Misc Questions from a non-technical person

[Paul Hamlin]

Programming a household survey in XLS and then converting to XML at FormHub.  Running into some problems as the sample guidance assumes a minimal competence in XML or assumes knowledge of programming syntax which I don't have.

1. When I used KoBo (I know this is not KoBo forum, keep reading!) it kindly inserts an XML node for each question/indicator (A01, A02, etc.) that then appears in the XML.  This is useful to modify the XML since it shows up in the label/hint section as well as the bind/constraint sections.  How can I insert a column with numbers or labels for each question?  What should the column header read?  What are the limts of nodes, may I only use numbers, or alpha-numeric?

2. How can I put a default value in a date field?  If the question is to enter respondent birthdate, I would like the date to show (today - 18 years.)

3. How can I put validation on the date so it is not after (today - 18 years) and not before (today - 99 years.) 

4. Can I constrain the number of digits in a text field?  I want the surveyor to enter a survey number of 4 digits following the country code and year.  The question has a default of the country and year, and the surveyor should enter a survey number, but I want to make sure they enter 4 digits and not 3 or 5.

Thanks!

Paul

[Prabhas Pokharel]

Hi Paul, thanks for finding the formhub-users mailing list. Someone will respond to you via that mailing list later today :)

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