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by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 15 Jul '04

15 Jul '04

Hi, I'm having a problem defining text-fields having maximum width of 80 positions. What I do is the following: 1) start EPIDATA 2) click on "Define Data" and then on "New .QES file" 3) type a single line of 80 underscores _ 4) push Ctrl-T to preview the Data Form and then there appears a single text-field on the new data form, having a width of 80 as intended, but of only the first 56 positions are visible. Once these 56 are all filled in with some arbitrary text, typing the 57th character etc. results in scrolling to the left of the already entered text-string. So, the field is indeed 80 positions wide but only 56 of these are visible at a time. What can be wrong here? Thanks for any help! Ben Pelzer University Nijmegen Netherlands

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Large data file
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 15 Jul '04

15 Jul '04

Hi, I need to create a database with approximately 900 fields and 1900 observations. Can anyone foresee any problems with doing this in EpiData? I'm aware that all fields must fit within 999 lines of text. Adding headings and spacing between some lines could easily take me beyond 999 lines of text. Presumably I can have 2 or 3 fields on some lines in order to remain within the 999 limit? Cheers, Suzanna Suzanna Vidmar Senior Research Assistant Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit Royal Children's Hospital Flemington Road Parkville Victoria 3052 telephone: +61 3 9345 6372 facsimile: +61 3 9345 6000

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saving a rec file with a new name
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 09 Jul '04

09 Jul '04

I have created a rec file and would like to save it with a different name without losing the file structure and the check file associated with the original file. Please advice Thanks. Dr.Nevin Wilson, M.B., B.S., Junior TB Consultant International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (UNION) 68, Boulevard Saint-Michel 75006 Paris, France Tel : +91 94430 26848 Fax: +91 4262 266022 email: NWilson(a)iuatld.org website: www.iuatld.org

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Vedr.: [Epidata-list] Analysing Epidata rec file in epi 2002 (Ferie )
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 09 Jul '04

09 Jul '04

Træffes igen på kontoret 2.august (muligvis 28.7, men det er usikkert) Jens Lauritsen, Ovl. afd.O-Ulykkes Analyse Gruppen. Sekretariatet har tlf nr 6541 2283 og mail uag(a)ouh.fyns-amt.dk I am back in the office on Aug. 2nd. For urgent matters send mail to: uag(a)ouh.fyns-amt.dk

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Analysing Epidata rec file in epi 2002
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 08 Jul '04

08 Jul '04

We have found that importing boolean variables to EpiInfo 200x (v3.2.2) from Epi6 does not work if you choose the file type EPI6 - Direct Read EpiInfo 200x doesn't convert the booleans Y/N in the Epi6 format if you use Direct Read (I think). So it dies when it tries to do any analysis on the boolean. Importing using the file type Epi6 seems to do the conversion OK. You can easily check this out with the RELY.REC sample file in Epi6. Jamie Hockin

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re [Epidata-list] saving a rec file with a new name
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 24 Jun '04

24 Jun '04

Via epidata: Just go to "tools" copy structure This will copy the file structure and chk file without copying data in the recfile. Jens Lauritsen

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Have different colors for different data entry forms
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 07 Jun '04

07 Jun '04

I am setting up a database with 2 data entry forms. I would like the 2 forms to be different colors. I have tried typing: COLOR BACKGROUND WHITE in the check file - this is the syntax in Help - but I get the error message "Unknown command". Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong and if it's possible to have forms of different colors? Thanks, Suzanna Suzanna Vidmar Senior Research Assistant Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit Royal Children's Hospital Flemington Road Parkville Victoria 3052 telephone: +61 3 9345 6372 facsimile: +61 3 9345 6000

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help
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 27 May '04

27 May '04

When I input an data which outof range, an error interface jumps up with a warning sound. I want to listen to the warning sound only and do not want to meet the interface, because I must give it a hit on enter key I want the cursor still stay at the wrong field. Would you mind to teach me how to get that?

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re: Saving entered observation
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 27 May '04

27 May '04

Susan, I had no problem saving data using your .rec file. I entered 2 records no problem. I didn't try to fill in all of the fields with numbers/text, but entered a few random values. This isn't the way I would set up data entry, as you seem to have many sets of data for one individual and each set is actually quite small. Normallly, I would set up a relational database, or repeat the ID on each record and add visit# as a field; and only enter those small sets of data that are populated, but your approach should work. If all of the fields have actual data, then your approach is fine. You should test it out with a small amount of data So the problem lies with your particular installation of EpiData or of the actual .rec file. Are you running version 3.02 of EpiData? (the one that is available for download) Is the .rec file in a location where you have write privileges? Is the file/disk write-protected? Jamie Hockin, MD, MSc Centre for Surveillance Coordination Population and Public Health Branch, Health Canada ----Susan said---- What do we do? We entered a first observation into a form we created. Took us about 40 minutes as it is rather long. Trying to save we got a response that the program could not write the data. Any help? <<DiarySession4.1Qx.rec>> Susan Verde Program Assistant Osher Center for Integrative Medicine UCSF 415.353.7561 415.353.9686

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mensaje de prueba
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 21 May '04

21 May '04

Sorry, Im not receiving any messages from the list Ramiro A. Muñoz Arévalo Equipos / MORI

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