October 2013 - EpiData-list - University of Manitoba Mailing Lists

Jumps in Epidata Entry
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 15 Jul '26

15 Jul '26

Dear list, I have two questions regarding Jumps in EpiData Entry. 1) I want to jump to variable v10 if de score for v8 is 1 to 7. Of course this works: v8 RANGE 1 9 COMMENT LEGAL USE oplcat JUMPS 1 v10 2 v10 3 v10 4 v10 5 v10 6 v10 7 v10 END MUSTENTER END Is a shorter syntax possible and if so, how? 2) Is it possible to make a jump defination that depends on the value entered in a previous question? For example: After entering the value for variable v5 I want to jump to v8 if the answer on question v3=1. Kind Regards, Pieter van Groenestijn The Netherlands

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fill fields from COMMENT LEGAL file
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 15 Jul '26

15 Jul '26

I'm studying the copydata example to learn how to extract several variables from a file identified in a COMMENT LEGAL statement. In A3.chk, the statement "TYPE COMMENT atransfer" appears. What is atransfer? I don't see where it has been defined as a variable and I don't find it as a system variable. Further, the program seems to be parsing the string in atransfer according to the position of punctuation. Where is the format of this string defined? Perhaps to be a bit more explicit: I have file with a list of CHWs: District, Village, CHW name and a survey conducted by the CHWs. As the data is entered for the survey, I'd like to present pick lists to facilitate entry. The data is quite strictly hierarchical: Villages occur within Districts, an CHWs live in villages. Thank you,

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New test versions of EpiData Manager and EpiData EntryClient
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 28 Oct '13

28 Oct '13

Dear All. Today we have released new test versions of both EpiData Manager (1.4.3.2) and EpiData EntryClient (1.4.3.1). This release has two major focus points: 1) Handling the case where two users/programs tries to open the same file. 2) Make forms/windows behave uniformly in regards to storing position & size, and closing using shortcuts. In addition a number of minor issue have been fixed and added: With regards to (1) we have implemented a new principle to handle the case where two programs wants to access the same file simultaneously. This is done by maintaining a lock file (taking the name of the project file and adding a .lock as suffix), which contains the locking information. Keep in mind that this does not prevent two users from overwriting the same project file, but the programs have a much better chance of detecting a possible problem before it even arises. We have tested the lock file system extensively and found it more reliable than the current method, which basically just checks the timestamp of the project. However since it is a very new feature some issues may still exist so if you experience any problems please report the problems on this mailing list or to the bugtracker: http://www.epidata.info/flyspray/ The complete list of changes Both programs: * All forms can be closed using ESC, and positions & sizes are kept on close. * Added a shortcut to browse data (Ctrl + D or Cmd + D) * The list of recent files is kept up-to-date, even if both programs are opened at the same time. * A short message is given when copying the version information to clipboard. Manager: * Changed shortcut for "Extend Page" (Ctrl + Enter, Cmd + Enter) * Default field length for Integer field changed to 1 (was 2) * Other minor text changes in reports. EntryClient: * Added shortcut to Print and Print With Data. Please report comments and errors on this list, including version of the software in which you found the error. The software is available from : http://www.epidata.dk/testing.php If no major errors or bugs are reported the version 1.4.3 will replace the current public download version. Regards Torsten Christiansen and Jens Lauritsen Epidata Association, Denmark

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Updated test version of EpiData Manager (1.4.3.1)
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 16 Oct '13

16 Oct '13

Dear All. Today we have released a minor update to the test version of EpiData Manager (1.4.3.1). The update includes fixes/enhanchments for: * A bug when using the "Extend Dataform", which caused the program to crash. * Added shortcut to "Extend Dataform" (CTRL + PageDown or Cmd + PageDown) * List of tutorials is sorted by name * A bug in SPSS export * Minor text changes in reports output. Kind regards, Torsten Bonde Christiansen. EpiData Association.

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Re: EpiData-list Digest, Vol 120, Issue 5
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 14 Oct '13

14 Oct '13

Thanks I used the 32 bit edition as advised and it worked. Warm Regards, Dr. Vivek Gupta, MBBS, MD (Community Medicine) Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore, 560029, India Phone:(+91) 9620751050, (+91)9899410420 On Monday, October 14, 2013 10:30 PM, "epidata-list-request(a)lists.umanitoba.ca" <epidata-list-request(a)lists.umanitoba.ca> wrote: ----- Forwarded Message ----- 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. Re: Error when trying to use EpiData Manager 1.4.2 (epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca) 2. Re: Error when trying to use EpiData Manager 1.4.2 (epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca) 3. Re: SPSS eport issues with manager 1.4.3 (epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca) Dear Vivek. Can you try to download the 32-bit (standard) version of Manager and EntryClient and install them also and see if you get the same problems with them. Regards, Torsten Christiansen. EpiData. On 2013-10-11 07:43, epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca wrote: > Dear All, > I just downloaded the latest version of the EpiData Manager x64 version on my Win8 64bit System. When I tried to sun it, I received an error > "Ordinal 353 Could not be located in Dynamic Link Library C:\Prorgram Files\Tortoisehg\ssleay32.dll" > > I tried this using both Standalone as well as install-able EpiData Manager versions (both 64 bit). > Any suggestions would be helpful. > Thanks > Vivek > > > Assistant Professor, > Department of Epidemiology, > > National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, > Bangalore, 560029, India > _______________________________________________ > EpiData-list mailing list > EpiData-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/epidata-list I have just tried to install EpiData Manager and EntryClient on a preview edition of Windows 8.1. They both installed with success and ran without any issues. Unfortunately we do not have any edition of Windows 8 to test on, so if there are other users who have tested the programs on Windows 8 I would like some feedback. Regards, Torsten Christiansen. EpiData. On 2013-10-14 08:48, epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca wrote: > Dear Vivek. > > Can you try to download the 32-bit (standard) version of Manager and > EntryClient and install them also and see if you get the same problems > with them. > > Regards, > Torsten Christiansen. > EpiData. > > On 2013-10-11 07:43, epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca wrote: >> Dear All, >> I just downloaded the latest version of the EpiData Manager x64 >> version on my Win8 64bit System. When I tried to sun it, I received >> an error >> "Ordinal 353 Could not be located in Dynamic Link Library C:\Prorgram >> Files\Tortoisehg\ssleay32.dll" >> >> I tried this using both Standalone as well as install-able EpiData >> Manager versions (both 64 bit). >> Any suggestions would be helpful. >> Thanks >> Vivek >> >> >> Assistant Professor, >> Department of Epidemiology, >> >> National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, >> Bangalore, 560029, India >> _______________________________________________ >> EpiData-list mailing list >> EpiData-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca >> http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/epidata-list > > _______________________________________________ > EpiData-list mailing list > EpiData-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/epidata-list Hi. All new users of the flyspray bugtracker must be approved by an admin before they may log into the system. We do this to prevent unwanted spam which easily can flood the entire system quickly. I have approved the pending users and you should be able to login now. Regards, Torsten Christiansen. EpiData. On 2013-10-13 11:35, epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca wrote: > Dear Jens > I have tried to login to flyspray but not able for some reason > Forgive me for doing this but i have attached a sample epx file created in epidata manager,its corresponding epz file, the .sps file and the sav file > I hope this helps and is ok > If it works i could teach > 250 students per year epidata manager rather than epidata entry > Thanks > Thambu > > > Dr Thambu David S > Professor and Head > Medicine Unit 2 > Christian Medical College, Vellore > 632004, India > > > _______________________________________________ > EpiData-list mailing list > EpiData-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/epidata-list ________________________________________ EpiData-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/epidata-list

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SPSS eport issues with manager 1.4.3
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 14 Oct '13

14 Oct '13

Dear Jens I have tried to login to flyspray but not able for some reason Forgive me for doing this but i have attached a sample epx file created in epidata manager,its corresponding epz file, the .sps file and the sav file I hope this helps and is ok If it works i could teach > 250 students per year epidata manager rather than epidata entry Thanks Thambu Dr Thambu David S Professor and Head Medicine Unit 2 Christian Medical College, Vellore 632004, India

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Error when trying to use EpiData Manager 1.4.2
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 14 Oct '13

14 Oct '13

Dear All, I just downloaded the latest version of the EpiData Manager x64 version on my Win8 64bit System. When I tried to sun it, I received an error "Ordinal 353 Could not be located in Dynamic Link Library C:\Prorgram Files\Tortoisehg\ssleay32.dll" I tried this using both Standalone as well as install-able EpiData Manager versions (both 64 bit). Any suggestions would be helpful. Thanks Vivek Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore, 560029, India

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Epidata Manager & Entry client 1.4.2
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 12 Oct '13

12 Oct '13

Hello everybody, I'm working with the 1.4.2 Manager version since 1 week. I found some limitations to create a structure for a data base (it's the first one I do). For example, I can't put on a menu with options for every field near to the question visible in the Entry data version. So, I must choose between an up window or an information box, but I can't see both at the same time when the Entry data version ist running. Moreover, I don't know (or I don't find) how to inscript commands before document, and what are all the possible commands. Cause of this, finally I've began using the raw document (I opened the epx.file in a text processor like Notepad++ or gedit) and work in this way. But my problem now is that I don't know enough commands to use, and I don't find any internet document containing explanations about Epidata commands for the .epx files (only for old versions with checking mode). Someone can help me? Thanks in advance. Yolanda Hornero Ortega Research assistant Dpt. Anaesthesiology HUG Geneva (Switzerland)

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Export to SPSS
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 12 Oct '13

12 Oct '13

In the latest release of EpiData, the SPSS export has one remaining problem, but the workaround is very simple. The xxxx.sps file should be edited in a plain text editor to correct the line beginning with FREE Here is what Epidata has in the xxxx.sps file: SET DECIMAL=dot. DATA LIST FILE = "/path/file.txt" ENCODING="UTF8" FREE {("|")} <---- this is the problem line RECORDS = 1 It should be SET DECIMAL=dot. DATA LIST FILE = "/Users/charlesknightsbridge/Data/BRFSS/brfss.2013-09-14.2.txt" ENCODING="UTF8" FREE ("|") <---- remove the braces RECORDS = 1 That is, remove { and } from the line that starts with FREE. That is change FREE {("|")} to FREE ("|") Oddly enough, if you use the open source software PSPP, you do not have to make this change, but it will work either way. Also take note that the delimiter used for the data file (xxxx.txt) is a vertical bar (|). If you might have a vertical bar inside a text field in Epidata, the import into SPSS or PSPP will fail. That would be a very unusual character to have in a text field anyway. Jamie

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RE: EpiData-list Digest, Vol 120, Issue 2
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 12 Oct '13

12 Oct '13

Dear |Jens The problem with exporting to SPSS seems to persist. Dr Thambu David S Professor and Head Medicine Unit 2 Christian Medical College, Vellore 632004, India ________________________________________ 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: Friday, October 11, 2013 10:30 PM To: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca Subject: EpiData-list Digest, Vol 120, Issue 2 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. EpiData Manager and EntryClient - public test of next version 1.4.3 available (epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca) 2. Error when trying to use EpiData Manager 1.4.2 (epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca) 3. Re: Error when trying to use EpiData Manager 1.4.2 (epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 23:30:20 +0200 From: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca Subject: [EpiData-list] EpiData Manager and EntryClient - public test of next version 1.4.3 available To: EpiData-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca Message-ID: <52571C6C.6020607(a)epidata.dk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Dear all A number of issues have been reported on the list since the release of version 1.4.2 of EntryClient and Manager. The following issues have been settled. Both programs: * Keyboard Shortcuts and Introduction documents are now placed on the computer and links to the net are indicated as such. * Install and running om Mac computer should be fixed now. * Clear link to the wiki (such that we can start adding information on the wiki). Manager: * Double Entry Validation works without field matching criteria * On import of Stata 13 files a message is given (use saveold command in Stata13) * Enhancements (bug fix) of export to SPSS * Opdated reports: - All reports (document) should now use system date setting from the local pc - Project description now contains dates of changes for structure, data and metadata * Prepare Double Entry: - An IDNUM field (autoincrement) is converteret to Integer and made "MUST ENTER " - More explanations if the created file cannot be saved. * Changed Field Properties, such that current value label is found under "edit" to access all value labels use alt+v * Import is now a fixed menu point under File Menu * other minor issues. (spelling errors, visual details) EntryClient: * When searching with Ctrl+F or Ctrl+L the default string search is now "contains" and the search is NOT case sensitive. * Bugfix for error making field length too short for all contents * Other bugfix, e.g. on shortcuts transferred from a form to another, e.g. on browse data. The version of this test is 1.4.3. Please report comments and errors on this list, including version of the software in which you found the error. The software is available from : Http://www.epidata.dk/testing.php If no major errors or bugs are reported the version 1.4.3 will replace the current public download version. Regards Jens Lauritsen and Torsten Christiansen Epidata Association, Denmark ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 22:43:43 -0700 (PDT) From: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca Subject: [EpiData-list] Error when trying to use EpiData Manager 1.4.2 To: EpiDATA <epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca> Message-ID: <1381470223.57118.YahooMailNeo(a)web120002.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Dear All, I just downloaded the latest version of the EpiData Manager x64 version on my Win8 64bit System. When I tried to sun it, I received an error "Ordinal 353 Could not be located in Dynamic Link Library C:\Prorgram Files\Tortoisehg\ssleay32.dll" I tried this using both Standalone as well as install-able EpiData Manager versions (both 64 bit). Any suggestions would be helpful. Thanks Vivek Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore, 560029, ?India ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 08:49:13 GMT From: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca Subject: Re: [EpiData-list] Error when trying to use EpiData Manager 1.4.2 To: <epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca> Message-ID: <1381481353136.1432.804@webmail02> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 >From an immediate point of view I would say that this problem is not related to the EpiData system as such, since we do not use any dynamic link libraries. All system functionality is contained in the exe file. So: How is the EntryClient working on that same pc ? Please download and report. For other Windows 64 bit system users it would be good to know if the system works. (Just one reply if someone made it work) regards Jens Lauritsen > I just downloaded the latest version of the EpiData Manager x64 version on my Win8 64bit System. When I tried to sun it, I received an error > "Ordinal 353 Could not be located in Dynamic Link Library C:\Prorgram Files\Tortoisehg\ssleay32.dll" > > I tried this using both Standalone as well as install-able EpiData Manager versions (both 64 bit). > Any suggestions would be helpful. > Thanks > Vivek > > > Assistant Professor, > Department of Epidemiology, > > National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, > Bangalore, 560029, India > _______________________________________________ > > ------------------------------ ________________________________________ EpiData-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/epidata-list End of EpiData-list Digest, Vol 120, Issue 2 ********************************************

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