Clearing half a screen

[cogneuroisfun]

Yes, I know other programming languages at decent proficiency (C++,
Java) but unfortunately I don't know visual basic that well.

Thank you for your helpful reply, it seems as though I was other
thinking this way too much :)

On Jul 1, 9:37 am, Michiel Spape <Michiel.Sp... at nottingham.ac.uk>
wrote:
> Hi,
> I imagine you have had more experience with programming than with E-Prime, am I correct? In E-Prime, it is usually much easier just to have three screens popping up than repeating the same one, for instance, your questions seems to mean
> Start:
> -Show picture1 with question1
> -Clear question1 and insert question2
> Goto Start
>
> Which makes sense in normal programming, but not a lot in E-Prime. Instead, you will find this is very easily implemented as
> -Slide1 has picture [CurrentPicture] and [Question1]
> -Slide2 has picture [CurrentPicture] and [Question2]
> -Slide3 has picture [CurrentPicture] and [Question3]
> Since each one is after the other and refer to the same picture, the Question looks as if 'erased' from the screen, even though it's a totally new slide; i.e. the picture remains intact, as you ask. Questions here can be used in a nested list type of way, so as to properly randomised.
>
> In the end, I see absolutely no reason why you need ANY script in order to do what you seem to be wanting.
> Best,
> Michiel
>
> Michiel Spapé
> Research Fellow
> Perception & Action group
> University of Nottingham
> School of Psychology
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: e-prime at googlegroups.com [mailto:e-prime at googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of cogneuroisfun
> Sent: 30 June 2010 19:38
> To: E-Prime
> Subject: Clearing half a screen
>
> Hi all,
>
> Another noobie question here.
>
> I have a picture up while I have my participants answer questions
> about the picture. I want this picture to stay up as they answer 3
> questions (the questions are on a grid survey so the questions cant
> all fit on one screen) My question is how do I clear the previous
> question with keeping the picture in tact? The call clearscreen
> command clears everything and if I just keep everything from clearing
> the previous question overlaps the next question. The picture is at
> the top of the screen and the survey takes up the bottom of the screen
> so is there anyway to clear just the bottom of the screen?
>
> Thank you!
>
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