Simple Timing Issue

[David McFarlane]

If you look on the Reset/Exit tab of the Properties Pages for your 
List object, under Exit List you will see an option for "After n 
seconds".  Give that a try.  That will end the List after the 
specified number of seconds, although it will still allow the subject 
to complete their last trial even if it runs over the time limit.  If 
you really want to cut the last trial short, then you will have to 
set the Duration of your stimuli to 0 (or set PreRelease >= 
Duration), and then handle all the timing in inline code.

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At 6/19/2012 10:49 PM Tuesday, Elizabeth wrote:
>I am having difficulties with what I think should be a simple timing 
>setup.  I would like participants to answer as many questions as 
>they can in a 5 minute period of time.  Currently I am using a text 
>display to present a variable from my list, which is read in from a 
>text file.  The program reads in the variable and even shows the 
>participants response.  It also goes onto the next slide after 
>"enter" is pressed (which is what it is suppose to do).  However, I 
>have not been able to get the text display to stop after 5 
>minutes.  Instead, the text displays keep showing until every item 
>on the list has been displayed.  At the moment my "Duration/Input" 
>settings are set as follows:
>
>Duration:  300000
>Data Logging:  Response Only
>Timing Mode:  Cumulative
>PreRelease:  100
>Devices: Keyboard
>Allowable:  {NUMBER} {ENTER}
>Correct:  [CORRECT]
>Time Limit:  (same duration)
>End Action:  Terminate
>
>Advanced:
>      Max Count:  4
>      Flush Input Buffer:  Yes
>      Termination Response:  {ENTER}
>
>Any help that can be provided would be greatly appreciated!  Thanks 
>in advance!

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