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New public release EpiData Manager v 2.0.10.59
by EpiData development and support 30 Jun '16

30 Jun '16

Dear all The following changes have implemented in the Manager version 2.0.10.59, which replaces ALL previous versions: 2.0.10.59: * Fixed bug where rightclicking the designer, while editing a dataform caption would CAUSE a program crash. * Removed SAS Export as announced earlier (SPSS/PSPP is still there) * Visual change: All must-enter fields are now painted red, as in EntryClient. All changes with version can be seen here: <http://epidata.dk/epidatamanager.changelog.txt> For those who experienced problems with running 64bit versions on Windows and changed to Windows 32bit, please try the new replaced version. Please acknowledge the hard work done to accomplish this when possible. The planning and design is done by T.Christiansen and I in collaboration. We discuss with key users and I have secured funding from those mentioned on the funding page of the web - more on this aspect later. All specific internal design of the software routines and implementation of principles in the programming is done by T.Christiansen. Warm regards Jens Lauritsen EpiData Association Denmark > >

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Re: [EpiData-list] EpiData-list Digest, Vol 150, Issue 6
by EpiData development and support 22 Jun '16

22 Jun '16

Dear Jens Many of us use PSPP (free, legal and excellent) which requires export to SPSS sav style. This is because we cannot afford SPSS or STATA in many parts of dev world I know its more work that i cannot help with but if at all posible could the export to SPSS style be continued? sincerely Thambu ________________________________________ From: epidata-list-bounces(a)lists.umanitoba.ca <epidata-list-bounces(a)lists.umanitoba.ca> on behalf of epidata-list-request(a)lists.umanitoba.ca <epidata-list-request(a)lists.umanitoba.ca> Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2016 10:30 PM To: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca Subject: EpiData-list Digest, Vol 150, Issue 6 Send EpiData-list mailing list submissions to epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/epidata-list or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to epidata-list-request(a)lists.umanitoba.ca You can reach the person managing the list at epidata-list-owner(a)lists.umanitoba.ca When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of EpiData-list digest..." EpiData-list mailing list ___________________________________ Today's Topics: 1. Status of EpiData Development and a few questions (EpiData development and support) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2016 14:05:17 +0200 From: EpiData development and support <epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca> To: "EpiData development and support" <epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca> Subject: [EpiData-list] Status of EpiData Development and a few questions Message-ID: <1466510717716.8748.10152@webmail9> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 During this week our nights will again be longer and days shorter as a signal of change of season. Just now in Denmark sun is up at 04:39 and down at 22:05, further north even more bright hours. It is customary to make a status before summer vacation and the status for EpiData Development and maintenance is in short: Analysis: The first pre-prototype of a rewritten Analysis is the main development task just now. Core functionality of internal routines is in focus (e.g. how should the software read a command, how to add options etc). There is nothing to test for users until some months from now, but it is progressing as planned. The aim of the rewriting will be to recreate current EpiData Analysis commands, but with a slight modernisation and unification of approach and commands - more on that later. The EpiData List A few weeks back the list was not available, but this should have been fixed again, such that new list users can add themselves. First time you send a mail to the list we have to authorize it to secure against spam. Remember that files should be small and formatted as text (not html). EntryClient and Manager: The public versions are working efficiently with very few bugs, which we attempt to remove quickly. Recently errors in export of dates to Stata version 14 was fixed. There has been an issue when opening files with the 64 bit windows version, but this can be remedied by using the 32 bit version. Development versions of Manager and EntryClient: 1 Logging of user actions and control is in an in-house test. (e.g. someone can define dataforms and others only enter data). An issue of speed and actual control of what to add to logging is under consideration. 2 Configuration of Statusbar with contents of variables is working 3 Ability of automatic sending of backup file via email after entry is in test. The plan is to issue a new test version with this functionality within 2 weeks. I expect that we will no longer support export to SPSS and SAS since the maintenance of these two is cumbersome. The reason is that Stata format is fully documented and therefore easy to work with and R also reads Stata files. Therefore apart from the epx format - we will most likely restrict import and export with variable and value labels to Stata (dta) and without labels to csv (separated). Some users might find that restrictive, but in view of the overall size of the EpiData project priority must be given to secure sustainability. Such choices could lead to discussions on this list - which is highly welcomed. warm regards to all Jens Lauritsen Coordinator and Initiator of the Epidata Project ------------------------------ ________________________________________ EpiData-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/epidata-list End of EpiData-list Digest, Vol 150, Issue 6 ********************************************

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Status of EpiData Development and a few questions
by EpiData development and support 21 Jun '16

21 Jun '16

During this week our nights will again be longer and days shorter as a signal of change of season. Just now in Denmark sun is up at 04:39 and down at 22:05, further north even more bright hours. It is customary to make a status before summer vacation and the status for EpiData Development and maintenance is in short: Analysis: The first pre-prototype of a rewritten Analysis is the main development task just now. Core functionality of internal routines is in focus (e.g. how should the software read a command, how to add options etc). There is nothing to test for users until some months from now, but it is progressing as planned. The aim of the rewriting will be to recreate current EpiData Analysis commands, but with a slight modernisation and unification of approach and commands - more on that later. The EpiData List A few weeks back the list was not available, but this should have been fixed again, such that new list users can add themselves. First time you send a mail to the list we have to authorize it to secure against spam. Remember that files should be small and formatted as text (not html). EntryClient and Manager: The public versions are working efficiently with very few bugs, which we attempt to remove quickly. Recently errors in export of dates to Stata version 14 was fixed. There has been an issue when opening files with the 64 bit windows version, but this can be remedied by using the 32 bit version. Development versions of Manager and EntryClient: 1 Logging of user actions and control is in an in-house test. (e.g. someone can define dataforms and others only enter data). An issue of speed and actual control of what to add to logging is under consideration. 2 Configuration of Statusbar with contents of variables is working 3 Ability of automatic sending of backup file via email after entry is in test. The plan is to issue a new test version with this functionality within 2 weeks. I expect that we will no longer support export to SPSS and SAS since the maintenance of these two is cumbersome. The reason is that Stata format is fully documented and therefore easy to work with and R also reads Stata files. Therefore apart from the epx format - we will most likely restrict import and export with variable and value labels to Stata (dta) and without labels to csv (separated). Some users might find that restrictive, but in view of the overall size of the EpiData project priority must be given to secure sustainability. Such choices could lead to discussions on this list - which is highly welcomed. warm regards to all Jens Lauritsen Coordinator and Initiator of the Epidata Project

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"hybrid" COMMENT LEGAL or RANGE
by EpiData development and support 17 Jun '16

17 Jun '16

Can I define in my chk file legal values like this, (for a field describing the number of housing units in a building): RANGE 1 7 COMMENT LEGAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "more than 6" Thanks. --Chris Ryan

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AUTO: CN=Louise Cullen/O=NWHB is out of the office. (returning 04/07/2016)
by EpiData development and support 16 Jun '16

16 Jun '16

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nested RELATES?
by EpiData development and support 13 Jun '16

13 Jun '16

I'm using Epidata 3.1 on Windows 7. Can RELATES be nested? By that I mean, can data entry form A relate one-to-many with data entry form B, and some of the records in B relate one-to-one to data entry forms C? Specifically, I have a qes/rec/chk setup for households. within households, there will be several people, each of whose data is entered in qes/rec/chk B some (not all) of the people will have asthma. For the asthmatics, I want to, conditional on their asthma status, jump to a third qes/rec/chk setup for data on the asthmatics. Thanks. --Chris Ryan Broome County Health Department, Binghamton, NY, US

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List archives
by EpiData development and support 07 Jun '16

07 Jun '16

Have the EpiData List Archives changed accessibility rules? Clicking on any link ([1]http://lists.umanitoba.ca/pipermail/epidata-list/) from the EpiData web site to the Archives gives: "You don't have permission to access /pipermail/epidata-list/ on this server" Hans L Rieder, MD, MPH References 1. http://lists.umanitoba.ca/pipermail/epidata-list/

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XML error while exporting
by EpiData development and support 06 Jun '16

06 Jun '16

Hello, I have encountered a problem with exporting an Epidata file ending epx. When trying to export, I receive the following message and the export won't go through: Project has incorrect XML version! Max supported XML Version: 3 Project XML Version: 4 Does anyone have a solution for this problem? I have downloaded the latest version of Epidata Manager on my MAC. Med venlig hilsen Antonio Sylvester E-mail: antonio(a)au.dk AU IT, Health Vennelyst Boulevard 9 Bygning 1610-1.97 8000 Århus C Tlf: (+45) 871 50922 E-mail: health.it(a)au.dk http://www.au.dk/it

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Issues when exporting into Stata 13
by EpiData development and support 26 May '16

26 May '16

Hi - two things that I've become aware of when exporting data into Stata 13 using EpiData Manager:- 1) My interview dates have all had 60 years added to them, so instead of my interviews being recorded as taking place in 2016 they are recorded as happening in 2076. The day and month are correct. 2) I've exported my value labels, but only the first letter of these is displaying in the browse mode in Stata (though if I tabulate a variable the value labels do show in full in the table). Is there any way of correcting these problems from within EpiData, rather than from within Stata? Thanks Keith

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EpiData Manager closing without warning when trying to set up double-data entry
by EpiData development and support 26 May '16

26 May '16

Hi - has anyone else run into this problem? I have created a project in EpiData Manager, and have created a duplicate project for double data-entry using Tools>Prepare Double Entry. I have entered some data into the duplicate project and now I want to compare the two. I open EpiData Manager again, open my first project, and then go to Document>Compare Duplicate Files. I get the double-entry validation screen from which I use the 'Add Files' button to add my second project. But before I can even do that EpiData Manager closes without warning. I have tried rebooting my computer, reinstalling epidata manager and removing the password which I had put on the original project, but nothing seems to solve this problem. Before setting up the duplicate project I did move the original project to a new location and rename it. I wonder if this could, somehow, be part of the problem? Any help very gratefully received, as we are planning to introduce the new version of EpiData for teaching this year. All the best Keith Keith Tomlin Lecturer in Epidemiology Department of Disease Control and Department of Population Health London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Room 445, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK +44 (0)207 927 2716 ( tel:02079272257)

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