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Error Codes

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By katjusha_user - 4/7/2014

Hello,

today I've put my IAT experiment online and I've already invited 3.000 participants per Newsletter to do the test. Since then a lot of error messages came out and I have no idea what they do mean, I don't understand them.
I can't find any information about the problems, anywhere (neither in the forum nor in the documentation). Could you please help me? The errorcodes are attached in the PDF.
By Dave - 4/7/2014

The vast majority of those error codes don't actually come from Inquisit directly, but rather the respective machines' OS and display systems. Inquisit merely propagates those standard error codes. E.g.

Unable to save temporary file 'C:/Users/[REDACTED]/AppData/Local/Temp/positive2.jpg'.
The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. (Error code: 5)

is a standard Windows error code meaning "Access Denied". You can find a comprehensive lists online:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms681382%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

Similarly, errors such as

Direct2D Error: 0x88982f80 The pixel format is not supported. Line 259, File win\Direct2DGraphics.cpp

come from the machines' Direct2D environment. They may point to issues with said system