I usually use EpiData itself, just by opening the CHK file under FILE, OPEN, and select the relevant file from all the files in the epidata working directory (make sure you select the correct file extension). For me the EpiData text editor works perfectly fine. I write all my check files from scratch and they are often very long and complicated. I do not use the check module and it has never occurred that comment lines were stripped away. Hope this is useful. Happy writing and best regards,

Dr Henrica A.F.M. (Henriette) Jansen Epidemiologist, WHO Multi-country Study Violence against Women Department of Gender, Women and Health

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-----Original Message----- From: epidata-list@lists.umanitoba.ca [mailto:epidata-list@lists.umanitoba.ca] Sent: 18 August 2006 21:36 To: epidata-list@lists.umanitoba.ca Subject: Re: [EpiData-list] best text editor for complicated check files

I use Notepad for editing check files, although not necessarily creating them from scratch since it's easy to do from the check module. If there are repetitive checks in the file, I find it easier to use Notepad using cut-and-paste for complicated checks. One thing to note: if you like to have a lot of internal documentation in check files and you subsequently alter checks from the check module, comment lines in the .chk file get stripped away.

epidata-list@lists.umanitoba.ca wrote: I am looking for a recommendation for a text editor that support Epidata check file language. Suggestions?

Karen Wang Earth Institute at Columbia University 61 Route 9W P.O. Box 1000 Palisades, NY 10964

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