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selectedcount property

rouge — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 08:43:57 GMT

Dear all,

in regard to a multiple choice questionnaire, I would like to set the maximum amount of possible chosen options to one and, additionaly, that at least one option has to be chosen. I discovered the slectedcount property. However, I have absolutely no idea how to use is. Sorry - still an absolute beginner in regard to programming. Thank you very much in advance for your help! Best greetings

<radiobuttons 14>
/ caption = "xyz?"
/ options = ("x", "y", "z")
/ validresponse = ("x", "y", "z")
/ correctresponse = ("z")
</radiobuttons>

<surveypageexperience_1>
/ caption = "Bitte beantworten Sie zum Abschluss noch folgende Fragen."
/ fontstyle = ("Arial", -16, true, false, false, false, 5, 0)
/ questions = [1=1; 2=2; 3=3]
</surveypage>

<survey experience>
/ pages = [1=experience_1; 2=rexperience_2; 3=experience_3; 4=experience_4; 5=experience_5]
/ responsefontstyle = ("Arial", -12, false, false, false, false, 5, 0)
/ itemfontstyle = ("Arial", -13, false, false, false, false, 5, 0)
/ itemspacing = 2%
/ showpagenumbers = false
</survey>

RE: selectedcount property

Dave — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 08:43:57 GMT

Yes, you should. The latest release is version 4.0.6.0, and you can obtain it via https://www.millisecond.com/download

Let me know if this resolves the radiobuttons / multiple selection issue.

RE: selectedcount property

rouge — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 08:38:25 GMT

I bought 4.0 three month ago (and we have macs). Since then, I did no update. Probably, I should do this :-) .. Thank you very much!!

RE: selectedcount property

Dave — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 08:09:18 GMT

AFAIK, multiple selections should not be possible. This used to happen w/ older Inquisit 4 releases under some OSX versions because Apple changed radiobuttons behavior between versions. It shouldn't happen w/ current releases. Thus: Is your Inquisit version up to date?

RE: selectedcount property

rouge — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 08:00:49 GMT

ah - I see - the last question (at least one option has to be chosen) is not up to date anymore. inquisit does that indeed by default in marking the non-answered question red.

RE: selectedcount property

rouge — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 07:59:02 GMT

Dear Dave,

thank you very much for your fast answer.

I tested the "radio button" feature and realized that the program allows me to mark more than one radiobutton within one question.

Maybe this is possible because I set "valid responses" to all options?

In regard to: "marking at least one option", I would like to make the program not going on until at least one option per question is marked.

Best greetings again!

RE: selectedcount property

Dave — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 07:28:15 GMT

Not sure why you would need the selectedcount property here. A <radiobuttons> element only allows a single option to be selected and will require one to be selected by default.

Can you clarify and elaborate what exactly you're trying to do, please?