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SFSURVEY version 2.0 A survey conducting system for your SPITFIRE 3.3 questionnaire files copyright (C) 1992 by // \// \ << << T >ECH ONE \\//\\ / P.O. Box 701 << > Sioux Falls, SD 57101 \\ / Phone: (605) 361-3980 BBS: (605) 361-4666 SFSurvey version 2.0 User Manual SFSURVEY OVERVIEW ----------------- For many years, surveys have often played major roles in helping the world of business determine strategies for success. Surveys have helped companies determine marketing strategies, manufacturers set production priorities, caused companies to reconstruct sales strate- gies, and has even altered the course of political campaigns. Surveys provide vital information for predicting the outcome of events, uncov- ering areas for improvement, or showing the current status of a par- ticular situation. Have you ever considered using one of your SPITFIRE questionnaires for conducting a survey of your users? As a SysOp, you know how important it is that your users get enjoyment out of using your BBS. After all, that is what keeps them coming back. The problem is, you may not always know how well they enjoy your BBS, or what their likes and dislikes are unless they voluntarily leave suggestions or comments through feedback. Users often have good ideas for improving a BBS, but unless you inten- tionally ask them, they may not volunteer the information. If you posted a questionnaires to do an opinion survey of your BBS, you could gather the necessary information to help you determine what kind of improvements you could make to your bulletin board. This would help you collect the kind of information you are looking for, but there is still one other problem. It would mean a lot of extra work for you. As the SysOp, you would have to wade through your SPITFIRE answer files and tally the information to get the end result that you are really looking for. I wrote SFSURVEY to assist in this effort. SFSURVEY works in conjunction with your SPITFIRE questionnaires to generate surveys for you. SFSURVEY will read the .QUE and .REP file that you choose, collect & sort the information, and write the results in an attractive report to an output file. If you happen to be a hardware or software vendor, SFSURVEY can con- duct product surveys quite well. You can even conduct surveys as a hobby or as a service to your users. SFSURVEY works well on opinion surveys, product surveys, consumer surveys, political surveys, or just about any other reason you can come up with for conducting a survey. SFSURVEY FEATURES ----------------- When I first created SFSURVEY, it was a bare bone utility that did just enough to get the job done and that was it. Since I have decided to release it to ShareWare and make it available to other SysOps, I have added some features to the program to make it as attractive and maintenance free as possible. Some of those features are: [*] SFSURVEY can run unattended (as an event for example). Running the program as a weekly event will speed up program operation. The page 1 SFSurvey version 2.0 User Manual more new data there is in the answer file, the longer it takes the program to sort the data. Sorting time is approximately 2 seconds per user per question. [*] SFSURVEY is completely safe with your data files! When SFSURVEY opens your .QUE and .REP files, it opens them for input only, and does not do any writing to these files. [*] SFSURVEY can be configured to require a minimum number of partici- pants, or a deadline for the survey, or both. This prevents the program from generating a survey before enough information is collected. [*] SFSURVEY will generate a SPITFIRE display file (.BBS/CLR) contain- ing the outcome of your survey that you can use to display to your users as a bulletin, welcome screen, etc. When conducting a survey involving your users, they will surely be interested in the out- come. This gives you the option to automatically generate a file for them as soon as the survey is complete. [*] SFSURVEY maintains its own error log to report any errors encoun- tered during operation, and sends only important messages in the HEYSYSOP.LOG file. [*] SFSURVEY will allow up to 99 questions for a single survey. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ------------------- SFSURVEY 2.0 has been designed to run with SPITFIRE 3.3 BBS system. The minimum system requirements for running SFSURVEY are: - IBM XT, AT, or compatible - 256K RAM (free) - Hard Disk - SPITFIRE 3.3 BBS Software - FILES=20 (minimum) in your CONFIG.SYS file I have not worked with any other types of BBS software, and I am not familiar with file structures from other systems. So for now, SPITFIRE is the only system I know of that SFSURVEY will work with. SFSURVEY FILES -------------- The files that make up the SFSURVEY system are listed below, along with a description of their contents. Files marked with a (*) are provided with SFSURVEY. All others are created by the program during operation. * SFSURVEY.EXE: This is the program or executable file. * SFSURVEY.CFG: This is the configuration file for SFSURVEY and must reside in the same directory as SFSURVEY.EXE. page 2 SFSurvey version 2.0 User Manual * SFSURVEY.DOC: The documentation (this file). * SFSURVEY.BAT: Batch file containing commands to run SFSURVEY as an event. SFSURVEY.ERR: This is an error log maintained by SFSURVEY in it's home directory for reporting errors during program opera- tion. Once the error has been corrected, this file can be deleted as often as you choose. * SFORDER_.QUE: This is a sample questionnaire file that is actually provided to serve two purposes. 1) To give you some guide- lines on what a survey questionnaire should look like and 2) for you to rename and use to conduct your first survey and test the program to see how well it works. You can modify this file as you see fit. SFORDER<x>.SRV or SFNEWU.SRV: This is the output file written by SFSURVEY with your survey results in it. This file is writ- ten to the SFSURVEY home directory and is created by SFSUR- VEY.EXE. When this file is finally written, the survey is complete. SFORDER<x>.DTA or SFNEWU.DTA: This is a data file maintained by SFSUR- VEY which is a sorted version of the original SPITFIRE answer file. The main purpose of this file is to allow SFSURVEY to perform it's sorting routines without altering the original answer file. This file is written to the SFSUR- VEY home directory and is not created until the first time SFSURVEY.EXE is executed. * ORDER.FRM: This is an order form to be used to register SFSURVEY or purchase another TECH ONE software product. * LICENSE.DOC: This is the license agreement that comes with your registered version of SFSURVEY. If this file exists, print a copy on your printer and keep it in a safe place. INSTALLATION ------------ Installing & setting up SFSURVEY is quick and easy. Just follow the steps below: 1. Create a separate directory for SFSURVEY to run. 2. Copy all the files into the directory you have chosen, and edit the configuration file SFSURVEY.CFG to accommodate your situation. The two files that must be present for SFSURVEY to run are SFSURVEY.EXE and SFSURVEY.CFG 3. If you decide to run SFSURVEY as an event, modify your SF.BAT file to include the changes. Then enable the event from within your SPITFIRE system. page 3 SFSurvey version 2.0 User Manual That's it! Now you're all set up. If you intend to set up SFSURVEY as an event, I recommend using the SFBUSY maintenance utility from Buffa- lo Creek Software. If you did not get this utility with your SPITFIRE software, it can be downloaded from the Buffalo Creek BBS. The changes in your SF.BAT file should look similar to the following example (these lines can be found in SFSURVEY.BAT that came with the system). The sample shown is for Event A, but you can modify the lines to use any event you choose. :EVENT_A REM Run SFSURVEY SFBUSY C:\SF\WORK /S IF ERRORLEVEL 2 GOTO EVENT_A IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO END_A CD \SF\SURVEY SFSURVEY CD \SF SFBUSY C:\SF\WORK /C :END_A GOTO LOOP THE CONFIGURATION FILE ---------------------- The configuration file (SFSURVEY.CFG) is a plain ASCII file that contains information critical to the operation of SFSURVEY. You can use your favorite text editor to modify or create the file. The file should look similar to the following example (see the sample .CFG file that came with the program). 0 ;Line 1 TECH ONE Support Line BBS ;Line 2 Earl Buckelew ;Line 3 C:\SF\WORK\ ;Line 4 C:\SF\DISPLAY\ ;Line 5 SFORDERA ;Line 6 10 ;Line 7 08-13-1991 ;Line 8 BULLET6 ;Line 9 Now let's look at the configuration file in detail. The comments to the right shown in the illustration above (;Line 1...;Line 2, etc) should not be included in the SFSURVEY.CFG file. This was done for labeling purposes only. Also, the configuration file must have all 9 lines or an error will result. Here is an explanation of the contents of each line in the configuration file. Line 1: This line should contain your registration number. This number can be found at the top of the license agreement (LICENSE.DOC) that came with SFSURVEY. Placing your registration number on this line will eliminate the word UNREGISTERED from the top of the survey file created by the program. If you have not regis- page 4 SFSurvey version 2.0 User Manual tered SFSURVEY yet, you will not have a registration number, but this line must still exist, so enter 0 or leave a blank line. Line 2: This line should contain the name of your BBS. This name is what SFSURVEY will be registered to and what your registration number will be based on, not the SysOps name. Line 3: This line contains the full name of the SysOp. Line 4: This line should contain the drive and path of the SPITFIRE work directory (usually C:\SF\WORK\). Be sure this path is correct because this is where SFSURVEY will search for the .QUE, .REP and HEYSYSOP.LOG files. Line 5: This line should contain the drive and path of the SPITFIRE display directory (usually C:\SF\DISPLAY\). This path is where the ASCII and ANSI display files will be created if they are specified. Line 6: This line should contain the name of the questionnaire file being surveyed. It can be either the new user questionnaire, or one of the main questionnaires. Line 7: This line should contain the minimum number of participants you wish to generate a survey for (min. 0, max. 32767). SFSUR- VEY will not produce a survey file until at least the minimum number of participants have answered the questionnaire. If you do not wish to specify a minimum number of participants for the survey, enter a 0. If you enter a number less than 0, SFSURVEY will assume 0. If you enter a number larger than 32767, an error will result, SFSURVEY will report the error in the SFSURVEY.ERR file, and terminate operation. This option is used in conjunction with the DATE option below to determine when to generate a survey file. Line 8: This line should contain the earliest date that you want the survey file generated. This option is used in conjunction with the minimum participants option to determine when to generate the survey file. SFSURVEY will not generate a survey file until the last date it was executed is at or beyond this date AND the minimum number of participants have been met. Both conditions must exist before the survey file is generated. This way, you can impose a deadline for the questionnaire to be completed and still create a condition for minimum number of participants. Once the survey file is generated, the survey is considered over. If you do not wish to specify a date, enter NONE on this line. The date must be in the format of MM-DD-YYYY to be recognized as valid. Line 9: This line should contain the name of the ASCII & ANSI display file, if one is desired. This file could be used to display your survey results to your users. If you specify a display file, they will be created immediately after the survey file is generated. If you do not wish a display file, enter NONE on this line. page 5 SFSurvey version 2.0 User Manual HOW IT WORKS ------------ If you are running SFSURVEY as an event, SPITFIRE will execute the program automatically. Otherwise, SFSURVEY can be invoked manually from the DOS prompt. You should always run SFSURVEY from it's own directory. It is advised NOT to run the program through a DOS PATH from a directory other than it's own. SFSURVEY creates & deletes temporary files that it uses when it is performing sort routines. These files are created and deleted in the directory you are in when you invoke SFSURVEY, and running SFSURVEY from it's own directory will insure safety. Once a survey file has been generated, the survey is considered over and SFSURVEY will not do any more work on that questionnaire. At this point, you can print the survey file on your printer. You can then start a new survey in the same directory by deleting all the files in that directory except SFSURVEY.EXE and SFSURVEY.CFG. Don't forget to modify the configuration file to conform to the new survey. If you discover that the outcome of the survey does not contain enough information to suit your needs, you can delete the survey (.SRV) file and modify the configuration file to prolong the survey. The next time SFSURVEY runs, it will continue the survey as if it had never ended. I know that there is not a gigantic demand for this type of utility and the applications are somewhat limited, but if you DO decide some day to conduct an opinion survey, product survey, consumer survey or something of that nature, you absolutely will NOT want to be without this utility. QUESTIONNAIRE FORMAT -------------------- In order for SFSURVEY to work properly with a SPITFIRE questionnaire and produce accurate results, you must follow a few simple rules. Sticking to these rules should not conflict with the normal operation of your BBS in any way. 1. The questionnaire being used for the survey requires a specific format. All questions in the survey questionnaire must be numbered with the following syntax... [#1] This is a sample question for this survey. ?Can you read this question. + + - - page 6 SFSurvey version 2.0 User Manual The question should be numbered with the question number enclosed in square brackets "[]", and preceded by a number symbol "#". This ques- tion number should be on a line by itself. This is how SFSURVEY deter- mines where a question in the questionnaire file begins. The last line of the question must be the line that contains the symbol that tells SPITFIRE to prompt for an answer, and must be one of the following 4 symbols (see your SPITFIRE manual). : @ # ? These are the only questions SFSURVEY will check for. This is how SFSURVEY determines the end of a question. The text between the ques- tion number and the symbol will eventually be written to the survey file. The output in the survey file for the above example might look like this: [#1] This is a sample question for this survey. Can you read this question? 54 said Yes (96%) 2 said No (4%) You can place any kind of text between questions that is allowed in any other SPITFIRE questionnaire, but all questions in the survey questionnaire must begin with a question number and end with a SPIT- FIRE questionnaire symbol. If SFSURVEY encounters one of the above 4 questionnaire symbols without first finding a question number, the question will be ignored and will not be included in the survey. If SFSURVEY encounters a question number without ever finding a SPITFIRE questionnaire symbol, an 'Input past end of file' will be written to the SFSURVEY.ERR log. 2. Do not use Yes/No questions to branch to different parts of the questionnaire. This will cause the answers in the answer file to be out of order and they won't match up to the proper question. All Yes/No questions should be followed IMMEDIATELY by two plus signs (+) and two minus signs (-) like the example in #1 (see your SPITFIRE manual). If your questionnaire contains any branching, the survey will be inaccurate and may cause an error to be written to the SFSURVEY.ERR log. 3. Do not modify the questionnaire once the survey is in progress (e.g. rearrange, change, add, or delete questions). This may also cause the answers to be aligned with the wrong question. If you modify the questionnaire once the survey starts, the program may still work but the survey will be inaccurate and it could cause an error to be written to the SFSURVEY.ERR log, and the results in your output file will be inaccurate. 4. The questionnaire file is limited to 99 questions. Any and all questions beyond 99 will be ignored and will not be included in the survey. page 7 SFSurvey version 2.0 User Manual OPERATING GUIDELINES -------------------- With all the options that SPITFIRE allows regarding questionnaires, it was difficult to accommodate all the situations that a practical survey would entail. Although I have not thoroughly tested SFSURVEY before releasing it as ShareWare, I think I covered most situations that would be considered practical. Therefore, if you run into any problems using SFSURVEY or wish to offer suggestions for improvement or enhancement, please contact TECH ONE. I have also discovered (through testing and trial & error) that there are certain guidelines I should follow to get the best and most accu- rate results from the output of this program. 1. Create a separate directory to install and run SFSURVEY instead of running it from your SPITFIRE system directory. SFSURVEY will use it's home directory to write the output files to. It also creates and deletes temporary files that it works with during the calcula- tion processes. This will keep the program from cluttering your SPITFIRE system directory. I would recommend something like C:\SURVEY\ or C:\SF\SURVEY\ 2. For an accurate survey, I recommend that you set up the survey questionnaire so that it can only be answered once by each user (see your SPITFIRE manual). Otherwise, your survey could have the same participant more than once and cause the final survey to have inaccurate results. 3. The program works best with Yes/No questions, but it will total other types of questions as well. Unless it is critical to your survey, try to stay away from questions that prompt for phone numbers or dates, because 99% of your users will each have a dif- ferent answer for this type of question. 4. SFSURVEY was designed to work with only one questionnaire at a time. However, if you wish to conduct a survey on two or more ques- tionnaires at the same time, you can simply install SFSURVEY into different directories. For example, if you wish to conduct a survey on both SFORDERA.QUE and SFORDERD.QUE at the same time, just create two different directories to copy SFSURVEY to (e.g. C:\SF\SURVEY1\ and C:\SF\SURVEY2\). You can copy SFSURVEY into as many different directories as you like and then specify a different questionnaire in each configuration file. SHAREWARE NOTICE ---------------- The evaluation copy of this program has been released to the public as shareware. Under the Shareware concept, you are allowed and encour- aged to freely copy, distribute, and/or share the program with others, as long as the entire package remains in it's original unmodified state. The only difference between Shareware and the commercial software you page 8 SFSurvey version 2.0 User Manual buy off the shelf is that the cost of things like advertising, market- ing, packaging, etc. have been eliminated from the Shareware. This allows the author to offer the software to the user for usually a much lower price than the comparable package off the shelf. Unlike public domain, Shareware is copyrighted, and the free distribu- tion allows you to "Try Before You Buy". However, free distribution does NOT mean that a program can be used regularly without payment. If you try it, like it, and decide to use the software regularly, you should register your copy with the author. Why Register? One good reason to register is that you normally receive benefits that do not come with the unregistered copy. Depending on the author, you may receive the latest version of the software, printed manual, up- dates, user support, etc. But the most important reason of all is that since shareware is copy- righted software, your use is subject to the limitations and restric- tions of the copyright laws. Normally, authors will modify their copyright protection for your use of the software. COPYRIGHT NOTICE ---------------- This software is copyrighted and all rights are reserved by TECH ONE. Your use is subject to the limitations and restrictions of the copy- right laws. If you are running an evaluation copy, we hereby modify our copyright protection for your use of the software as follows: YOU MAY... ...Use the software as required to gain a complete evaluation of it's capabilities to determine if it suits your requirements. ...Copy the software in it's entire, unmodified state for the purpose of distribution, and charge a nominal fee for the copying service, disk and/or shipping & handling. ...Archive the system for electronic file transfer (uploading/down- loading) YOU MAY NOT... ...Modify any part of the source code or documentation without the expressed, written consent of TECH ONE. ...Sell, or offer for sale, this program, documentation, or any output from this program without the expressed written consent of TECH ONE. ...Willfully continue to use this software as a regular part of your library without paying the registration fee and becoming a registered owner. page 9 SFSurvey version 2.0 User Manual IMPORTANT NOTE: The license agreement you receive with the registered version overrides the above waiver. It should also be pointed out that all the materials you receive after becoming a registered owner is copyrighted material and NONE of it is considered shareware. REGISTRATION ------------ In order to get the benefits of a registered user, you must complete the order form in this manual and return it to us. Upon receiving your order, we will assign you a registration number. Please refer to this number with any correspondence to TECH ONE regarding this program. Before getting into the details of registration, there is something you need to know about us. Our Policy Our policy at TECH ONE is to provide TRUE shareware. We believe in the policy behind the shareware concept. We also believe that most people that use these products are basically honest, and will be glad to pay the registration fee for any software they find useful. Therefore, none of our shareware programs are so called "crippled" in any way. The registered version functions the same as the unregistered version. The only differences between the unregistered version and the registered version in any of our titles is: 1. The registration benefits apply only to the registered version. As a registered user of any TECH ONE software product, you will receive: - The latest version of the software. - Notification of updates offered at a 40% discount. - Free updates on errors or fixes. * User support via our Support Line BBS at 605-361-4666. * You will have an unlimited access to the TECH ONE Support Line BBS where you can receive user support on any software title we sell. More information will be available to you when you log on. 2. A registration screen might appear in the unregistered version. Upon registration, this screen would be removed. 3. If our program produces an output file, the word UNREGISTERED might appear in this file with the unregistered version. To receive the registered version of this program, print and complete the order form at the back of this manual and mail it along with the appropriate payment to: // \// \ << << T >ECH ONE \\//\\ / P.O. Box 701 << > Sioux Falls, SD 57101 \\ / page 10 SFSurvey version 2.0 User Manual DISCLAIMER ---------- This software package is provided on an 'as is' basis and includes no warranties, expressed or implied. In no event shall TECH ONE be held liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages or loss resulting from any defect in, or output from the software. The user bears the entire risk of it's quality and performance for any given application. page 11 SFSurvey version 2.0 User Manual Appendix A SFSURVEY Errors SFSURVEY was written with a built in error reporting system to report any errors that might occur. Here is a partial list of the errors that SFSURVEY will report on, along with the probable cause and possible solution. When errors are encountered they will be written to the SFSURVEY.ERR file. If SFSURVEY reports any other errors, or if you encounter an error you cannot remedy, or discover a bug in the pro- gram, please contact TECH ONE. Error: {filename} not a SPITFIRE questionnaire Cause: The questionnaire specified in the SFSURVEY.CFG file is not a SPITFIRE questionnaire (does not end with .QUE). Solution: The questionnaire file you specify must be a .QUE file. Edit the configuration file and correct the error. Error: {filename} not a SPITFIRE answer file Cause: The answer file specified in the SFSURVEY.CFG is not a SPITFIRE answer file (does not end with .REP) Solution: This file must be a .REP file. Edit the configuration file and correct the error. Error: Too many participants in SFSURVEY.CFG Cause: This occurs when the minimum number of participants in the SFSURVEY.CFG file is too large (over 32767). Solution: Check the configuration file and make the necessary adjust- ment. Error: {filename} not found Cause: You have either specified a path or a filename in the SFSURVEY.CFG file that could not be found or does not exist or the SFSURVEY.CFG file could not be found. This can also be caused simply by no answer file being available yet. Solution: Check the configuration file to make sure all path names and file names are spelled correctly. Also be sure that SFSURVEY.CFG is in the same directory as SFSURVEY.EXE. Error: Bad file name or number on {filename} Cause: Either one of the file names specified in the SFSURVEY.CFG file contains an invalid character, or there is a bug in the pro- gram. page 12 SFSurvey version 2.0 User Manual Solution: Check the spelling of your path names and file names in the configuration file and correct any errors. All path names and file names in the SFSURVEY.CFG must conform to standard DOS format. Error: Too many open files Cause: The limit of the number of open files your system will allow has been exceeded. Solution: Check your CONFIG.SYS file to be sure your FILES command specifies at least 20 files. If the error continues, increase this to something more than 20. Error: Path/file access error Cause: One of the path names or file names specified in the SFSURVEY.CFG file could not be accessed. Solution: Check your configuration file and make sure all path names and file names are spelled correctly. Error: Path not found Cause: One of the path names specified in the SFSURVEY.CFG file could not be found. Solution: Check the spelling of the path names in the configuration file and correct any errors. page 13 SFSurvey version 2.0 User Manual Appendix B SFSURVEY messages Here is a list of messages that could be written to the HEYSYSOP.LOG file during the course of program operation. Variables in the message syntax are defined below. {quefile} - The questionnaire file being surveyed. {ansfile} - The corresponding answer file. {surveyfile} - The survey file {asciifile} - The ASCII display file {ansifile} - The ANSI display file {monthfile} - The files containing data preserved during purge. Error log SFSURVEY.ERR updated!! Please check this file!! SFSURVEY sends this message whenever it reports an error in the error log, prompting you to check the file and correct the error. Survey on {quefile} complete on MM-DD-YYYY at HH:MM:SS! {asciifile} display file created! {ansifile} display file created! This message is written upon the completion of the survey, indi- cating to you that the survey is over. If any display files are specified, they will be reported also. Not enough participants to create survey for {quefile}. [xxx] participants out of [yyy] minimum. This message is written only when the configured deadline has been met or exceeded, and the minimum number of participants has not been met. [xxx] will reflect the current number of partici- pants, and [yyy] will reflect the minimum set in your configura- tion. This lets you know that your survey deadline has been met, but you are still waiting on enough users to participate. Too soon to create survey for {quefile} Deadline is MM-DD-YYYY. This message is written only when the requirement for minimum number of participants has been met, and the deadline in the DATE option has not been satisfied. MM-DD-YYYY will reflect the dead- line you have specified in your configuration file. This lets you know that you have enough participants to generate the survey, but you are waiting on your deadline. page 14 SFSurvey version 2.0 User Manual Survey for {quefile} already complete! This message is written when the survey file has been completed and the program is still expected to work on the survey. Once a survey has been completed, the survey is over and SFSURVEY will not work on the survey anymore. page 15 SFSurvey version 2.0 User Manual Appendix C Sample Survey File ====================================================================== The following survey was compiled on 08-13-1992 at 20:08:27 by TECH ONE Support Line BBS using SFSURVEY v2.0. #UNREGISTERED Survey on SFORDERA.QUE We thank the following 15 user(s) for participating in our survey. Terry Hanten Tom Janke Marty Westra Jeff Westra Don Tripp Judy Tripp Bruce Sinkler George Newell Donna Shierk Richard Bartlett Kelly Lippert Leroy Kluin Dave Flynn Jan Stoffers Jim Halverson [#1] Are you a local caller? 6 said NO ( 40 %) 9 said YES ( 60 %) [#2] Do you use a separate phone line for telecommunications? 13 said NO ( 86 %) 2 said YES ( 13 %) [#3] Do you own more than one computer? 10 said NO ( 66 %) 5 said YES ( 33 %) [#4] Enter the manufacturer of the computer you are using now. 1 said ZIDEX ( 6 %) 5 said EPSON ( 33 %) 2 said IBM ( 13 %) 1 said PANASONIC ( 6 %) 1 said MAGNAVOX ( 6 %) 1 said COMMODORE ( 6 %) 2 said GATEWAY ( 13 %) 1 said GOLDSTAR ( 6 %) 1 said PACKARD BELL ( 6 %) [#5] What percentage of your time do you spend in the message area? (enter a number only with no percent sign). 1 said 10 ( 6 %) page 16 SFSurvey version 2.0 User Manual 3 said 20 ( 20 %) 1 said 25 ( 6 %) 5 said 30 ( 33 %) 3 said 40 ( 20 %) 1 said 50 ( 6 %) 1 said 60 ( 6 %) [#6] What percentage of your time do you spend in the file area? (enter a number only with no percent sign). 1 said 10 ( 6 %) 8 said 20 ( 53 %) 1 said 25 ( 6 %) 1 said 30 ( 6 %) 3 said 50 ( 20 %) 1 said 60 ( 6 %) [#7] What percentage of your time do you spend in the doors section? (enter a number only with no percent sign) 2 said 0 ( 13 %) 1 said 10 ( 6 %) 2 said 20 ( 13 %) 1 said 25 ( 6 %) 2 said 30 ( 13 %) 1 said 35 ( 6 %) 3 said 40 ( 20 %) 1 said 45 ( 6 %) 2 said 50 ( 13 %) [#8] How often do you read the main bulletins? (enter 1=never, 2=seldom, 3=often, 4=always) 5 said 2 ( 33 %) 9 said 3 ( 60 %) 1 said 4 ( 6 %) [#9] Do you do any of your own programming? 3 said YES ( 20 %) 12 said NO ( 80 %) [#10] Have you ever written a SPITFIRE utility? 15 said NO ( 100 %) ====================================================================== ** end of survey ** page 17 SFSurvey version 2.0 User Manual SFSURVEY Version History version 1.0 - 09/13/92 Initial Release version 2.0 - 03/20/93 1. SFSURVEY was modified to read the new format of the SPITFIRE .REP file instead of the previous .ANS format. 2. The configuration file SFSURVEY.CFG now only requires the name of the display file without the extension. The program automati- cally adds the .BBS & .CLR extensions and generates both display files. 3. The configuration file SFSURVEY.CFG now only requires the name of the questionnaire file without the extension. The program automatically adds the .QUE & .REP extensions when working with these files. page 18 SFSurvey version 2.0 User Manual ORDER FORM ============ // \// \ << << T >ECH ONE Phone: 605-361-3980 \\//\\ / P.O. Box 701 BBS: 605-361-4666 << > Sioux Falls, SD 57101 \\ / Name: ________________________________________________________________ (please print clearly) Address: _____________________________________________________________ City: __________________________ State: ________ Zip: ______________ ====================================================================== Please indicate your registration number below if purchasing an upgrade. [__________________________] ====================================================================== Check here [ ] SFSURVEY survey conducting software ($10.00) ....... __________ (for SPITFIRE questionnaires) (upgrade $6.00) [ ] The SPREAD pro football prediction ($30.00) ....... __________ system. (upgrade $18.00) [ ] STRIPIT file conversion utility ($ 5.00) ....... __________ (upgrade $3.00) Sub Total ...$__________ South Dakota residents add 6% sales tax ... __________ Shipping & Handling ...................... ($ 1.00) ....... __________ Total enclosed .......$__________ ------------------------------------------------------------------ | Payment method: [ ] Check [ ] Money Order | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | Type of media required: [ ] 5 1/4 [ ] 3 1/2 | ------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Make checks or money orders payable to TECH ONE. Thank you for supporting the ShareWare concept! page 19