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If you have a typical, repetitive trial-after-trial procedure producing long-format data: use <openended>. If you have the need to collect multiple responses on a single screen and want wide-format data output, use <survey> / <surveypage>.

In some cases, there is no clear demarcation point between the two scenarios sketched above. Then it may be a matter of personal taste.

Dave,

thanks for the clarifications; it's working now. Also, a colleague told me how to solve the issue with the next button. Here's what I got.

<defaults>

/ fontstyle = ("Verdana", 16pt)

/ inputdevice = mouse

</defaults>

<text clickhere>

/ items = ("Click here.")

/ txcolor = (0, 0, 0)

/ position = (50%, 90%)

/ fontstyle = ("Verdana" 16pt true)

</text>

<text message>

/ items = ("Reminder Text")

/ /color = (255, 22, 30)

/ position = (50%, 20%)

/ fontstyle = ("Verdana" 16pt true)

</text>

<block description>

/ trials = [1 = descriptionTrial]

</block>

***Alle Zeiten um eine 0 ergänzen.

<openended descriptionTrial>

/ stimulustimes = [0=descriptionText; 18000=message; 30000=clickhere]

/ position= (50, 60)

/ numlines = 25

/ linelength = 180

/ required = true

/ multiline = true

/ trialduration = 30200

/ responsetime = 0

/ iscorrectresponse = [openended.descriptionTrial.latency >= 30000]

/ response = correct

</openended>

<text descriptionText>

/ size = (33%, 80)

/items = ("Instruction Text")

/position = (50, 10)

</text>

However, another colleague send me this solution using the textbox function:

<textbox freeRecall>
/caption = "What do you remember?"
/mask = alphabetic
/required = TRUE
/multiline = TRUE
/textboxsize = (200,100)
</textbox>

<text message>
/items = ("Use full 5 minutes")
/position = (50%, 10%)
</text>

<shape mask>
/shape = rectangle
/size = (500, 25)
/position = (50%, 10%)
/ color = (white)
</shape>

<surveypage test>
/questions = [1 = freeRecall]
/stimulusframes = [300 = message; 350 = mask]
/timeout = 10000
</surveypage>

What exactly is the advantage of using one over the other? Is there any or is it simply personal taste?

Thanks in advance,

Rene

#1: You need to display the 'message' stimulus at the desired point in time via the <openended>'s /stimulustimes.

#2: You need to set the <openended>'s /responsetime to zero to enable input prior to the stimulus sequence finishing.

Please see the documentation / language reference for the mentioned attributes for further details.