Heemskerk 28/01/2010
Hello JENS and ALL,
While testing this I got a message when I tried to read a DBF file, it says that it is a corrupted ZIPfile !! In true it is a perfect DBF file made by EPIDATA 3.1.
Reading TXT, CSV, REC, QES files works perfect. Shifting the fields on the screen with the mouse : OK.
Would appreciate more explanation about the SETTINGS, not all clear to me.
A possibility to change the type of an already existing field would be nice.. I add a recxml file that contains some remarks. Yours, Louk.
<?xml version="1.0"?> <EPIDATA> <SETTINGS> <VERSION>0</VERSION> <DATESEP>/</DATESEP> <DECIMALSEP>.</DECIMALSEP> <MISSINGMARK>.</MISSINGMARK> </SETTINGS> <METADATA> <LABELS> </LABELS> </METADATA> <FIELDS> <FIELD TYPE="15"> <NAME>label_1</NAME> <TAG>F1</TAG> <LENGTH>0</LENGTH> <DECIMALS>0</DECIMALS> <POS X="31" Y="19"/> <LABEL X="31" Y="19">Label text to clarify PURPOSE file.</LABEL> <COLOUR>FFFFFF</COLOUR> </FIELD> <FIELD TYPE="15"> <NAME>label_2</NAME> <TAG>F2</TAG> <LENGTH>0</LENGTH> <DECIMALS>0</DECIMALS> <POS X="31" Y="43"/> <LABEL X="31" Y="43">++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</LABEL> <COLOUR>FFFFFF</COLOUR> </FIELD> <FIELD TYPE="1"> <NAME>V1-short string</NAME> <TAG>F3</TAG> <LENGTH>10</LENGTH> <DECIMALS>0</DECIMALS> <POS X="198" Y="68"/> <LABEL X="130" Y="73">[SHORTY]</LABEL> <COLOUR>FFFFFF</COLOUR> </FIELD> <FIELD TYPE="1"> <NAME>V2-long string100</NAME> <TAG>F4</TAG> <LENGTH>100</LENGTH> <DECIMALS>0</DECIMALS> <POS X="198" Y="118"/> <LABEL X="123" Y="123">[VERYlong]</LABEL> <COLOUR>FFFFFF</COLOUR> </FIELD> <FIELD TYPE="15"> <NAME>label_5</NAME> <TAG>F5</TAG> <LENGTH>0</LENGTH> <DECIMALS>0</DECIMALS> <POS X="198" Y="144"/> <LABEL X="198" Y="144">Very nice that such a long field is possible !!!!.</LABEL> <COLOUR>FFFFFF</COLOUR> </FIELD> <FIELD TYPE="0"> <NAME>V3-Integer</NAME> <TAG>F6</TAG> <LENGTH>4</LENGTH> <DECIMALS>0</DECIMALS> <POS X="198" Y="194"/> <LABEL X="133" Y="199">[Number]</LABEL> <COLOUR>FFFFFF</COLOUR> </FIELD> <FIELD TYPE="6"> <NAME>V4-Floaty</NAME> <TAG>F7</TAG> <LENGTH>11</LENGTH> <DECIMALS>6</DECIMALS> <POS X="198" Y="224"/> <LABEL X="130" Y="229">[Floatfield]</LABEL> <COLOUR>FFFFFF</COLOUR> </FIELD> <FIELD TYPE="11"> <NAME>V5-Holiday</NAME> <TAG>F8</TAG> <LENGTH>10</LENGTH> <DECIMALS>0</DECIMALS> <POS X="198" Y="267"/> <LABEL X="112" Y="272">[Normaldate]</LABEL> <COLOUR>FFFFFF</COLOUR> </FIELD> <FIELD TYPE="16"> <NAME>V6-THISDAY</NAME> <TAG>F9</TAG> <LENGTH>10</LENGTH> <DECIMALS>0</DECIMALS> <POS X="198" Y="297"/> <LABEL X="120" Y="302">[Todayfield]</LABEL> <COLOUR>FFFFFF</COLOUR> </FIELD> <FIELD TYPE="12"> <NAME>V7-IDfield</NAME> <TAG>F10</TAG> <LENGTH>4</LENGTH> <DECIMALS>0</DECIMALS> <POS X="198" Y="350"/> <LABEL X="74" Y="355">[RECORDNUMBER]</LABEL> <COLOUR>FFFFFF</COLOUR> </FIELD> <FIELD TYPE="15"> <NAME>label_3</NAME> <TAG>F11</TAG> <LENGTH>0</LENGTH> <DECIMALS>0</DECIMALS> <POS X="72" Y="399"/> <LABEL X="72" Y="399">NOTE ! Each time when I click in a field , this field moves one pixel to the bottom. !!!</LABEL> <COLOUR>FFFFFF</COLOUR> </FIELD> <FIELD TYPE="15"> <NAME>label_4</NAME> <TAG>F12</TAG> <LENGTH>0</LENGTH> <DECIMALS>0</DECIMALS> <POS X="143" Y="428"/> <LABEL X="143" Y="428">Writing the FIEDLABELS between square brackets keeps the aspect tidy...</LABEL> <COLOUR>FFFFFF</COLOUR> </FIELD> </FIELDS> <RECORDS> </RECORDS> </EPIDATA>