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- QWRITE
- The Questionaire Writer for RBBS Sysops
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-
- QWRITE is intended to be an aid to RBBS Sysops in writing questionaires. It
- tries to reduce the hassle of writing a questionaire down to writing out the
- text and letting QWRITE setup the logic and formatting.
-
- Some limited editing functions are incorporated into the program but not to
- the extent that it would duplicate what a word processor will do. Prompting
- is given at the bottom of the screen so that it is known what to do at a given
- part of the program without having to guess. Full color control is available
- so that you can choose your own colors during the course of the program.
-
- One exciting feature of QWRITE is that it creates a profile of the
- questionaire as it is being written. This is intended to be used by a
- companion program that will hopefully be out this fall under the name QREAD.
- This will assist the program in reading the questionaire and know how to
- interpret each question. A brief outline will be given at the end of this
- documentation of the layout of the file.
-
- The multiple choice question answer comparison line will go to the next line
- on all answers. The next version of QWRITE will possibly have the option to
- jump to different questions based on the answers. You still have the ability
- to edit the comparison line from within QWRITE so long as the number of
- answers to not go beyond 5. After that you will have to edit the questionaire
- using your favorite word processor.
-
- This program was developed on a pc compatible with a color display. With the
- option being given to change your colors, this will hopefully help those users
- with monochrome screens. I have no way of testing the program in this type of
- environment, so I will help as best I can. This program will run under
- Desqview.
-
- Main Menu -
- -----------
-
- Create - this option puts you into a another menu that will assist in the
- creation of a questionaire.
-
- Delete - lets you delete a questionaire that you no longer need. This deletes
- only the questionaire but leaves the profile and answer file intact.
-
- Display - a browse like function that lets you look at the questionaire in a
- non-desctructive manner.
-
- Edit - lets you do some MINOR editing of a questionaire. Will not let you
- edit a line that is longer that can be displayed on the screen.
-
- Print - will print out a questionaire to the designated printer device as
- specified in the configuration file.
-
- Configuration - this is where you get to change the colors used by the
- program, the extension of the answer file, the drive and path to the files,
- and the type of printer being used. The program defaults to LPT1:, to use
- others - please consult your DOS manual (especially in the case of a serial
- printer.
-
- uit -exitsQ out of the program.
-
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- Construct Questionaire Option
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-
- This is where you get to build the questionaire to use with RBBS. Naming
- conventions and the logic used in the comparisons is as specified in the
- Sysops manual for RBBS. The number comparison is not directly supported as an
- option, although you could edit that in very easily. The abort question puts
- in a predeterined text prompt of "Have you answered this questionaire
- before ?. This too can be edited with the edit feature of QWRITE. In a
- future version of this program, hopfully this will be an option as well.
-
- Opening Statement -
- -------------------
-
- After selecting this option, you are presented with a miniature 10
- line word processor type environment. There is some limited editing available
- here but not a lot. To leave this option, just press Return (Enter) on a
- blank line.
-
- Abort Question -
- ----------------
-
- This option require no operator input. If you do not like the text
- used by the question, edit it to your liking with the edit option. In a
- future release of the program, this may be an option.
-
- Simple Question -
- -----------------
-
- The option is given here to have a line of text preceding the actual
- question. I have seen several questionaire where the user is given
- suggestions as to the formatting of the answer. This could be used here for
- that or for further explanation.
-
- Yes/No Question -
- -----------------
-
- This is the simple question with a (Y/N) tacked on to end and a
- comparison line below the text of the question.
-
- Multiple Choice -
- -----------------
-
- First you are presented with a 10 line window to setup the
- introduction and lead statement to the multiple choice question. The number
- of answers is next asked for and then the possible answers one by one.
-
- Closing Statement -
- -------------------
-
- This is basically a variation of the opening statement except that it
- will bring to a close the creation of a questionaire.
-
- Quit -
- ------
-
- Closes the creation of the Questionaire script file and profile.
-
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- Questionaire Profile file
- ------------------------
-
- I wont go into a lot of explanation here but to say that this file is created
- for each questionaire to assist with the analysis of answers by a companion
- program that I hope to release this fall called QREAD. Contained in this file
- is the name of the answer file, question number and type and in the case of a
- multiple choice question, the number of answers.
-
- I hope that you will find the program worth the wait. I will distribute my
- programs via RBBS-Chicago, Ken Goosens Board, IBMCOM forum on Compuserve, and
- Public Brand Software - Indianapolis, In.
-
- SUPPORT FOR QWRITE AND OTHER PROGRAMS -
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-
- On my board I have established a conference that you can get access to once
- you have filled out the sysop questionaire. Here will be made announcements
- of upcoming programs, enhancements to current programs and discussions of
- standards within RBBS to name a few. I hope that you will find this program
- to be of help. I would appreciate your calling my board to let me know which
- of my programs (FMSDIR,FMSED,FMSVIEW or QWRITE) that you have or are using!!
-
- Ronald Nutter
- Bluegrass RBBS
- 1132 Mt. Rushmore Way
- Lexington,Ky 40502-5459
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