InstantForum 2017-1 FinalMillisecond Forumshttps://forums.millisecond.com/Millisecond ForumsTue, 08 Sep 2026 18:53:15 GMT20https://forums.millisecond.com/Topic8583.aspx<p>That works!&nbsp; Thank you!</p>Sat, 18 Aug 2012 11:19:39 GMTTracyMhttps://forums.millisecond.com/Topic8582.aspx<p>Try using the /timeout attribute instead of using /response=timeout().<span class="header1"><br /></span></p>Sat, 18 Aug 2012 10:44:48 GMTDavehttps://forums.millisecond.com/Topic8581.aspx<p>Hi,</p> <p>Here's a brief summary of my problem.&nbsp; I'm trying to create a task where a word fragment appears on the screen with an openended response window.&nbsp; I want them to have a limited amount of time to respond before advancing to the next trial but be able to use the next button to advance if they finish early.&nbsp; </p> <p>I have done this by using the /response = timeout(10000) feature.&nbsp; Unfortunately, the next button no longer works in my experiment when I include this line.&nbsp; Instead, the trial remains on the screen until it timesout, regardless of whether I click the button to advance.</p> <p>Does the timeout feature override the button?&nbsp; Or is there something I can do so that the button works but the response times out if they have not clicked the button within 10 seconds?</p> <p>Any advice would be greatly appreciated!</p> <p>Here's a small sample of my code:</p> <p><span style="font-size: small;"> <p>&lt;text employment_label&gt;<br />/ numitems = 1<br />/ items = ("E_PLO_M_NT")<br />/ position = (50, 30)<br />/ fontstyle = ("Arial", -37, true)<br />&lt;/text&gt;<span style="font-size: small;"> <p> <p>&lt;openended employment&gt;<br />/ linelength = 40<br />/ mask = alphabetic<br />/ position = (50,50)<br />/ size = (150, 40)<br />/ mouse = true<br />/ buttonlabel = "Proceed to next fragment"<br />/ response = timeout(10000)<br />/ posttrialpause = 500<br />&lt;/openended&gt;</p> </p> <p>&lt;block employmentWFT<br />&gt;/ bgstim = (employment_label)<br />/ trials = [1 = employment]<br />&lt;/block&gt;<br /><br />&lt;expt&gt;<br />/ blocks = [1 = noreplace(employmentWFT)]<br />&lt;/expt&gt;</p> </span></p> </span></p>Sat, 18 Aug 2012 10:41:13 GMTTracyM