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Bonne année 2025 and follow-up on EpiData developments
by EpiData support and user community 09 Jan '25

09 Jan '25

Caution! This message was sent from outside the University of Manitoba. Je 02 jan 2025 Bonjour et bonne année 2025 à l'équipe d'EpiData. I hope Jens and Jamie still remember me; I have very nice memories of them. I used a lot the classic EpiData softwares (Entry and Analysis) before their new developments (Manager, EntryClient and Analysis); I had many difficulties with the test of the new versions years ago, so I decided to wait and to return to Epi Info 7 (ei7), for which I acquired a quite advance level, however, ei7 evolution didn't follow and I learned that the CDC won't support it anymore after next September. So, after all those years, I will need to return to EpiData. I asked to our information technology department to install the new EpiData on my computer, but I guess I'll need some support and more recent and detailed documentations that the ones that are available on the website (URL: https://epidata.dk/documentation.php); perhaps, if Jamie is available to give me a tour about EpiData, it would be a good start and accelerate my learning curve. Cordialement, Réjean Réjean Dion, M.D. Médecin-conseil en santé publique (maladies infectieuses) Laboratoire de santé publique du Québec (LSPQ) Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ) 20045, chemin Sainte-Marie, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue (Québec) H9X 3R5 INSPQ Centre d'expertise et de référence en santé publique URL: http://www.inspq.qc.ca/ Professeur adjoint de clinique Département de médecine sociale et préventive (DMSP) École de santé publique de l'Université de Montréal (ESPUM) Tél.: 514-457-2070 poste 2325 Fax: 514-457-6346 Courriel: rejean.dion(a)inspq.qc.ca

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Happy New Year 2025 to the Jens and Epidata Team
by EpiData support and user community 02 Jan '25

02 Jan '25

Caution! This message was sent from outside the University of Manitoba. Happy New Year 2025 to the Jens and Epidata Team. Epidata Team has shown perseverance and resolve to continue the Epidata development. Keep it up. With regards and best wishes, Dr. Shavinder Singh

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EpiData freq and means, compared to SAS
by EpiData support and user community 16 Jul '24

16 Jul '24

Caution! This message was sent from outside the University of Manitoba. Hi all I have a project where I compare results of statistical analysis of free to use, easy to use (menu driven) statistical analysis programs. Free To Use Statistical Software: Comparing Statistical Analyses<https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4105959> I did comparison of a little results from EpiData, comparing frequency and means to results from SAS. I'm happy to say EpiData results and SAS results are the same. I usually also compare results from correlation and regression. The help file in the downloaded program says regression is, at present, only in Analysis classic? The commands.htm file on the epidata website also lists correlation. I'm not clear if correlation is available in the all in one install? I can't seem to get a correlate command to run. correlate :=PctBelowPov =BirthRate =Services results in ERROR: Identifier "correlate" not found! Thanks Gene

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EpiData, analysis, means /by
by EpiData support and user community 16 Jul '24

16 Jul '24

Caution! This message was sent from outside the University of Manitoba. Hi all I hope this is something simple. I'm reading in this data set, the one I mentioned before. ShortDataSet.csv<https://drive.google.com/file/d/11WIET3s4eMHsB6JQ6hOQBx0SKquGRKKw/view?usp=…> I can get a frequency for AreaRegion, using both the drop down menu system and by typing in "freq AreaRegion" (without the quotes) and I can get a means in both the drop down menu system and by typing in "means population I can't seem to get means by population, in the line at the bottom of the analysis system where we can type in commands. I went to the list of commands http://www.epidata.dk/commands.htm where it says this: means variable1 [/by=variable2] [/T] [/q] basic descriptive statistics for numeric variable1, optionally stratified by variable2 Options: /by=variable2 : Stratify by this variable I typed in " means population /by=AreaRegion" (without the quotes) and got this .means population /by AreaRegion; ERROR: Line 1: Syntax error at pos 18: / Expected: "-", "!", "(", ")", ":=", ";", "@", "[", "else", "Identifier", "in", "to" I also tried a couple of variations, like "means population [/by=AreaRegion]" and means population (/by=AreaRegion) and got similar error lines. Any help with this? By the way, on the commands.htm web page above, in the first column, it looks like you can click on the command and it's supposed to go to another web page, for example, means<http://www.epidata.dk/means.htm> is supposed to lead to http://www.epidata.dk/means.htm but that results in not found. And again, I greatly appreciate all the work that folks put into EpiData and all the accompanying web pages, help pages, documentation, etc. It's a lot of work and your work is appreciated. Thanks Gene

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about epi data analysis, email list
by EpiData support and user community 15 Jul '24

15 Jul '24

Caution! This message was sent from outside the University of Manitoba. Hi I think I mentioned a couple of places on the epi data website where the email list website needs to be updated. Also, when you open epi data analysis, and click on help and about, it says the epi data email list is here http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/epidata-list but that clicks onto 'page not found'. Thanks Gene Gene Shackman Albany NY 12203 Applied Sociologist

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EpiData, means, difficult data set
by EpiData support and user community 13 Jul '24

13 Jul '24

Caution! This message was sent from outside the University of Manitoba. Hi all First, thanks to everyone involved in EpiData. It's a lot of work and I appreciate it. I list EpiData in my list of free to use stat software https://sites.google.com/site/gsocialchange/statsoft I have a data set that's probably difficult. ShortDataSet.csv<https://drive.google.com/file/d/11WIET3s4eMHsB6JQ6hOQBx0SKquGRKKw/view?usp=…> I can do some analysis, such as frequency, and a scatter graph, but I'm having problems with means. Using the menu drop downs, I tried to get a means for population and got this outcome .means population !vla !l; ERROR: Unknown option/variable: vla Actually, I get the same error if I try to get means for pctbelowpov, and gdppercap too. I -can- use population in a scatter plot, for example, population by gdppercap, or population by pctbelowpov. I can also use "describe" on a set of variables, for example, pctbelowpov to population. Just can't get means to work. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks Gene Gene Shackman Albany NY Applied Sociologist https://sites.google.com/site/gsocialchange/global-social-change-research-p…

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Release of latest versions Analysis: v3.3.0.0, Manager and EntryClient: 4.7.0.0
by EpiData support and user community 26 May '24

26 May '24

Caution! This message was sent from outside the University of Manitoba. Dear Jens and Team, Congratulations for carrying on the Epidata development. The latest versions Analysis: v3.3.0.0, Manager and EntryClient: 4.7.0.0 are more stable. After going through the details, will get back. With regards, Dr. Shavinder Singh

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New versions out on epidata.dk
by EpiData support support and user community 23 Apr '24

23 Apr '24

Caution! This message was sent from outside the University of Manitoba. Dear all It has been a while since new updates were available to all. Yesterday all new compiled versions are there for you on http://www.epidata.dk/ in the downloads page The main changes since last version and last update is: Analysis: v3.3.0.0 Manager and EntryClient: 4.7.0.0 If you test with "check version online" in help menu, the above will be shown after download. But will say an earlier version as "public". But the new versions should be safe for general use. But as always be sure to test before changing that all works as expected. Changes: Files on the website with "latest changes" will be updated soon. But the changes are: All: due to problems of invisibility on windows all software now starts at a default position, which should work. Then move to where you prefer after each start. Coordinates saved earlier were not consistent and lead to invisibility of the software. Analysis: a. Analysis has now an added graphs menu part with several graph types General a. All software was moved to a new GIT hub based account - allowing for conversion to open source developments and maintenance. More news on this later. b. All software was updated to latest version of FreePascal compiler and Lazarus . For more information on these two tools, see https://www.lazarus-ide.org/ Without the efforts of Jamie Hockin and Torsten B. Christiansen the update would not have been possible. Any comments appreciated. -- Jens Lauritsen Founder and Coordinator EpiData Association Denmark

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Epidata manager and Windows 11
by EpiData support support and user community 27 Jun '23

27 Jun '23

Dear Jens Was running a workshop on research methods The epidata session we found many with windows 11 unable to install epidata manager Is there any way to overcome this? With regards Thambu CMC Vellore ________________________________ From: epidata-list-request(a)lists.umanitoba.ca <epidata-list-request(a)lists.umanitoba.ca> Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2023 6:04 PM To: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca <epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca> Subject: EpiData-list Digest, Vol 210, Issue 1 CAUTION: This email originated from outside of CMC. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Send EpiData-list mailing list submissions to epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca To subscribe or unsubscribe 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 -- epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca ___________________________________ Today's Topics: 1. Re: Re Installation of EpiData Manager on Windows 11 - The Libeay32.dll issue (EpiData support support and user community) 2. Re: Re Installation of EpiData Manager on Windows 11 - The Libeay32.dll issue (EpiData support support and user community) 3. Re: Re Installation of EpiData Manager on Windows 11 - The Libeay32.dll issue (EpiData support support and user community) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2023 16:44:09 -0500 From: EpiData support support and user community <epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca> Subject: [EpiData-list] Re: Re Installation of EpiData Manager on Windows 11 - The Libeay32.dll issue To: EpiData support support and user community <epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca> Message-ID: <167718835436.2910.17237443081117514713(a)vpl-mailman01.ad.umanitoba.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 I can’t help with the .dll issue as I’m a Mac user. In principle, you should only install EpiData once on any computer, or at least only once for any one user. As with most software these days, EpiData stores some settings in a standard location separate from the data directory. You can create shortcuts to the software in multiple directories that include a parameter pointing to the startup settings (startup.pgm) you want to use. That’s an advanced procedure, though. Jamie > PS: I organize my project as separate installations where both data and > executables are kept in their own folder structure. Is this a problem - > maybe a wrong instance of the library is executed? DS ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2023 10:19:43 +0100 From: EpiData support support and user community <epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca> Subject: [EpiData-list] Re: Re Installation of EpiData Manager on Windows 11 - The Libeay32.dll issue To: EpiData support support and user community <epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca> Message-ID: <167740318785.2910.11155511378007643836(a)vpl-mailman01.ad.umanitoba.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 In a recent course 3 of 5 pc's all with the full suite installed showed a strange behaviour of EntryClient and Manager. The exe apparently started and was running, but not to be found on the screen. I suspected a wrong position failure, but could not access the place where the ini file is placed. What we did then was to copy only the exe file to another folder, eg a subfolder of the desktop. And then it worked. I am annoyed by not knowing the mechanism behind. The analysis did not show the same problem. We will discuss in the core group what to do. Maybe a completely different dll and place of ini on startup could be a solution to implement and test in the coming release. How important is it for users that we have user defined place on screen at startup. If we had a default startup in the middle of the screen some problems would be avoided. E.g. when you sometimes use two external screens and forget to move to screen 1 on a laptop . Any idea or consideration is welcomed. ⁣Jens Lauritsen EpiData Association, Denmark Coordinator & initiator of the EpiData Project Den 23. feb. 2023 21.56, fra 21.56, EpiData support support and user community <epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca> skrev: >Dear list, >I have also had problems starting Manager and Entryclient. Thank you >for >pointing at the Libeay32.dll. I am not an expert on this, and need some >advice: > >The file is part of any EpiData installation. Renaming it to something >else >makes the application start as a first time execution, and I am asked >to >select a working directory etc, and after that is done once, the >program >seems to work normally. > >However, there are other application folders that contain the same >library. >When I copied one of these files into the EpiData directory as >suggested in >a former post, the ssleay32.dll file reported an error. > >I would therefore highly appreciate advice on how to correctly deal >with >this issue. > >PS: I organize my project as separate installations where both data and >executables are kept in their own folder structure. Is this a problem - >maybe a wrong instance of the library is executed? DS > >Best wishes. >Vegard Høgli >MD, MPH, Norway >_______________________________________________ >EpiData-list mailing list -- epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca >To unsubscribe send an email to epidata-list-leave(a)lists.umanitoba.ca ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2023 07:39:15 -0500 From: EpiData support support and user community <epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca> Subject: [EpiData-list] Re: Re Installation of EpiData Manager on Windows 11 - The Libeay32.dll issue To: EpiData support support and user community <epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca> Message-ID: <167741485127.2910.12252475536043175381(a)vpl-mailman01.ad.umanitoba.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Two suggestions. 1. For Windows and Linux, a startup parameter to reset the screen position would be useful. It’s possible with Mac, but a bit problematic for many to use the command line. 2. My preferred: define a key combination that resets the screen position to some default, like mid-screen, as you suggest, Jens. This would work on all platforms. Something like <shift><ctrl>W? Jamie > In a recent course 3 of 5 pc's all with the full suite installed showed a strange behaviour of EntryClient and Manager. The exe apparently started and was running, but not to be found on the screen. I suspected a wrong position failure, but could not access the place where the ini file is placed. > > What we did then was to copy only the exe file to another folder, eg a subfolder of the desktop. And then it worked. I am annoyed by not knowing the mechanism behind. The analysis did not show the same problem. > > We will discuss in the core group what to do. Maybe a completely different dll and place of ini on startup could be a solution to implement and test in the coming release. > > How important is it for users that we have user defined place on screen at startup. If we had a default startup in the middle of the screen some problems would be avoided. E.g. when you sometimes use two external screens and forget to move to screen 1 on a laptop . > > Any idea or consideration is welcomed. > > ⁣Jens Lauritsen > EpiData Association, Denmark > Coordinator & initiator of the EpiData Project ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer ________________________________________ To unsubscribe send an email to epidata-list-leave(a)lists.umanitoba.ca ------------------------------ End of EpiData-list Digest, Vol 210, Issue 1 ********************************************

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Windows 11 - Yhe Libeay32.dll issue
by EpiData support support and user community 02 Mar '23

02 Mar '23

Dear Jamie and Jens, thank you for replying, I have made different menu-driven systems where files are stored in relative subfolders. I include the program files so the user can run it from a USB stick or a Citrix share without additional installation procedure. I have found that removing or renaming the Libeay32.dll file in the corresponding program directory, the program asks for default directory etc on first execution. Later on, Manager and Entryclient runs without difficulty. I am not sure if that may cause other problems, though. best wishes Vegard

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