﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>Millisecond Forums » Millisecond Forums » Inquisit 3  » Return entered text as stimulus, but only when something was actually entered</title><generator>InstantForum 2017-1 Final</generator><description>Millisecond Forums</description><link>https://forums.millisecond.com/</link><webMaster>Millisecond Forums</webMaster><lastBuildDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 21:06:15 GMT</lastBuildDate><ttl>20</ttl><item><title>RE: Return entered text as stimulus, but only when something was actually entered</title><link>https://forums.millisecond.com/Topic6185.aspx</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Works!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A_W_E_S_O_M_E_!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks Dave.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 01:39:05 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>ischnei1</dc:creator></item><item><title>RE: Return entered text as stimulus, but only when something was actually entered</title><link>https://forums.millisecond.com/Topic6184.aspx</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Alternatively try&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left: 30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: courier new,courier;"&gt;/ skip = [item.pos1.item.1==""]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;etc.&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 01:35:22 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator></item><item><title>RE: Return entered text as stimulus, but only when something was actually entered</title><link>https://forums.millisecond.com/Topic6183.aspx</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi Dave,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks - was just fiddling with that, but it does not seem to work... Will keep at it a bit more.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Iris.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 01:23:39 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>ischnei1</dc:creator></item><item><title>RE: Return entered text as stimulus, but only when something was actually entered</title><link>https://forums.millisecond.com/Topic6182.aspx</link><description>&lt;p&gt;[quote]Is there some way in which In quisit can skip the trials in which the item is empty?[/quote]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;How about the /skip attribute? E.g.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left: 30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: courier new,courier;"&gt;&amp;lt;likert likertpos1&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #ff0000;"&gt;/ skip = [item.pos1.itemcount==0]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;/ anchors=[1="helemaal niet positief"; 9="heel positief"]&lt;br /&gt;/ anchorwidth = 100&lt;br /&gt;/ numpoints = 9&lt;br /&gt;/ position = (50, 70) &lt;br /&gt;/ mouse = true&lt;br /&gt;/ stimulusframes=[1= pos1]&lt;br /&gt;/ fontstyle = ("Verdana", 1.61%, true, false, false, false, 5, 0)&lt;br /&gt;&amp;lt;/likert&amp;gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;or something like that...&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Regards,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;~Dave&lt;/p&gt;
</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 01:14:43 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator></item><item><title>Return entered text as stimulus, but only when something was actually entered</title><link>https://forums.millisecond.com/Topic6181.aspx</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi Everybody,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Trying to build the following set up:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Participants fill in up to 4 arguments regarding a certain topic. Then, they are again presented with these all of theses arguments on screenat once. Then, each argument seperately appears together with a likert scale in order to rate each argument seperately. &amp;nbsp;So far, I got this to work. However, the text boxes are not obligatory, in other words, they can be left blank. In my current set up, this will lead to the appearance of a likert scale with no stimulus. Is there some way in which In quisit can skip the trials in which the item is empty? Does anybody have an idea on this?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Below is my rough code so far.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;************************&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Arguments&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;************************&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;textbox pos1&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/ textboxsize = (20,5)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/ position = (5, 30)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/ required = false&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/ multiline = true&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;/textbox&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;textbox pos2&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/ textboxsize = (20,5)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/ position = (5, 40)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/ multiline = true&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/ required = false&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;/textbox&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;textbox pos3&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/ textboxsize = (20,5)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/ position = (5, 50)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/ required = false&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/ multiline = true&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;/textbox&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;textbox pos4&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/ textboxsize = (20,5)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/ position = (5, 60)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/ required = false&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/ multiline = true&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;/textbox&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;


&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;surveypage boxes&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/ finishlabel = "verder"&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/ itemfontstyle = ("Arial", 20,true,false,false,false,5,0)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/ txcolor = (29, 29, 197)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/ responsefontstyle = ("Arial", 16,false,false,false,false,5,0)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/ questions = [1=pos1; 2 = pos2; 3= pos3; 4 = pos4]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/ recorddata = true&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/ ontrialend = [item.pos1.item = textbox.pos1.response; item.pos2.item = textbox.pos2.response; item.pos3.item = textbox.pos3.response;item.pos4.item = textbox.pos4.response&amp;nbsp; ]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;/surveypage&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;************&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;returning text response&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;*************&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;item pos1&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;/item&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;item pos2&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;/item&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;item pos3&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;/item&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;item pos4&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;/item&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;


&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;text pos1&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/ position = (10, 30)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/ items = pos1&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;/text&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;text pos2&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/ position = (10, 40)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/ items = pos2&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;/text&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;text pos3&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/ position = (10, 50)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/ items = pos3&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;/text&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;text pos4&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/ position = (10, 60)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/ items = pos4&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;/text&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;trial response&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/ stimulusframes = [1=pos1, pos2, pos3, pos4]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/ validresponse = (" ")&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;/trial&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;block boxes&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/ trials = [1=boxes; 2=response; 3 = likertpos1; 4 = likertpos2; 5 = likertpos3; 6 = likertpos4]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/ screencolor = (255,255,255)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;/block&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;likert likertpos1&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;/ anchors=[1="helemaal niet positief"; 9="heel positief"]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/ anchorwidth = 100&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/ numpoints = 9&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/ position = (50, 70)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/ mouse = true&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/ stimulusframes=[1= pos1]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/ fontstyle = ("Verdana", 1.61%, true, false, false, false, 5, 0)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;/likert&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;


&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;likert likertpos2&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;/ anchors=[1="helemaal niet positief"; 9="heel positief"]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/ anchorwidth = 100&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/ numpoints = 9&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/ position = (50, 70)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/ mouse = true&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/ stimulusframes=[1= pos2]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/ fontstyle = ("Verdana", 1.61%, true, false, false, false, 5, 0)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;/likert&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;


&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;likert likertpos3&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;/ anchors=[1="helemaal niet positief"; 9="heel positief"]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/ anchorwidth = 100&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/ numpoints = 9&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/ position = (50, 70)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/ mouse = true&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/ stimulusframes=[1= pos3]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/ fontstyle = ("Verdana", 1.61%, true, false, false, false, 5, 0)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;/likert&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;likert likertpos4&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;/ anchors=[1="helemaal niet positief"; 9="heel positief"]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/ anchorwidth = 100&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/ numpoints = 9&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/ position = (50, 70)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/ mouse = true&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/ stimulusframes=[1= pos4]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;/ fontstyle = ("Verdana", 1.61%, true, false, false, false, 5, 0)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;/likert&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;


&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 01:07:36 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>ischnei1</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>