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...<br><br>Greg<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 5:29 AM, Rick O'Gorman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rickogorman@gmail.com">rickogorman@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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Liwenna:<br>
<br>
As an aside to your topic, I also have a Mac. You can get a program<br>
called Virtualbox (<a href="http://www.virtualbox.org" target="_blank">www.virtualbox.org</a>) for *free* from Sun which does<br>
the same kind of thing as Parallels. Its a little more techy but I<br>
didn't have too much trouble setting it up. You still need a legal<br>
Windows copy, but probably you can get a discounted copy from your univ.<br>
<br>
I run E-Prime on that setup and it works fine. Getting the dongle<br>
recognised was a little tricky, as you have to tell Virtualbox to access<br>
the USB dongle and may also have to get drivers for it (one time I did,<br>
the next time I didn't as Windows found some itself, not the ones I used<br>
previously)--I got them from<br>
<a href="http://www.aladdin.com/support/hasp/enduser.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.aladdin.com/support/hasp/enduser.aspx</a>, using the HASP HL ones<br>
I think (I tried both options there). It might depend on whether you use<br>
an individual ddongle, network dongle or no dongle (if that's an option).<br>
<br>
The E-Prime people (PST) are completely unhelpful in this regard, as<br>
'they don't support Macs' which is a total cop-out. They went so far as<br>
to deny any responsibility to help me with my bootcamp Windows<br>
install--even though its running natively and is as legitimate a version<br>
of Windows as any other. I found that a disgrace and frankly has made me<br>
keep a firm eye out for E-Prime alternatives, when the chance presents<br>
itself.<br>
<br>
Rick<br>
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liwenna wrote:<br>
> Hello Frank,<br>
><br>
> Thanks for your quick reply! It would be great if you could try the<br>
> numbers-thing. At my university I can only 'run' the au3 scripts, and<br>
> edit them in notepad, but in order to do that I first need to figure<br>
> out the language... My guess is that if you get the program to run<br>
> orderly, editing the code is fare more simple, right? But as said, ICT<br>
> guys won't let me. At home I also can't do that as I am the proud<br>
> owner of a Mac, which I really love but sometimes it's a pain (and yes<br>
> I should get myself some parallels).<br>
><br>
> I am homeworking today but I'll try the script you posted first thing<br>
> on monday!<br>
><br>
> Sincerely,<br>
><br>
> liwenna.<br>
><br>
> On Apr 16, 8:55 pm, frankbosco <<a href="mailto:goo...@frankbosco.com">goo...@frankbosco.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> Hi Liwenna,<br>
>><br>
>> Thanks for your message. Re: having autoit automatically insert<br>
>> subject/session numbers, I have not tried this (now that I think about<br>
>> it, it would be very handy for me)... Perhaps try something like the<br>
>> following:<br>
>><br>
>> To start, you'd need a basic autoit data collection box at the start<br>
>> of the executable (i.e., before the randomly selected .ebs2 files<br>
>> begin) - autoit provides a good example of this code in one of their<br>
>> sample code files (see example file "inputbox.au3") . The next part<br>
>> (having autoit automatically populate the subject/session values) is<br>
>> more complicated, but perhaps try something like the following:<br>
>><br>
>> In the current code, there are lines that include (something like)<br>
>> "winwait.open; winwait.close" -- you may be able to tell autoit to<br>
>> wait until the "enter subject #" box appears (by simply providing<br>
>> autoit with the name of that box, as is done in my current code with<br>
>> "E-Run"), then have autoit insert a subject/session number collected<br>
>> at the start (i.e., from the input box in the previous step). You may<br>
>> be able to tell autoit to wait until "enter Ss #" box appears, then<br>
>> code it to press "TAB" (x) times, the value from the input box, then<br>
>> "RETURN" (these can be done with ASCII code). I know it sounds silly,<br>
>> but it might actually work...<br>
>><br>
>> Tell you what - I'll play around with this idea (very) late tonight,<br>
>> then send you a code file if I figure it out... For now, you can<br>
>> download a newer version of the ebs2 call autoit file from my personal<br>
>> website: [<a href="http://www.frankbosco.com/ebs_call_new.au3" target="_blank">www.frankbosco.com/ebs_call_new.au3</a>] -- this version<br>
>> includes code to call a few ebs2 files in a determined sequence (after<br>
>> a series of randomly-selected ebs2 files).<br>
>><br>
>> Hope that helps!<br>
>><br>
>> Best,<br>
>> Frank<br>
>><br>
>> On Apr 16, 9:56 am, liwenna <<a href="mailto:liwe...@gmail.com">liwe...@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> It is like magic!!!<br>
>>> This is exactly what I need to run my battery of tests. Well... almost<br>
>>> exactly... except for the random part that is. I am trying to get that<br>
>>> part out, yet I am experiencing troubles using auto-it as my<br>
>>> university ICT guys won't let us install nifty little programs like<br>
>>> this.<br>
>>> Would there be a way to have autoit also insert subject and session<br>
>>> numbers? Perhaps even make a shiny litle autoit interface wherein you<br>
>>> enter subject and session numbers and then run the whole everything<br>
>>> from that? I'll work on it myself and keep you guys informed if<br>
>>> something good comes from it, just wondering if you, Frank, had<br>
>>> allready tried something similar?<br>
>>> Greetings,<br>
>>> liwenna<br>
>>> On Mar 16, 9:00 pm, David McFarlane <<a href="mailto:mcfar...@msu.edu">mcfar...@msu.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
>>>> Frank,<br>
>>>> Wow, this looks really cool, thanks very much for taking on the<br>
>>>> assignment and writing back. Looks like it will be worth my time to<br>
>>>> look into AutoIt further, and continue recommending it to others.<br>
>>>> Thanks,<br>
>>>> -- David McFarlane, Professional Faultfinder<br>
>>>> At 3/14/2009 02:21 AM Saturday, you wrote:<br>
>>>>> David,<br>
>>>>> Thanks very much for your suggestion! I've created a script for this<br>
>>>>> purpose in Autoit (it works very well). I don't know how to attach a<br>
>>>>> file in this window, so please feel free to download it from my<br>
>>>>> personal website (see link below), and share. In the .zip file, I<br>
>>>>> have included the Autoit script file, a compiled version, and a<br>
>>>>> basic .txt instruction file.<br>
>>>>> <a href="http://www.frankbosco.com/call_ebs.zip" target="_blank">http://www.frankbosco.com/call_ebs.zip</a><br>
>>>>> All the best,<br>
>>>>> Frank<br>
>>>>> On Mar 13, 10:47 am, David McFarlane <<a href="mailto:mcfar...@msu.edu">mcfar...@msu.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
>>>>>> Frank,<br>
>>>>>> This question has come up before (e.g.,<br>
>>>>> seehttp://<a href="http://www.pstnet.com/forum/Topic2485-12-1.aspx" target="_blank">www.pstnet.com/forum/Topic2485-12-1.aspx</a>), and I keep<br>
>>>>>> suggesting AutoIt<br>
>>>>>> (<<a href="http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3" target="_blank">http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3</a>><a href="http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3" target="_blank">http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3</a><br>
>>>>>> ). So far no one has reported back on this, and I never have time to<br>
>>>>>> try it myself. Perhaps you could give that a try and let us all know<br>
>>>>>> how it works.<br>
>>>>>> Other than that, you might try a good old DOS-style batch<br>
>>>>>> file. Also, someone once suggested (sorry, I do not have the link)<br>
>>>>>> using links in a .pdf to guide the course of a battery of<br>
>>>>>> tests. That would still require some manual interaction, but might<br>
>>>>>> help a little.<br>
>>>>>> Please let us know what you find.<br>
>>>>>> -- David McFarlane, Professional Faultfinder<br>
>>>>>>> Dear E-Prime group,<br>
>>>>>>> I am searching for a (presumably) simple external application (e.g., a<br>
>>>>>>> small VB-based program) to call several EBS2 files to run in a desired<br>
>>>>>>> order (preferably random order). I would like to administer a battery<br>
>>>>>>> ofexperimentsin a group setting, and am having a great deal of<br>
>>>>>>> trouble integrating the procedures from each separate .ES2 file into<br>
>>>>>>> one "main" .ES2 file with blocklists (E-Prime support suggested that<br>
>>>>>>> my individual procedures exceed E-Prime's copy/pastecapacity, and E-<br>
>>>>>>> Prime's automatic renaming of duplicate objects is making the task<br>
>>>>>>> even more difficult).<br>
>>>>>>> Would anyone be willing to share something along these lines? Any<br>
>>>>>>> help would be greatly appreciated. I am not very familiar with<br>
>>>>>>> programming languages.<br>
>>>>>>> Thanks in advance!<br>
>>>>>>> Frank<br>
>>>>>>> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-<br>
>>>>>>> Frank A. Bosco<br>
>>>>>>> Doctoral Student<br>
>>>>>>> Dept. of Management (OB/HR)<br>
>>>>>>> Fogelman College of Business & Economics<br>
>>>>>>> The University of Memphis<br>
>>>>>>> <a href="mailto:fbo...@memphis.edu">fbo...@memphis.edu</a><br>
>>>>>>> Office: (901) 678-4531<br>
>>>>>>> Cell: (901) 387-7864<br>
>>>>>>> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=<br>
> ><br>
<br>
--<br>
</div></div>Rick O'Gorman, PhD<br>
Psychology, Faculty of Development and Society<br>
Collegiate Crescent Campus,<br>
Sheffield Hallam University,<br>
Sheffield<br>
S10 2BP<br>
<br>
Phone: 0114 225 5788 Fax: 0114 225 2430<br>
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