Data file output

[Paul Jackson]

I think the change to binary files in e-prime 2 was a big mistake. It
was done because some email client/server combinations were mangling the
text files. 

But on many occasions in the last few years I have had an e-prime file
become corrupted and have been able to fix it by messing with the plain
text. Or if it got too mangled you could at least get out some of the
code and paste it into a new project. Additionally binary files don't
work very well in version tracking systems such as CVS (I guess most
EPrime users don't use these anyway). Text files also allow you to
create manipulation scripts which alter the text and as a result change
the EPrime scripts functionality.

For me this is a major step backwards. I would like to see EPrime 2 have
any option to do text and/or binary versions (set the default in
options). Fixing one minor and rare problem which creates other problems
and/or losses in functionality doesn't make sense to me.

Paul

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 Paul R. Jackson
 
 Experimental Programmer
 School of Psychology
 University of Queensland
 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: e-prime at googlegroups.com [mailto:e-prime at googlegroups.com] On
> Behalf Of Esther Davidse
> Sent: Monday, 7 April 2008 6:34 PM
> To: e-prime at googlegroups.com
> Subject: Data file output
> 
> 
> Dear support,
> 
> For several years we use e-prime version 1.1. In version 1.1 we were
> able to change the scripts by writing directly in the .Ebs file. This
> allowed us to automatically change the names of the produced output
> files.
> Recently we decided to switch from E-prime version 1.1 to E-prime
> version 2.0. Especially new functions like video input are features
> that
> might be very useful for us in the future.
> Unfortunately the .ebs files in version 2.0 are encrypted. This means
> that we are no longer able to automatically change the names of the
> output files. We already struggled to pull the trick by using E-studio
> but it seems impossible.
> 
> We are held by the rules of 'Good Clinical Practice' (GCP).
> According to this rules none of the collected data may be lost. It is
> crucial for us that data files are saved like this:
> 
> S0001O01M01StroopAPR01_1445.txt
> and
> S0001O01M01StroopAPR01_1445.ebs
> 
> S0001 = variable subject number
> O01 = variable occasion number
> M01 = variable measurement number
> Stroop = name of test
> APR01 = current date
> 1445 = start time of the test.
> 
> I really hope that you know a trick to accomplish such ting. Otherwise
> I am afraid that the upgrade to version 2.0 is not useful for us.
> 
> Sincerely
> Esther Davidse
> Centre for Human Drug Research, Leiden
> 
> 
> 

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