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Updated versions Manager 2.0.8.56 & EntryClient 2.0.6.20
by EpiData development and support 08 Nov '15

08 Nov '15

Dear all users New versions were placed yesterday for general download on http://www.epidata.dk/download.php Many bugs have been fixed during recent releases and we therefore encourage all to get the new versions and replace older ones. The new versions will work with all epx project files. But it is always good practice to have a backup copy if some unexpected problem shows up. The two updated versions fixes several details of related file systems and export. Related file principles are now sufficiently developed for routine use, including handling of "mark for deletion", "count by id", "compare duplicate", export etc. See the complete list of changes here: Http://epidata.dk/epidatamanager.changelog.txt Http://epidata.dk/epidataentryclient.changelog.txt Conversion from flat file systems to related structure is rather simple, provided you define the keys correctly. A step by step recipe for this will be published here later and added to the wiki system at http://epidata.info/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=start Regards Jens Lauritsen EpiData Association, Denmark

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Export into Excel
by EpiData development and support 02 Nov '15

02 Nov '15

Dear all, I was using the old version of EpiData. I am not a statistician. Now I wanted to use the EpiData at my new workplace, had to install the new version and am struggling with the export into Excel. The export is possible but then I get a table in Excel where everything is together, in one column. Is it a bug, will it be fixed or am I doing something wrong? I tried to read everything but I am not coming further. Please help. Thank you. Lukas

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New MOOC course features Epidata
by EpiData development and support 03 Sep '15

03 Sep '15

Epidata list members may be interested to know that Epidata is featured in a new MOOC (Massive Open On-line course) soon to be offered as part of the by Peking University. It is called Using Software apps in epidemiological research. For those who are not familiar with MOOCS they are free on line courses, often offered by top universities and usually made up of videos, short quizzes and on-line discussion groups. They can have very large enrollment numbers. I enjoy MOOCs and have taken eight or nine already, but I can't do this one as it is in Chinese. Perhaps chinese speaking list members could try it. Here is a link. https://www.coursera.org/course/epiapps?utm_medium=email&utm_source=recomme…. best wishes Christine ______________________________________________________________________________ The information contained in this email and any attachments is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and remove all copies of the message, including any attachments. Any views or opinions expressed in this email (unless otherwise stated) may not represent those of Hutt Valley DHB. Thank you. ______________________________________________________________________________

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Batch conversion of .epx/.epz files to Stata
by EpiData development and support 01 Sep '15

01 Sep '15

Hi! I have a large number of .epx files that require conversion to another format (Stata in this case). Is it possible to do some kind of batch conversion (using the command line tool, for example?). Thanks in advance for the help. María Rodrigo Domingo MSc, PhD, Biostatistician AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL Denmark

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Information to user while working with Manager and EntryClient
by EpiData development and support 28 Aug '15

28 Aug '15

Dear all One of the design options we are discussing internally is whether to re-design the "status-bar" at the bottom of Manager and EntryClient. For input to this design, which is now "hard-coded" we are considering implementation of a user defined mode of content. Please discuss or add viewpoints of what you would like to see on a statusbar or information toolbar. Focus on which information you would like to see, not the actual visual design. Although ideas are obviously always welcomed. e.g : key for a project, do we need field names, field types, number of sections etc. Separate the input btw. Manager and EntryClient and whether you wish to have some obligatory and other user defined. Just respond to this mail and the discussion should form a "thread" . If you recieve the digest summary form of mails from the list, then delete other non-relevant parts to make your suggestion more readable. regards before you submit your suggestions. Rember not to include pictures or similar since these are blocked in the system. Jens Lauritsen EpiData Association

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AUTO: CN=Louise Cullen/O=NWHB is out of the office. (returning 31/08/2015)
by EpiData development and support 25 Aug '15

25 Aug '15

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Updated versions of EpiData Manager v2.0.7.53 and EntryClient v2.0.5.17:
by EpiData development and support 24 Aug '15

24 Aug '15

Today new versions have been released today with bug-fixes and minor additions. . Our strategy just now is to release bug-fixes, such that we can focus on development of logging and dataprotection. The EntryClient release today adds the F5 "copy field" with a user format. e.g.: %gd %gn %gf %gp %q,%d,%v%n will now add "global" information such as date and dataform name, see: http://www.epidata.info/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=documentation:clipboardformat Such one can now copy as well current field and whole record to clipboard. For Manager: 2.0.7.53: Texts to describe exports have been added and also a new mechanism to work with dataforms with very many fields and labels. It seems that in practice one should keep number of fields on a given form below 200. More than that will work but with longer load times for the files. A complete list of changes is always shown on the download page in one of these links: http://epidata.dk/epidatamanager.changelog.txt http://epidata.dk/epidataentryclient.changelog.txt . Please inform the list of any non-solved problems or report to the database here: http://www.epidata.info/flyspray As always if you find problems and report to the list include version information, which you easily copy to a mail from the help menu "copy version info" regards Jens Lauritsen EpiData Association

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Access violation message- still unable to open database
by EpiData development and support 12 Aug '15

12 Aug '15

Dear Jamie, Many thanks for your email. Yes there was a lock file in the folder, even though the database was not open in either manager or EntryClient. I have deleted this. Now when I try to open the database in Manager it skips the message 'this file is locked by another program' etc, instead going straight to the Access Violation message. I've used the 'Prepare for double data entry' function, but the _double database file also will not open. Any idea how I can adjust the permissions on the file? (On either Mac or PC as it won't open on either). Seeing as I can open it in EntryClient is there any way I can save this database through Entry Client and get it back to a new Manager file? Best wishes Laura

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Access violation message- unable to open database
by EpiData development and support 11 Aug '15

11 Aug '15

Hi, I am in the middle of creating a database on Epidata Manager v2.0.5.51 for Mac. There is one dataform and no relational databases. There are 13 sections and 468 fields so far. Today when I tried to open the database I get the message: “The file [xxxx] is locked by another program! The file was locked at [last time I tried to open it] by [my username]. Continue opening this file?” If I say No, the box just closes. If I say Yes, the database opens in the background but I get the message: “Access violation. Press OK to ignore and risk data corruption. Press Cancel to kill the program”. I have tried pressing OK many times but I can’t get beyond the error message and can’t access the database which I can see behind it. I can see that I haven't lost any sections of the database since I last saved it last night. If I press Cancel then Epidata Manager shuts down. I’ve been through this process many times. I can open the database on Epidata EntryClient. I can open other databases on Manager with no problem. I have tried opening the ‘problem’ database in the latest version of Manager on a PC but it also doesn’t work. I have downloaded the software again but that doesn’t work. I’ve restarted my Mac.. Any advice on how to open this database again would be very gratefully received. I can’t see any relevant entries on this particular scenario in the archives. Kind regards Laura Dr Laura Asher MBBS MSc MFPH Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Fellow Centre for Global Mental Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine /Department of Psychiatry, Addis Ababa University UK Phone: +44 (0) 207 2994668 UK Mobile: +44 (0) 7800 820978 Ethiopia Mobile: +251 (0) 912 649754 Email: laura.asher(a)lshtm.ac.uk

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Epidata Team
by EpiData development and support 11 Aug '15

11 Aug '15

Sir/Madam, I have just upgraded to windows 10. I wish to know the following - 1. Whether the current version of Epidata is compatible with Windows 10? 2. Whether anyone had faced any issues in exporting data from epidata to SPSS Version 21? I am involved in academic field work related to my MPH course requirement. I would be grateful for the feedback on my queries as it might save time in creating platform for data entry based on my interview schedule. In case epidata is not compatible with MS Windows 10, I may have to use excel or other data entry softwares for this purpose. Thanking you. Regards Aayam Gupta MPH Scholar, SCTIMST, Trivandrum, INDIA Yours sincerely, Aayam Gupta (6606, MPH 2014) Mobile- 0091-8301864169 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "There is no such thing as sacrifice in a person's life aiming for excellence": Bedi ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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