serious backup problem in epidata entry
Hello Friends I create many datasets at my hospital and instruct physicians on how to use it. I always add a backup section to my chk files. The problem is that after the user clicks 'save record to disk' and wants to exit, he/she usually clicks the top 'x' on the upper right side of the screen, which is the way most software works. Unfortunately, the backup is not done unless the user clicks the lower 'x'. There is no warning, and backups are not made. Am I doing something wrong? If not, is there a workaround. Failure to make backups has caused me many problems . I am using ver 3.1(120306). I would really appreciate any help with this problem.
Thank you all
Steve Blum Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center Department of Medicine Bronx, NY
Until this is fixed, train your users to press the F10 key to exit. This avoids confusion about which 'x' to hit.
The no-fail workaround (requires no training):
You can also force the backup by using a small batch file to launch EpiData and copy the files to your backup folder.
In your data folder, create a small batch file: (e.g. x:\datafolder\ENTERDATA.BAT):
echo off "c:\program files\epidata\epidata.exe" mydata.rec copy mydata.* x:\backupfolder /Y
Then change the Windows shortcut you use to launch entry of your data to the target:
x:\datafolder\enterdata.bat
and the start location to
x:\datafolder
Creating a unique desktop icon (shortcut) for your project, rather than having users launch epidata on their own gives you the ability to do this sort of thing
Jamie Steve wrote:
The problem is that after the user clicks 'save record to disk' and wants to exit, he/she usually clicks the top 'x' on the upper right side of the screen, which is the way most software works. Unfortunately, the backup is not done unless the user clicks the lower 'x'.
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