Opening an external link from E-Prime

[Tracy Cheung]

Hi there,

I would be really happy to hear solutions or suggestions to a problem that I am experiencing.

The experiment that I am running consists of two parts.  The first is a Stroop Test (which I have already programmed with E-prime) and the second is something that needs to be run on Open Sesame or on a survey link on the Internet.

I was wondering if it would be possible to insert some sort of link in E-prime, so when participants link on it, it will open and start running an external program (either it is Open Sesame or a link on the internet).

It would be great to hear your responses.  Thanks!

Cheers,

Tracy

[Eric Dixon]

Hi Tracy,

I'm sort of a novice as far as e prime is concerned so I would take the advise of others over mine. Anyway, I don't think that e prime will allow you to reliably open a web browser or other applications while e prime is running. It tends to take over the CPU while in use. 

I'm not exactly sure what data you are looking to collect but if its just questionnaire data and you absolutely need to run it in e prime then you could always just type out the questions into Text Displays and have them respond accordingly. 

*Note: This would be very time consuming so I would consider whether or not you need e prime for this task. Maybe just have them run through your experiment and then open the link manually. 

I hope this was some help.

Cheers,
Eric

[David McFarlane]

Tracy,

Two further thoughts:

1) The Shell() function and AppActivate and WinActivate statements,
along with the DeviceManager.Suspend method, as documented in the
E-Basic Help facility.

2) AutoIt (http://www.autoitscript.com/site/autoit ).

But as Eric said, this may not work, and even if it does may be more
trouble that it's worth.

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