Copy objects from one experiment to another?

[Jeff Maxwell]

as a quick note of caution, be sure to back up both of your files
prior to using this method.  i've used it without incident most of the
time, but have seriously crashed eprime while dragging and dropping
between .es files on more than one occassion -- corrupting both files
and rendering them unususable in the process.

jeff


On 11/30/05, Paul R. Jackson <paulj at psy.uq.edu.au> wrote:
>
> This feature is supposedly coming in E-Prime v2, whenever that is.
>
> You can copy and paste some objects between experiments now in V1. Its just
> very convoluted:
>         Step 1: Open windows explorer in a directory where you can see 2
> experiments (*.es).
>         Step 2: Hold down the CTRL key to select both experiments.
>         Step 3: Right Click on one of them and select open.
>         Step 4: You should now have 2 E-Prime windows, one for each
> experiment. Select an object to copy (eg: open a procedure and select a text
> display)
>         Step 5: Drag the object down to the windows taskbar and onto the
> 'other' experiment. This should open maximise that experiment after a second
> or so delay.
>         Step 6: Continue to drag the object to a procedure in the new
> experiment.
>         Step 7: ...and there was much rejoicing.
>
> :)
>
> Paul
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: eprime at mail.talkbank.org [mailto:eprime at mail.talkbank.org] On Behalf
> > Of Leisha Wharfield
> > Sent: Thursday, 1 December 2005 6:56 AM
> > To: E-Prime
> > Subject: Copy objects from one experiment to another?
> >
> > I added a new procedure to a superseded version of my experiment file.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
>
>
>


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Jeffrey S. Maxwell
Laboratory for Brain Imaging & Behavior
Laboratory for Affective Neuroscience
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