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New Epidata Analysis 3.2.0.0 Dark Editor Background
by EpiData development and support 23 Jun '21

23 Jun '21

Dear Jens and Team, Congratulations Great release (RC1) We devote lot of time in Editor also for meaningful output. Please incorporate the function of “Adjust the colour of the Editor background also”. e.g. #000000 is black. Regards, Shavinder Singh

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New versions of Manager, EntryClient and Analysis
by EpiData development and support 23 Jun '21

23 Jun '21

Dear all From today you will find on the website at http://www.epidata.dk/download.php The new public release versions are: EpiData Manager and EntryClient version 4.6.0.6 EpiData Analysis version 3.2.0.0 The main new aspect is that Analysis now has a dialogue as an assisting tool for creating analysis commands with most options for frequencies, tables, describe and ctable. Find this in the menu point "Analysis". In addition the whole principle of development is in re-design, such that future updates should be easier to manage within the project. You should notice that the current release versions will be the final ones for 32 bit systems (older computers). The reason is that the maintenance of all possible aspects for as well 32 and 64 bit versions for as well Windows, Linux and Mac OS has become too cumbersome. The 32 bit versions (4.6.0.6 or 3.2.0.0) will remain downloadable from the page: http://www.epidata.dk/download32.php In short time the main download page will be adapted to contain only 64 bit versions and links to Classic EpiData and the 32 bit versions. The adaptation will also complete updating of other aspects, e.g. content of "latest changes" files. Thanks to the implementation and development of principles by Torsten Christiansen and Jamie Hockin (struggling with Mac aspects), plus guidance from Hans Rieder and coordination/managing efforts by myself the project continues. Without the continued comments and downloads that we can see from all users we would not be motivated to continue, so thanks for that. The current aim is to include all functions available in classic EpiData.(whether to include "before/after blocks" will be decided later). After our summer period here (july-august) development will continue with graphs in analysis and other aspects. best wishes Jens Lauritsen Initiator and Coordinator of EpiData Software Denmark

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EpiData and Apple Mac
by EpiData development and support 22 Jun '21

22 Jun '21

Good day, In our University we run a course on-line and students learn how to use EpiData as well as Stata during the course. We encountered a problem with the students who use Apple Mac computers and who are using Catalina OS. It appears that EpiData does not run properly in Catalina environment. They can download and install a beta version but that does not allow saving, for example, or export to Stata; so they are unable to submit assignments requiring the preparation of questionnaires, data entry or export to Stata. It affects about 20 of our 600 students. Does anyone have any solution to suggest?

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New test version of EpiData Software (Mac working and dialogs in Analysis)
by EpiData development and support 26 Apr '21

26 Apr '21

Dear all A new test release has been placed on www.epidata.dk/testing.php The changes will be released as public version after implementation of a few more changes and tests. Users are invited to test the following new features and improvements: - but remember as always to work on test data and copies of projects. Major new feature in Analysis: Dialogs for statistics A visual form which will create the command - like in Analysis ClassicSpeed of reading projects has been improved EntryClient, Manager and Analysis work in Mac (64 bit - latest OS) A number of bug-fixes and internal clarifications to manage definitions of missing data and tables have been implemented. Most of this is important improvements, but should not be visible to the user, apart from reading of files being much faster. One of the difficulties is to ensure correct implementation of procedures for encryption, user control of entry (logging) and the way the operating systems control access to the encryption libraries. Increasingly in many organizations user have only restricted access to their own computer making it difficult to write software - without paying licenses to e.g. Microsoft and Apple. The test versions are provided as zip/tgz compressed files. Make sure that you unzip all content with maintained folder/directory structure Please comment on the list if you have problems/suggestions or experiences with the updated versions. One note is that after unzipping and opening you should resize the dialogs in Analysis if you have a Mac computer. Otherwise some of the content is not sufficiently intuitive to use (we are working on that). As always the changes were made in a collaborative effort of Torsten B.Christiansen, Jamie Hockin , Hans Rieder and I. Torsten does the main software desing and programming and Jamie added important aspects of Mac function and dialog implementation. best wishes Jens Lauritsen EpiData Association Denmark

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EpiData on MAC
by EpiData development and support 24 Apr '21

24 Apr '21

Dear EpiData List Would anyone know how to run EpiData Entry on a Mac Computer. When I try to download, I get the message: Epidataentry needs to be updated. (To the current version of MAC). Kind regards, Jannie ________________________________ This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the original message (including attachments).

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Child form unicity bug
by EpiData development and support 13 Mar '21

13 Mar '21

Hello, First, I would to thanks the Epidata team for the great job done so far. Recently, in a database with a main form and several child forms (single or repeated), we observed at the end of the study several duplicate forms for several patients. This can happen on a 1 to 1 relationship or on a 1 to many relationships. We checked the properties of all datasets. They have been properly established to ensure that each record is unique. We have performed some tests to reproduce the issue and found that the issue occurs when a key field is exited with the mouse, or when a form is exited using the mouse to choose a new form to fill in the left panel of the screen instead of leaving the form with the last filled field. When this happens, the user can browse the forms and enter a duplicate visits without warning. Under these circumstances, the "Save Form" dialog box appeared twice. These bugs can be reproduced with the child-bug.epx (joined file) database using the following procedure: Add a new patient Fill out the main form with a new patient: Patient n ° 45 Age: 2 years Height: 90 (do not use Enter key) After typing 90 on the keyboard, use the mouse to select the inclusion data form. After this action, the "Save Record" dialog box appears twice instead of once when the Height field is exited with the Enter key. Once the focus is on the inclusion form, enter today's date and weight e.g. 12 kg (do not use the enter key). After typing 12 on the keyboard, use the mouse to select the Visits form. Once the visit form is displayed, select the inclusion form again. Instead of displaying the data entered previously, the form is empty and the completed forms counter is zero, add the current date and a weight. If you repeat this operation several times, you can complete more than one form. The number of child forms filled is only "correctly" displayed when the patient is exited and selected again. I hope these information will help to solve the problem. Best regards _________________________ Jean-Marie Chrétien CHU Angers - DRCi – Responsable de la Cellule Gestion des Données et Evaluation CIL adjoint pour la recherche 02.413.55976 06.65.80.71.15

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Online Training in epidata anlayisis
by EpiData development and support 08 Feb '21

08 Feb '21

Dear Jens A request. Could you or any of the resource people make a short podcast on the use of the updated epidata analysis? Or are there any resources available for this online i/ we can access Thanks in advance Thambu

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Command Select
by EpiData development and support 08 Feb '21

08 Feb '21

Thank you for your response. Example with my own file. .freq castem; castem ----------- N ----------- 1 153 2 150 3 632 ----------- Total 935 ----------- .select castem<>3 do; Selecting, please wait... (303 of 935 selected) .begin; ==> No operative (idem begin without < ; >) ERROR: Line 1: Syntax error at pos 7: ERROR: Unexpected end of line! Perhaps a ";" is missing? .freq castem; ==> no selection... castem ----------- N ----------- 1 153 2 150 3 632 ----------- Total 935 ----------- .select castem=1 do drop data; ==> objective : keep codage 1 Selecting, please wait... (153 of 935 selected) (153 observations dropped) .freq castem; ==> Selection code<> 1 (link avec drop data ?) castem ----------- N ----------- 2 150 3 632 ----------- Total 782 ----------- And an another (and last) question : how to delete the current selection? Thank you. Bernard Branger, Nantes, France

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New analysis
by EpiData development and support 06 Feb '21

06 Feb '21

Hello, For training, I'm trying to understand the new version of "Analysis". A few comments : - The command "freq var ! r;" (as shown in the guide) doesn't work, but "freq var ! pr" is OK. Strictly speaking and on the educational plan, the percentages presented with "freq" are in columns : "freq var ! c;" or "freq var ! pc;" would be more logical. - To select a part of the file, I noted, (as an example for a frequency) the command "select (var1 <3) do freq var2 ! pr;". Should we repeat with each command "select (var1 <3) do"? Is there a way, like the old "select", to select part of the file for further commands? - The command (example) "select (var1 = 3) do var1: = 2;" is quite complicated compared to that "if ... then ...." - How to create a new numeric variable with 3 digits and 2 decimal places? As in the old "define var ###. ##"? - When will the "regress" commands and the graph commands (including scatter with a regression line as in the old "Epi-Info" ...? Thank you for your help. Bernard BRANGER - 44000 NANTES - France

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Happy (belated) New Year 2021
by EpiData development and support 15 Jan '21

15 Jan '21

Happy (belated) New Year 2021 Dear Jens and Epidata Team,                         There is absolute silence on the list. I hope Covid 19 impact is waning away and New Epidata Analysis development is in progress. Any news!! Shavinder Singh  

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