Copy objects from one experiment to another?

[Leisha Wharfield]

Yikes! Thanks for the tip.

Leisha

Jeff Maxwell wrote:

>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
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>On 11/30/05, Paul R. Jackson <paulj at psy.uq.edu.au> wrote:
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>>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
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>>>-----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I added a new procedure to a superseded version of my experiment file.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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>>>
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>Jeffrey S. Maxwell
>Laboratory for Brain Imaging & Behavior
>Laboratory for Affective Neuroscience
>jsmaxwell at wisc.edu
>(608) 263 3672
>http://brainimaging.waisman.wisc.edu/~maxwell/
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