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[Annika]

Thanks again for your suggestions. I would have liked to make it work
through EP, but you're right; I'll just start working on a low-tech
solution.
I contacted PST web support, by the way, but they always take long to
get back to me - I really appreciate your quick and helpful replies!

Have a good weekend,

Annika

On Sep 10, 5:15 pm, David McFarlane <mcfar... at msu.edu> wrote:
> Annika,
>
> I still think that you should contact PST Web Support with this and
> see what they say.
>
> Other than that, if it were me then at this point I would resort to
> some sort of low-tech kludge.  E.g., feed both the EP video and the
> web cam video output into some sort of video switch box that goes to
> the one display monitor, then see if I can use some digital I/O
> output (e.g., the lpt port) to have EP control which video goes
> through the switch to the display; or in a pinch, if display switch
> timing is not critical, just flip the switch as needed by hand; or
> use two displays and physically move a mirror to show one display or
> the other.  IOW, I would just try to think "outside the EP box" to
> get a working solution to this.
>
> OK, I am late getting home for the weekend now, I have a fish dinner
> waiting and then a symphony concert tonight, so off I go...
>
> -- David McFarlane, Professional Faultfinder
>
> >Hi David,
>
> >Thanks a lot for your quick reply.
> >I had thought of using a dual display, but I am not sure if I could
> >make this work in the scanner. I am also afraid that the two display
> >screens would end up being too small to be clearly visible (the same
> >would probably apply to showing the experiment and the desktop
> >simultaneously, on second thought).
> >Perhaps it would be easier if I explained what I would like to do: At
> >certain points during my experiment, subjects need to receive direct
> >video feedback from a webcam (connected to the computer that runs E-
> >Prime).
> >I cannot use the movie object for this purpose, because it can only
> >play saved (not live) video clips. I considered calling a dll routine
> >to bring up the webcam (in the same runtime environment), but this
> >would probably interfere with E-Prime. Finally, I tried to turn on the
> >webcam, start the experiment, and then bring the webcam to the
> >foreground at specific time points. The problem is that E-Prime quits
> >as soon as it is no longer in the foreground (runtime error 11011).
> >Do you know if there is a way (e.g., using an inLine) to keep E-Prime
> >running in the background? That way I could call the webcam to the
> >foreground (and push it back to the background again a few seconds
> >later), without having the experiment quit in the mean time.
>
> >I appreciate your help,
>
> >Annika
>
> >On Sep 10, 2:49 pm, David McFarlane <mcfar... at msu.edu> wrote:
> > > Annika,
>
> > > Stock reminder:  1) I do not work for PST.  2) PST's trained staff
> > > takes any and all questions
> > athttp://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...
>
> > > Hmm, interesting thought.  I don't see any hope of doing that in
> > > E-Prime, but I would be glad to be found wrong.  You can, of course,
> > > set E-Prime's display resolution to whatever you like, but that
> > > always still takes up the full display.
>
> > > As an alternative, I suppose you might use a dual physical display,
> > > so that E-Prime would take up one display screen, and you would still
> > > have a desktop visible on the other display screen.
>
> > > -- David McFarlane, Professional Faultfinder
>
> > > >I was wondering whether you can change the size of the window in which
> > > >the experiment is run.  Is there a way to let E-Prime take up only,
> > > >say, half the computer screen, so that you can still see (half) the
> > > >desktop in the background while running the experiment?
> > > >Thanks,
> > > >Annika

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