On one slide, show different images, loaded from a list

[Vera]

Oh yes, I will definitely contact PST!

On Mar 11, 3:12 pm, dkmcf <mcfar... at msu.edu> wrote:
> Vera,
>
> Wow, what a discussion this sparked!  I think E-Prime can do what you
> want in a quite straightforward way using nested Lists without any
> inline code.  As hinted at the thread that you cited (http://
> groups.google.com/group/e-prime/browse_thread/thread/
> 58e3ae402de68442 ), the key is "colon syntax".  So if you do not
> already have this working, here is another homework assignment for
> you:  Go to the index in the User's Guide that came with E-Prime and
> look up "colon syntax", then follow that to the appropriate tutorials
> and work through all of those.  That might give you enough ideas to
> figure it out.  But if you remain stuck after that, then refresh this
> thread some time next week and I will post more details on this
> approach (I need you to struggle a bit first so that the later lesson
> will "take").
>
> And don't forget PST Web Support, they like to take these sorts of
> questions athttp://support.pstnet.com/e%2Dprime/support/login.aspand
> they strive to respond to all requests in 24-48 hours (although
> reported response time is currently more like 5 days).  If you do
> contact Web Support then please report back here with the results.
>
> -- David McFarlane, Professional Faultfinder
>
> On Mar 10, 11:45 am, Vera <vera.d... at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> > I sure hope I will get some help here! I am trying to construct a
> > visual search task in which participants have to find let's say a
> > "yellow triangle" within "blue triangles" and "yellow triangles".
>
> > For this, I created a list with different conditions (like number of
> > items on the grid, target present or not) and I was actually counting
> > on using a slide with (let's say) 9 images, on which I would each of
> > the 9 images randomly from a nested list.
>
> > So I made my nested list with images (.png's) and I of course made
> > sure to have the image-objects on the slide point first to the
> > procedure list and then to the nested list (I think I read about all
> > the messages concerning this topic, including this onehttp://groups.google.com/group/e-prime/browse_thread/thread/84c742b85...
> > (thanks a lot for the work-around, it was a good thing for me to see
> > if I did it right, which I did, but it still will not load the right
> > pictures).
>
> > So the problem is: It seems that the "point to the nested list
> > function" is working, but then it seems impossible to load 9 DIFFERENT
> > images (it will show me 9 times the same image, at least therewith
> > confirming that it points to the correct nested list).
>
> > And I tried every option I could think of (like putting the 9 images
> > in one line of the nested list, but then I get other errors). :-( I am
> > now believing that I should maybe really write to the developers,
> > simply because this "functionality" seems to be absent.
>
> > Now I will probably have to code it (which is were the real problem
> > starts, because I am an absolute no-programmer ;-) ) and the institute
> > where I am currently working actually bought E-Prime because it should
> > be more or less "programming-free" (well ok, I understand you cannot
> > rule it out completely, but the thing I described above should be
> > possible in my opinion).
>
> > I really hope some of you guys have some creative solution for me!
>
> > With kind regards,
>
> > Vera

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