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From: Kristel H. <Kri...@ic...> - 2012-06-04 12:03:29
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Dear Adam, We are looking into the possibility to offer our students/researchers a service to scan and collect data using queXF. This would be an added service for current users of the Limesurvey we have installed on the university's servers. We would only allow forms created with Limesurvey to be used and tests importing the forms and banding file work really well. QueXF as it is now is perfect for a local installation for a single user but isn't ready for use for a setup with many users and so I have some questions about future development and added functionality. - The possibility to remove forms with scanned files. If surveys are finished there should be a possibility to delete a form with scanned files through the user interface. - Adding a page link (cf Teleform) or using unique barcode to keep scanned multiple page forms together? - A nicer user interface ( cf Limesurvey) I saw most of these questions already on the user forum and usually you provide suggestions on how and where to change the source code. We are planning to customize to some degree but not develop too much so my question actually is how much changes, additions we can expect in the near future? Are there new releases with a lot of functionality change or added in the pipeline? Kind regards, Kristel Hoydonckx Faciliteiten voor Onderzoek KU Leuven |
From: Adam Z. <ada...@ac...> - 2012-06-05 05:33:03
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Dear Kristel, Deleting forms with scanned files should be a trivial addition - this will require data from the formboxes, formboxverifychar, formboxverifytext, formpages, processforms and forms tables to be removed along with those removed from the pages and boxes tables when deleting where no data exists. Can you please expand on the "page link" question? - queXF can handle multipage forms already which is done by a unique barcode on each page of each form. Regarding a nicer user interface - this is a good idea but is not high priority for us. I would be happy to review any code that makes the user interface a bit nicer, or you could contact ACSPRI who can provide modifications on a fee for service basis for this kind of change. All development work is done publicly - so any changes will appear in the SVN repository as they are done. There is currently no plan to make any major changes. While that is the case - queXF is regularly maintained and bugs are usually fixed quickly. The typical way new features or changes occur are either: 1. ACSPRI has an operational requirement for new functionality 2. A community member submits a patch/ code with new functionality 3. Someone pays ACSPRI on a fee for service basis to add new features /etc. Regards, Adam Zammit On 4 June 2012 21:46, Kristel Hoydonckx <Kri...@ic...> wrote: > Dear Adam, > > We are looking into the possibility to offer our students/researchers a > service to scan and collect data using queXF. This would be an added service > for current users of the Limesurvey we have installed on the university’s > servers. > > We would only allow forms created with Limesurvey to be used and tests > importing the forms and banding file work really well. > > QueXF as it is now is perfect for a local installation for a single user but > isn’t ready for use for a setup with many users and so I have some questions > about future development and added functionality. > > - The possibility to remove forms with scanned files. If surveys > are finished there should be a possibility to delete a form with scanned > files through the user interface. > > - Adding a page link (cf Teleform) or using unique barcode to keep > scanned multiple page forms together? > > - A nicer user interface ( cf Limesurvey) > > > > I saw most of these questions already on the user forum and usually you > provide suggestions on how and where to change the source code. We are > planning to customize to some degree but not develop too much so my question > actually is how much changes, additions we can expect in the near future? > > Are there new releases with a lot of functionality change or added in the > pipeline? > > Kind regards, > > Kristel Hoydonckx > > Faciliteiten voor Onderzoek > > KU Leuven > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ > Quexf-discuss mailing list > Que...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/quexf-discuss > -- Adam Zammit Research and Development Officer Australian Consortium for Social and Political Research Inc. +61 3 9013 9653 http://www.acspri.org.au/ |
From: Persike, M. <pe...@un...> - 2012-06-05 06:51:17
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Dear Kristel, you should do a test run with LimeSurvey generated forms. We didn't and are now stuck with about 1000 forms that cannot be read by queXF. Despite multiple attempts with different scanners, scanning options, queXF settings and support by Adam, our queXF installation fails to detect both the barcode as well as the corner marks. Bye, Malte -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Adam Zammit [mailto:ada...@ac...] Gesendet: Dienstag, 5. Juni 2012 07:06 An: Kristel Hoydonckx Cc: que...@li... Betreff: Re: [Quexf-discuss] general questions queXF Dear Kristel, Deleting forms with scanned files should be a trivial addition - this will require data from the formboxes, formboxverifychar, formboxverifytext, formpages, processforms and forms tables to be removed along with those removed from the pages and boxes tables when deleting where no data exists. Can you please expand on the "page link" question? - queXF can handle multipage forms already which is done by a unique barcode on each page of each form. Regarding a nicer user interface - this is a good idea but is not high priority for us. I would be happy to review any code that makes the user interface a bit nicer, or you could contact ACSPRI who can provide modifications on a fee for service basis for this kind of change. All development work is done publicly - so any changes will appear in the SVN repository as they are done. There is currently no plan to make any major changes. While that is the case - queXF is regularly maintained and bugs are usually fixed quickly. The typical way new features or changes occur are either: 1. ACSPRI has an operational requirement for new functionality 2. A community member submits a patch/ code with new functionality 3. Someone pays ACSPRI on a fee for service basis to add new features /etc. Regards, Adam Zammit On 4 June 2012 21:46, Kristel Hoydonckx <Kri...@ic...> wrote: > Dear Adam, > > We are looking into the possibility to offer our students/researchers > a service to scan and collect data using queXF. This would be an added > service for current users of the Limesurvey we have installed on the > university's servers. > > We would only allow forms created with Limesurvey to be used and tests > importing the forms and banding file work really well. > > QueXF as it is now is perfect for a local installation for a single > user but isn't ready for use for a setup with many users and so I have > some questions about future development and added functionality. > > - The possibility to remove forms with scanned files. If > surveys are finished there should be a possibility to delete a form > with scanned files through the user interface. > > - Adding a page link (cf Teleform) or using unique barcode to > keep scanned multiple page forms together? > > - A nicer user interface ( cf Limesurvey) > > > > I saw most of these questions already on the user forum and usually > you provide suggestions on how and where to change the source code. We > are planning to customize to some degree but not develop too much so > my question actually is how much changes, additions we can expect in the near future? > > Are there new releases with a lot of functionality change or added in > the pipeline? > > Kind regards, > > Kristel Hoydonckx > > Faciliteiten voor Onderzoek > > KU Leuven > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------- > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. > Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the > latest in malware threats. > http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ > Quexf-discuss mailing list > Que...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/quexf-discuss > -- Adam Zammit Research and Development Officer Australian Consortium for Social and Political Research Inc. +61 3 9013 9653 http://www.acspri.org.au/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Quexf-discuss mailing list Que...@li... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/quexf-discuss |
From: Adam Z. <ada...@ac...> - 2012-06-05 23:43:36
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Dear All, I agree that testing with your scanner is important. Malte - from our correspondence I believe the issue remains with the scans of the image - not with queXF itself. Although they may be in greyscale- they do not contain continuous lines - they are full of pock-marks (when looking at a pixel level at the image - there are white spots in between black lines) when converted to 300DPI greyscale by ghostscript. queXF is not able to detect lines or barcodes where the scanned image is not clear. In most cases this should be resolved by the scanning settings, or alternatively by applying a Gaussian blur to the image to fill the "pock marks". Regards, Adam Zammit On 5 June 2012 16:51, Persike, Malte <pe...@un...> wrote: > Dear Kristel, > > you should do a test run with LimeSurvey generated forms. We didn't and are now stuck with about 1000 forms that cannot be read by queXF. Despite multiple attempts with different scanners, scanning options, queXF settings and support by Adam, our queXF installation fails to detect both the barcode as well as the corner marks. > > Bye, Malte > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Adam Zammit [mailto:ada...@ac...] > Gesendet: Dienstag, 5. Juni 2012 07:06 > An: Kristel Hoydonckx > Cc: que...@li... > Betreff: Re: [Quexf-discuss] general questions queXF > > Dear Kristel, > > Deleting forms with scanned files should be a trivial addition - this will require data from the formboxes, formboxverifychar, formboxverifytext, formpages, processforms and forms tables to be removed along with those removed from the pages and boxes tables when deleting where no data exists. > > Can you please expand on the "page link" question? - queXF can handle multipage forms already which is done by a unique barcode on each page of each form. > > Regarding a nicer user interface - this is a good idea but is not high priority for us. I would be happy to review any code that makes the user interface a bit nicer, or you could contact ACSPRI who can provide modifications on a fee for service basis for this kind of change. > > All development work is done publicly - so any changes will appear in the SVN repository as they are done. There is currently no plan to make any major changes. While that is the case - queXF is regularly maintained and bugs are usually fixed quickly. The typical way new features or changes occur are either: > > 1. ACSPRI has an operational requirement for new functionality > > 2. A community member submits a patch/ code with new functionality > > 3. Someone pays ACSPRI on a fee for service basis to add new features /etc. > > Regards, > Adam Zammit > > On 4 June 2012 21:46, Kristel Hoydonckx > <Kri...@ic...> wrote: >> Dear Adam, >> >> We are looking into the possibility to offer our students/researchers >> a service to scan and collect data using queXF. This would be an added >> service for current users of the Limesurvey we have installed on the >> university's servers. >> >> We would only allow forms created with Limesurvey to be used and tests >> importing the forms and banding file work really well. >> >> QueXF as it is now is perfect for a local installation for a single >> user but isn't ready for use for a setup with many users and so I have >> some questions about future development and added functionality. >> >> - The possibility to remove forms with scanned files. If >> surveys are finished there should be a possibility to delete a form >> with scanned files through the user interface. >> >> - Adding a page link (cf Teleform) or using unique barcode to >> keep scanned multiple page forms together? >> >> - A nicer user interface ( cf Limesurvey) >> >> >> >> I saw most of these questions already on the user forum and usually >> you provide suggestions on how and where to change the source code. We >> are planning to customize to some degree but not develop too much so >> my question actually is how much changes, additions we can expect in the near future? >> >> Are there new releases with a lot of functionality change or added in >> the pipeline? >> >> Kind regards, >> >> Kristel Hoydonckx >> >> Faciliteiten voor Onderzoek >> >> KU Leuven >> >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> -------- >> Live Security Virtual Conference >> Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and >> threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. >> Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the >> latest in malware threats. >> http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ >> _______________________________________________ >> Quexf-discuss mailing list >> Que...@li... >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/quexf-discuss >> > > > > -- > Adam Zammit > Research and Development Officer > Australian Consortium for Social and Political Research Inc. > +61 3 9013 9653 > http://www.acspri.org.au/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ > Quexf-discuss mailing list > Que...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/quexf-discuss -- Adam Zammit Research and Development Officer Australian Consortium for Social and Political Research Inc. +61 3 9013 9653 http://www.acspri.org.au/ |