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QWRITE
The Questionaire Writer for RBBS Sysops
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QWRITE is intended to be an aid to RBBS Sysops in writing questionaires. It
tries to reduce the hassle of writing a questionaire down to writing out the
text and letting QWRITE setup the logic and formatting.
Some limited editing functions are incorporated into the program but not to
the extent that it would duplicate what a word processor will do. Prompting
is given at the bottom of the screen so that it is known what to do at a given
part of the program without having to guess. Full color control is available
so that you can choose your own colors during the course of the program.
One exciting feature of QWRITE is that it creates a profile of the
questionaire as it is being written. This is intended to be used by a
companion program that will hopefully be out this fall under the name QREAD.
This will assist the program in reading the questionaire and know how to
interpret each question. A brief outline will be given at the end of this
documentation of the layout of the file.
The multiple choice question answer comparison line will go to the next line
on all answers. The next version of QWRITE will possibly have the option to
jump to different questions based on the answers. You still have the ability
to edit the comparison line from within QWRITE so long as the number of
answers to not go beyond 5. After that you will have to edit the questionaire
using your favorite word processor.
This program was developed on a pc compatible with a color display. With the
option being given to change your colors, this will hopefully help those users
with monochrome screens. I have no way of testing the program in this type of
environment, so I will help as best I can. This program will run under
Desqview.
Main Menu -
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Create - this option puts you into a another menu that will assist in the
creation of a questionaire.
Delete - lets you delete a questionaire that you no longer need. This deletes
only the questionaire but leaves the profile and answer file intact.
Display - a browse like function that lets you look at the questionaire in a
non-desctructive manner.
Edit - lets you do some MINOR editing of a questionaire. Will not let you
edit a line that is longer that can be displayed on the screen.
Print - will print out a questionaire to the designated printer device as
specified in the configuration file.
Configuration - this is where you get to change the colors used by the
program, the extension of the answer file, the drive and path to the files,
and the type of printer being used. The program defaults to LPT1:, to use
others - please consult your DOS manual (especially in the case of a serial
printer.
uit -exitsQ out of the program.
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Construct Questionaire Option
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This is where you get to build the questionaire to use with RBBS. Naming
conventions and the logic used in the comparisons is as specified in the
Sysops manual for RBBS. The number comparison is not directly supported as an
option, although you could edit that in very easily. The abort question puts
in a predeterined text prompt of "Have you answered this questionaire
before ?. This too can be edited with the edit feature of QWRITE. In a
future version of this program, hopfully this will be an option as well.
Opening Statement -
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After selecting this option, you are presented with a miniature 10
line word processor type environment. There is some limited editing available
here but not a lot. To leave this option, just press Return (Enter) on a
blank line.
Abort Question -
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This option require no operator input. If you do not like the text
used by the question, edit it to your liking with the edit option. In a
future release of the program, this may be an option.
Simple Question -
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The option is given here to have a line of text preceding the actual
question. I have seen several questionaire where the user is given
suggestions as to the formatting of the answer. This could be used here for
that or for further explanation.
Yes/No Question -
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This is the simple question with a (Y/N) tacked on to end and a
comparison line below the text of the question.
Multiple Choice -
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First you are presented with a 10 line window to setup the
introduction and lead statement to the multiple choice question. The number
of answers is next asked for and then the possible answers one by one.
Closing Statement -
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This is basically a variation of the opening statement except that it
will bring to a close the creation of a questionaire.
Quit -
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Closes the creation of the Questionaire script file and profile.
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Questionaire Profile file
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I wont go into a lot of explanation here but to say that this file is created
for each questionaire to assist with the analysis of answers by a companion
program that I hope to release this fall called QREAD. Contained in this file
is the name of the answer file, question number and type and in the case of a
multiple choice question, the number of answers.
I hope that you will find the program worth the wait. I will distribute my
programs via RBBS-Chicago, Ken Goosens Board, IBMCOM forum on Compuserve, and
Public Brand Software - Indianapolis, In.
SUPPORT FOR QWRITE AND OTHER PROGRAMS -
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On my board I have established a conference that you can get access to once
you have filled out the sysop questionaire. Here will be made announcements
of upcoming programs, enhancements to current programs and discussions of
standards within RBBS to name a few. I hope that you will find this program
to be of help. I would appreciate your calling my board to let me know which
of my programs (FMSDIR,FMSED,FMSVIEW or QWRITE) that you have or are using!!
Ronald Nutter
Bluegrass RBBS
1132 Mt. Rushmore Way
Lexington,Ky 40502-5459