DMDX Help.


How to use DMDX

    After using TimeDX version 3 to establish operating parameters and store them in the registry DMDX version 3 can be run. TimeDX versions 1 or 2 will not store values that DMDX version 3 uses, nor will DMDX version 1 or 2 read values that TimeDX version 3 stores.



    DMDX's primary dialog presents you with the name of the item file to be run and a browse button to change it. It also has Diagnostic check box that enables the standard DMastr debug mode where each item is displayed and the item number entered for a response -- in a special DMDX addition no branches are taken when the Diagnostic button is checked. The Subject ID field is an optional subject ID, if DTP data files are being used then the first character of this is included in the binary data file, if AZK or ZIL files are used then the whole string is included in the output file. The "Ignore unknown RTF" check box is to override error messages resulting from unusual file formats, see Item Files.
    To run the item file click the Run button, press ESC when the item file is finished to save the data. To exit DMDX click Exit, to use another dialog just select it from the menu (the current DMDX and TimeDX dialogs don't need to be exited manually). To perform a syntax check (analogous to ICHECK) click the Syntax Check button (the screen shot is of a syntax check). The syntax check will not display items as they are processed, nor will it perform any branching -- it will parse the entire file and check for the existence and integrity of any bitmaps or wave files (inc. cursor names) that are used, it even checks that the destinations of branches exist too. To access the VOX dialog to set the threshold for the DigitalVOX device use File / "Test Vox".




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