Filename (Questionnaire Files)

QuickInfo

Identifies the filename when the item is an image, sound, movie, executable, or Word document.

Value

If the item is one of the following file types, then this field will provide the file name for the item.

DirectRT                Any DirectRT .csv input file

HTML                Any .htm or .html document

Image                Any .bmp, .jpg, or .gif image file

Inquisit                Any Inquisit experiment file

Executable        Any .exe program (DOS, Windows 3.1, or Windows 95)

Sound                Any .wav or .mp3 sound file

Movie                Any .avi, .mpg, or .mov video file

Word Doc        Any Microsoft Word .doc file

WordPerfect        Any WordPerfect .wpd file

PowerPoint        Any Microsoft PowerPoint .pps file

Also

Scale Responses and Fill-in-the-Blank

If you specify a file name ending with .txt for a scale response or fill-in-the-blank item, the subject's response to the question will be written to that text file preceded by a ~. This is so that other programs you may want to run during the session have the option of reading and acting on this information. It was particularly intended for use with DirectRT so that responses provided by subjects could be used as stimuli in an embedded DirectRT session.

Hints

Double-click on the File field to browse your hard drive and select files automatically.

To be safe, you can always specify the complete file path (e.g., "c:\experiments\myexp\myimage.bmp"). If you specify a complete path, remember to make sure the path is the same if you load the experiment onto other computers.

Advanced Hints

If the file is located in the same folder as your experiment file, then you can simply enter the name of the file (e.g., myimage.bmp). If the file is located in a subfolder that is located in the same folder as your experiment files, then you can enter the name of the subfolder followed by the name of the file (e.g., images\myimage.bmp). Otherwise, you need to specify the full path and name of the file you want to present (e.g., c:\mypictures\myimage.bmp).

The advantage of placing the file in the experiment directory (or a subfolder) is that the experiment folder can then be moved to a different place and you won't have to worry about checking path names (e.g., c:\..., d:\..., etc.)

Finally, do not place any parameter values in this filename field. Any relevant parameters should go in the parameters field. Parameters should follow the filename only for backgrounds , backsounds and backvideos .