Hi all,

With many fields to enter, the QES file of epidata can easily become very large and cover 2 (or even more) subsequent screens. While entering the data, after having filled in the last field of screen 1, there will be a continuous scrolling down after each next field is entered. To prevent this continuous scrolling of the screen, one can use the TOPOFSCREEN command in the CHK file, which places the field in question at the top of the second entry screen. This results in a more steady (over)view during data entry, which I think is preferable.

Now to my question. At the top of the first screen I show the value of the automatic <IDNUM> field, which corresponds with the respondent number written on the questionnaires. Is there a way to have this <IDNUM> shown at the top of EACH new data entry screen? I've tried this by simply putting the text

respondent: <IDNUM>

at the top of each new screen. However, this didn't work well, since after the entry and saving of record 1, the next empty datarecord for case 2 is shown, but instead of showing

respondent 2

it shows

respondent 1

while at the second screen it shows

respondent 2

Probably I'm doing something strange, with showing the IDNUM field more then one time in the same REC file. Does anyone know a method to manage this problem?

Thanks, Ben.