E-Basic and E-Run in E-Prime 2.0

[David McFarlane]

At 1/17/2008 05:20 AM Thursday, you wrote:

>Hi, yesterday I made an upgrade to E-Prime 2. In the previous version
>I used E-Run in order to edit my e-basic experiment and to compile the
>code. Now I see that it is not possible to open an E-basic script with
>E-run but it is only possible to run the exercise.  Is that feature no
>more available in E-Prime 2?How I can do the same things as the past
>in the new version?

Welcome to the club!  Jodene and I already complained about this in 
the PST Forum back in October, see the thread at 
support.pstnet.com/forum/Topic696-12-1.aspx.  We both found it very, 
very helpful to be able to edit the full E-Basic script directly, it 
is the number one feature that initially sold me on E-Prime, and 
losing that ability also breaks things like E-Kick, so we are very 
sad to see it go.  So you're not alone.

As you can see by Matt's response, this change is deliberate and will 
stick.  FWIW, Package files and the StartupInfo manager may indeed 
partially make up for the loss of E-Kick.  However, note that Package 
files work differently in EP2 Professional vs. non-Pro.  As I 
understand it, the forthcoming Package file editor will *only* work 
in Pro.  .ebs2 files designed in Pro and that use Package files 
designed in Pro *will* run under non-Pro.  However, the Package files 
designed with Pro *cannot* be used for Package calls in non-Pro 
experiements.  By contrast, Package files designed by "industrial 
partners" *can* be used in non-Pro experiements.  So clearly not all 
Package files are created equal (and personally, I have never before 
found a use for making our own Package files, perhaps that will 
change with EP2).  Clear enough?


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David McFarlane, Systems Designer
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