External application to call a series of .ebs2 files?

[Rick O'Gorman]

Liwenna:

As an aside to your topic, I also have a Mac. You can get a program 
called Virtualbox (www.virtualbox.org) for *free* from Sun which does 
the same kind of thing as Parallels. Its a little more techy but I 
didn't have too much trouble setting it up. You still need a legal 
Windows copy, but probably you can get a discounted copy from your univ.

I run E-Prime on that setup and it works fine. Getting the dongle 
recognised was a little tricky, as you have to tell Virtualbox to access 
the USB dongle and may also have to get drivers for it (one time I did, 
the next time I didn't as Windows found some itself, not the ones I used 
previously)--I got them from 
http://www.aladdin.com/support/hasp/enduser.aspx, using the HASP HL ones 
I think (I tried both options there). It might depend on whether you use 
an individual ddongle, network dongle or no dongle (if that's an option).

The E-Prime people (PST) are completely unhelpful in this regard, as 
'they don't support Macs' which is a total cop-out. They went so far as 
to deny any responsibility to help me with my bootcamp Windows 
install--even though its running natively and is as legitimate a version 
of Windows as any other. I found that a disgrace and frankly has made me 
keep a firm eye out for E-Prime alternatives, when the chance presents 
itself.

Rick

liwenna wrote:
> Hello Frank,
> 
> Thanks for your quick reply! It would be great if you could try the
> numbers-thing. At my university I can only 'run' the au3 scripts, and
> edit them in notepad, but in order to do that I first need to figure
> out the language... My guess is that if you get the program to run
> orderly, editing the code is fare more simple, right? But as said, ICT
> guys won't let me.  At home I also can't do that as I am the proud
> owner of a Mac, which I really love but sometimes it's a pain (and yes
> I should get myself some parallels).
> 
> I am homeworking today but I'll try the script you posted first thing
> on monday!
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> liwenna.
> 
> On Apr 16, 8:55 pm, frankbosco <goo... at frankbosco.com> wrote:
>> Hi Liwenna,
>>
>> Thanks for your message.  Re: having autoit automatically insert
>> subject/session numbers, I have not tried this (now that I think about
>> it, it would be very handy for me)... Perhaps try something like the
>> following:
>>
>> To start, you'd need a basic autoit data collection box at the start
>> of the executable (i.e., before the randomly selected .ebs2 files
>> begin) - autoit provides a good example of this code in one of their
>> sample code files (see example file "inputbox.au3") .  The next part
>> (having autoit automatically populate the subject/session values) is
>> more complicated, but perhaps try something like the following:
>>
>> In the current code, there are lines that include (something like)
>> "winwait.open; winwait.close" -- you may be able to tell autoit to
>> wait until the "enter subject #" box appears (by simply providing
>> autoit with the name of that box, as is done in my current code with
>> "E-Run"), then have autoit insert a subject/session number collected
>> at the start (i.e., from the input box in the previous step).  You may
>> be able to tell autoit to wait until "enter Ss #" box appears, then
>> code it to press "TAB" (x) times, the value from the input box, then
>> "RETURN" (these can be done with ASCII code).  I know it sounds silly,
>> but it might actually work...
>>
>> Tell you what - I'll play around with this idea (very) late tonight,
>> then send you a code file if I figure it out...  For now, you can
>> download a newer version of the ebs2 call autoit file from my personal
>> website: [www.frankbosco.com/ebs_call_new.au3]  -- this version
>> includes code to call a few ebs2 files in a determined sequence (after
>> a series of randomly-selected ebs2 files).
>>
>> Hope that helps!
>>
>> Best,
>> Frank
>>
>> On Apr 16, 9:56 am, liwenna <liwe... at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> It is like magic!!!
>>> This is exactly what I need to run my battery of tests. Well... almost
>>> exactly... except for the random part that is. I am trying to get that
>>> part out, yet I am experiencing troubles using auto-it as my
>>> university ICT guys won't let us install nifty little programs like
>>> this.
>>> Would there be a way to have autoit also insert subject and session
>>> numbers? Perhaps even make a shiny litle autoit interface wherein you
>>> enter subject and session numbers and then run the whole everything
>>> from that? I'll work on it myself and keep you guys informed if
>>> something good comes from it, just wondering if you, Frank, had
>>> allready tried something similar?
>>> Greetings,
>>> liwenna
>>> On Mar 16, 9:00 pm, David McFarlane <mcfar... at msu.edu> wrote:
>>>> Frank,
>>>> Wow, this looks really cool, thanks very much for taking on the
>>>> assignment and writing back.  Looks like it will be worth my time to
>>>> look into AutoIt further, and continue recommending it to others.
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> -- David McFarlane, Professional Faultfinder
>>>> At 3/14/2009 02:21 AM Saturday, you wrote:
>>>>> David,
>>>>> Thanks very much for your suggestion!  I've created a script for this
>>>>> purpose in Autoit (it works very well).  I don't know how to attach a
>>>>> file in this window, so please feel free to download it from my
>>>>> personal website (see link below), and share.  In the .zip file, I
>>>>> have included the Autoit script file, a compiled version, and a
>>>>> basic .txt instruction file.
>>>>> http://www.frankbosco.com/call_ebs.zip
>>>>> All the best,
>>>>> Frank
>>>>> On Mar 13, 10:47 am, David McFarlane <mcfar... at msu.edu> wrote:
>>>>>> Frank,
>>>>>> This question has come up before (e.g.,
>>>>> seehttp://www.pstnet.com/forum/Topic2485-12-1.aspx), and I keep
>>>>>> suggesting AutoIt
>>>>>> (<http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3>http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3
>>>>>> ).  So far no one has reported back on this, and I never have time to
>>>>>> try it myself.  Perhaps you could give that a try and let us all know
>>>>>> how it works.
>>>>>> Other than that, you might try a good old DOS-style batch
>>>>>> file.  Also, someone once suggested (sorry, I do not have the link)
>>>>>> using links in a .pdf to guide the course of a battery of
>>>>>> tests.  That would still require some manual interaction, but might
>>>>>> help a little.
>>>>>> Please let us know what you find.
>>>>>> -- David McFarlane, Professional Faultfinder
>>>>>>> Dear E-Prime group,
>>>>>>> I am searching for a (presumably) simple external application (e.g., a
>>>>>>> small VB-based program) to call several EBS2 files to run in a desired
>>>>>>> order (preferably random order).  I would like to administer a battery
>>>>>>> ofexperimentsin a group setting, and am having a great deal of
>>>>>>> trouble integrating the procedures from each separate .ES2 file into
>>>>>>> one "main" .ES2 file with blocklists (E-Prime support suggested that
>>>>>>> my individual procedures exceed E-Prime's copy/pastecapacity, and E-
>>>>>>> Prime's automatic renaming of duplicate objects is making the task
>>>>>>> even more difficult).
>>>>>>> Would anyone be willing to share something along these lines?  Any
>>>>>>> help would be greatly appreciated.  I am not very familiar with
>>>>>>> programming languages.
>>>>>>> Thanks in advance!
>>>>>>> Frank
>>>>>>> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
>>>>>>> Frank A. Bosco
>>>>>>> Doctoral Student
>>>>>>> Dept. of Management (OB/HR)
>>>>>>> Fogelman College of Business & Economics
>>>>>>> The University of Memphis
>>>>>>> fbo... at memphis.edu
>>>>>>> Office: (901) 678-4531
>>>>>>> Cell: (901) 387-7864
>>>>>>> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> > 

-- 
Rick O'Gorman, PhD
Psychology, Faculty of Development and Society
Collegiate Crescent Campus,
Sheffield Hallam University,
Sheffield
S10 2BP

Phone: 0114 225 5788 Fax: 0114 225 2430

http://www.shu.ac.uk/psychology/staff/OGorman.html

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                                   ~Edith Wharton

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