(Not) Understanding edat time variable(s)

[David McFarlane]

Jason,

Ah, IFIS!  You didn't say that at the start, in that case all bets 
are off!  We used IFIS for many years and finally abondoned it a few 
years back for our own custom setup, what a relief!  I can't believe 
anyone still uses that outmoded system.  IFIS is a mess, it forces a 
draconian task structure using several PackageCalls, it adds all 
sorts of attributes and overrides your E-Prime settings with settings 
that it hides in several Lists in Unreferenced E-Objects without 
explanation, and generally completely violates the well-designed task 
representation already provided by the designers of E-Prime.  And it 
requires two computers for no good reason, and requires leaving a 
wide open network share, what an invitation for hackers!  And the 
documentation is even worse than that for E-Prime, I had to work out 
all the principles and "gotchas" myself and distilled it down to a 
three-page writeup that explained more than their entire sorry excuse 
for a manual.  Don't get me started!  I feel sorry for you.

-- David McFarlane, Professional Faultfinder


At 9/3/2010 12:42 PM Friday, you wrote:
>David,
>
>Thanks for the quick response and "unfortunate" information about the
>variables. As this paradigm will be used for fMRI research, perhaps
>these are variables declared by IFIS. Regardless, more legwork is
>needed.
>
>Cheers,
>Jason
>
>
>
>On Sep 3, 11:46 am, David McFarlane <mcfar... at msu.edu> wrote:
> > Jason,
> >
> > I have a *lot* of experience with EP and .edat files, and I do not
> > recognize these as standard attributes that would be added
> > automatically.  Therefore, they must have been added by whoever made
> > your specific EP program, and you have to ask that person.  No one
> > here will be able to help you, sorry.
> >
> > -- David McFarlane, Professional Faultfinder
> >
> > >In my edat file there are several time related variables with values
> > >that vex me. For example, the variable 'RunTime' = 14:45:07, which I
> > >understand. However the variable 'RunStartTime' = 162726 completely
> > >vexes me. Any insight into this would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > >Best regards,
> > >Jason

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