Re: [Quexf-discuss] Several doubts about queXF usage
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From: Adam Z. <az...@de...> - 2008-12-01 22:27:27
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Dear Rui, To band (interactively) the boxes to the right of "The first part of a matrix question" you would do the following: 1. Click and drag from the top left of the 3 boxes to the bottom right of the 3 boxes so that you have selected an area surrounding all 3 boxes (but not much more) 2. Click once within this selected area 3. The 3 boxes should then be detected and highlighted in red 4. Right click on one of the boxes, and select "Single choice" 5. The boxes should then be highlighted as green green By left clicking on the boxes - you are bringing up the screen which allows you to assign a variable name to the boxes. Currently, the 'width' option is only supported for barcodes, and is automatically entered. This box can be safely ignored. If you want the variable name to appear in your data output (such as the DDI or CSV file) - enter a variable name in this screen. The screen also shows the boxes highlighted as an image at the top to confirm that the boxes selected are correct. When banding, if you click in the selected area more than once, then the boxes will be detected more than once. This will make the boxes appear "darker" as there are more red boxes being overlaid over each other. When banding, the idea is to select boxes in a group - such as the 3 boxes to the right of "The first part of a matrix question" would all be selected together. Then, for example, they will be given the variable name "A1a". The 3 boxes to the right of "The second question in a matrix question" would be selected as a group and named, for example, "A1b" It is unclear what the problem is with the operator verification: I think it would stem back to the banding process. It may be easier to start off working with the original banding process (Where you click in the top left corner of the group of boxes, then click in the bottom right corner of the group of boxes to select a box group) if you are having trouble with the interactive process. Regards, Adam Zammit M W wrote: > Hi. > > I am trying to understand how queXF works but I am having several > doubts. I am using the latest version, the PDF sample from the doc/ > directory, Firefox 3. > > Let us suppose that I want to "Band Form" interactively , specifically > the boxes to the right of "The first part of a matrix question", "The > Second question in a matrix question" (page 2). I do a row at each > time, i.e., I select a region that encloses three boxes to the right > of the "The first part of a matrix question". Then I have to click a > few times around in order to get the region red such that I can click > it. When the red appears, I finally click and I am brought to a dialog > which still has the three boxes all red. Is this normal? shouldn't the > program have recgonized by now that there are three boxes and mark > them in color separately with white between? I tried to delete space > between boxes and what happens is that the program changes all the > color in red to something lighter... in all the region, including > boxes and the space between the boxes! > > Btw, what is the width field? Should I assign the same name to the > three boxes such they can be recognized as a group? > > Also, if I select only one box in order to continue the workflow, when > the operator is reviewing, I always see everything orange and nothing > green as if none box was marked with a cross.... > > What could be possibly wrong? > > Thanks in advance. > > Rui > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Quexf-discuss mailing list > Que...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/quexf-discuss > -- Adam Zammit, Research Fellow in Survey Technology Deakin University 221 Burwood Hwy, Burwood Australia. Phone: 03 9251 7290 International: +61 3 9251 7290 Fax: 03 9251 7632 International: +61 3 9251 7632 Email: ada...@de... Website: http://www.deakin.edu.au/buslaw/dcarf/ Deakin University CRICOS Provider Code 00113B (Vic) Important Notice: The contents of this email are intended solely for the named addressee and are confidential; any unauthorised use, reproduction or storage of the contents is expressly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please delete it and any attachments immediately and advise the sender by return email or telephone. Deakin University does not warrant that this email and any attachments are error or virus free. |