
>
> liwenna
>
> On Apr 23, 4:16 pm, liwenna <liwe... at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Ok...
>
> > I think that it's simply not possible to mess with eprime when it
> > comes to the startup info.
> > After being not so successful with combining a 'loginbox'script and
> > Franks' "call a number of ebs files" script I posted on the autoit
> > forums for help, and someone made a script that *should* do the
> > trick... but it doesn't . see:http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=93731&st=0&gopi...
>
> > I tried some things in eprime itself, to see whether there would be
> > workarounds to setting 'subject' and 'session' but there seem to be
> > none. For instance: I tried to insert a simple piece of script to
> > change "session" and "subject" from the default right into the estudio-
> > file:
>
> > c.SetAttrib "Subject", "2"
> > c.SetAttrib "Session", "3"
>
> > but e-prime won't buy that either... it's stays set at 1 and 1.
>
> > perhaps there are possibilities trough package calls?? I never used
> > those so I have no idea of what their powers are?
>
> > otherwise I think we'll stay stuck with instructing subjects to enter
> > in the numbers.
>
> > End of this update ^.^
>
> > -liw
>
> > On Apr 20, 1:42 pm, liwenna <liwe... at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Actually... I meant thanks to Frank ^.^
>
> > > This topic is getting more and more complex.
>
> > > I am gonna give up on autoit for today...
>
> > > On Apr 20, 12:03 pm, Rick O'Gorman <rickogor... at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > Liwenna,
>
> > > > I am thinking you meant thanks to Greg here?
>
> > > > Rick
>
> > > > liwenna wrote:
> > > > > *small update*
>
> > > > > The script to call files in a fixed order is working as properly as
> > > > > expected. Rick, thank you so very much.
> > > > > The auto-it forum is offline right now (maintenance) so toying around
> > > > > with the script to make it give in subject and session numbers will
> > > > > have to wait.
>
> > > > > On Apr 18, 5:55 pm, Rick O'Gorman <rickogor... at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >> Hi Greg,
>
> > > > >> Well, that's one difference, and I suppose there are different bugs in
> > > > >> the versions of VB for Mac and XP. However, still seems odd. Definitely
> > > > >> went smoothly for me on the Mac host/XP guest using VB. I assume you're
> > > > >> using a recent version of VB (2.1 or better)? Other than that, I'm out
> > > > >> of ideas.
>
> > > > >> Rick
>
> > > > >> Greg Osenbach wrote:
> > > > >>> I use Sun Virtual Box. The installer runs fine. I have tried with both
> > > > >>> the install files copied from the CD and a mounted .iso file. when it
> > > > >>> gets near the end of the installation process, The virtual machine
> > > > >>> crashes. I have tried with several versions of vurtual box and on
> > > > >>> several different laptops with the same results. I had actually come to
> > > > >>> the conclusion that for some odd reason, e-prime could not be used in a
> > > > >>> virtual machine. However hearing that someone got it to work, that
> > > > >>> gives me hope to be able to get it running eventually. Although I
> > > > >>> should note that this was an XP virtual machine running in both XP and
> > > > >>> Vista for hosts. Not a mac.
> > > > >>> On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 7:34 AM, Rick O'Gorman <rickogor... at gmail.com
> > > > >>> <mailto:rickogor... at gmail.com>> wrote:
> > > > >>> Hi Greg,
> > > > >>> I don't remember any problems with installing E-Prime on my VM per se,
> > > > >>> only with getting it to see the dongle, which was a pain. This was
> > > > >>> partly because I had to learn how to get Virtualbox to allow the guest
> > > > >>> OS (WinXP) to see the USB dongle. The first time I did this, Windows
> > > > >>> also didn't try to find drivers, so I used Aladdin's HASP driver, but
> > > > >>> the wrong kind (but they still worked). The second time (I had to
> > > > >>> reinstall when we upgraded from 2.x beta to 2.x gold) I used the right
> > > > >>> ones. My bootcamp also failed to look for drivers with the beta (a
> > > > >>> pattern?) but did find them for the gold install.
> > > > >>> I think both times I copied across the install file rather than just run
> > > > >>> it from the CD--maybe that's a factor?
> > > > >>> Are you using VB, or one of the commercial options (Fusion, Parallels)?
> > > > >>> Rick
> > > > >>> Greg Osenbach wrote:
> > > > >>> > Was there anything special you had to do to get e-prime to
> > > > >>> install in a
> > > > >>> > virtual box virtual machine? I have tried installing it in my
> > > > >>> virtual
> > > > >>> > machine several times and it always crashes during the install...
> > > > >>> > Greg
> > > > >>> > On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 5:29 AM, Rick O'Gorman
> > > > >>> <rickogor... at gmail.com <mailto:rickogor... at gmail.com>
> > > > >>> > <mailto:rickogor... at gmail.com <mailto:rickogor... at gmail.com>>> wrote:
> > > > >>> > Liwenna:
> > > > >>> > As an aside to your topic, I also have a Mac. You can get a
> > > > >>> program
> > > > >>> > called Virtualbox (www.virtualbox.org
> > > > >>> <http://www.virtualbox.org> <http://www.virtualbox.org>)
> > > > >>> > for *free* from Sun which does
> > > > >>> > the same kind of thing as Parallels. Its a little more techy
> > > > >>> but I
> > > > >>> > didn't have too much trouble setting it up. You still need a
> > > > >>> legal
> > > > >>> > Windows copy, but probably you can get a discounted copy from
> > > > >>> your univ.
> > > > >>> > I run E-Prime on that setup and it works fine. Getting the dongle
> > > > >>> > recognised was a little tricky, as you have to tell
> > > > >>> Virtualbox to access
> > > > >>> > the USB dongle and may also have to get drivers for it (one
> > > > >>> time I did,
> > > > >>> > the next time I didn't as Windows found some itself, not the
> > > > >>> ones I used
> > > > >>> > previously)--I got them from
> > > > >>> > http://www.aladdin.com/support/hasp/enduser.aspx, using the
> > > > >>> HASP HL ones
> > > > >>> > I think (I tried both options there). It might depend on
> > > > >>> whether you use
> > > > >>> > an individual ddongle, network dongle or no dongle (if that's an
> > > > >>> > option).
> > > > >>> > The E-Prime people (PST) are completely unhelpful in this
> > > > >>> regard, as
> > > > >>> > 'they don't support Macs' which is a total cop-out. They went
> > > > >>> so far as
> > > > >>> > to deny any responsibility to help me with my bootcamp Windows
> > > > >>> > install--even though its running natively and is as
> > > > >>> legitimate a version
> > > > >>> > of Windows as any other. I found that a disgrace and frankly
> > > > >>> has made me
> > > > >>> > keep a firm eye out for E-Prime alternatives, when the chance
> > > > >>> presents
> > > > >>> > itself.
> > > > >>> > Rick
> > > > >>> > liwenna wrote:
> > > > >>> > > Hello Frank,
> > > > >>> > > Thanks for your quick reply! It would be great if you
> > > > >>> could try the
> > > > >>> > > numbers-thing. At my university I can only 'run' the au3
> > > > >>> scripts, and
> > > > >>> > > edit them in notepad, but in order to do that I first need
> > > > >>> to figure
> > > > >>> > > out the language... My guess is that if you get the
> > > > >>> program to run
> > > > >>> > > orderly, editing the code is fare more simple, right? But as
> > > > >>> > said, ICT
> > > > >>> > > guys won't let me. At home I also can't do that as I am
> > > > >>> the proud
> > > > >>> > > owner of a Mac, which I really love but sometimes it's a pain
> > > > >>> > (and yes
> > > > >>> > > I should get myself some parallels).
> > > > >>> > > I am homeworking today but I'll try the script you posted
> > > > >>> first thing
> > > > >>> > > on monday!
> > > > >>> > > Sincerely,
> > > > >>> > > liwenna.
> > > > >>> > > On Apr 16, 8:55 pm, frankbosco <goo... at frankbosco.com
> > > > >>> <mailto:goo... at frankbosco.com>
> > > > >>> > <mailto:goo... at frankbosco.com
> > > > >>> <mailto:goo... at frankbosco.com>>> wrote:
> > > > >>> > >> Hi Liwenna,
> > > > >>> > >> Thanks for your message. Re: having autoit automatically
>
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>
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