URGENT help needed! : Object amount limit?

[David McFarlane]

Stock reminder:  1) I do not work for PST.  2) PST's trained staff 
takes any and all questions at 
http://support.pstnet.com/e%2Dprime/support/login.asp , and they 
strive to respond to all requests in 24-48 hours (although current 
estimates are more like 10 days) -- this is pretty much their 
substitute for proper documentation, so make full use of it.  3) If 
you do get an answer from PST Web Support, please extend the courtesy 
of posting their reply back here for the sake of others.

That said, here is my take...

You may indeed have hit a limit on the number of objects that E-Prime 
can handle, that is a lot of objects and an odd use of E-Prime.  But 
you should contact PST Web Support to make sure, and then please post 
back here with the answer.

But now, as is my wont, I will address the larger unaddressed 
issue.  Does your professor know what they are doing?  Have they ever 
done anything like this themselves in E-Prime?  E-Prime makes a very 
poor tool for just running questionnaires, especially when you have 
no need for millisecond timing.  Many better tools exist for this purpose.

And as far as the demand to finish by the end of next week, too many 
researchers hold unrealistic expectations for the world, their staff 
& students, and their technology.  Some people just need a reality 
check -- see my signature quote below.  Have your professor give me a 
phone call and I will personally give them a stern talking to.

-- David McFarlane, Professional Faultfinder
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over 
public relations, for nature cannot be fooled."  (Richard Feynman, 
Nobel prize-winning physicist)


dpschpak wrote:
>I am trying to construct an experiment of many questionnaires, and my
>Prof wants each question to be it's own object and for it to all be in
>one experiment. Given the nature of these questionnaires that will
>require hundreds (possibly breaking into 1000+) of TextDisplays,
>InLines, and Labels. I've been adding TextDisplays and received this
>error message:
>
>Unable to get Toolbox item.
>
>I can't seem to add any more TextDisplays. Have I reached some sort of
>object limit?
>She wants me to finish this by the end of next week so I need help
>ASAP. Anyone ever have this problem?

-- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "E-Prime" group.
To post to this group, send email to e-prime at googlegroups.com.
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to e-prime+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/e-prime?hl=en.