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This is a HOWTO on how to import ascii databases into EZS and from there
into SW or bypass EZS and go straight into SW.
Written by Roger Rainey, parts by Aaron Jacobs, Oct 11, 1999
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Integrating EZSurvey® for the Internet and
SurveyWin®4.0
The setup for using both SurveyWin and EZSurvey is simple to do!
This HOWTO is not a replacement for reading the supplied documents,
rather it is a supplement to them. Please refer to the manuals for
further details.
- First create the SurveyWin form using the form builder.
- From the SurveyWin Form, you can translate it to an EZSurvey
form using the Utilities|.FRM to .EZF Conversion tool. The
conversions will work best if you do not rename questions or change
the ordering of questions.
- Using EZSurvey, open the .EZF that was created and make
adjustments to the database options, such as location and
the name of the database. You may also want to change the
appearance of the form using the form builder.
- Publish the web form and have the respondents take the survey.
- When you wish to look at the data, you have two options on
how to receive the data.
- Use the Administer Website command which is contained
under the Utilities|Administer Web Site
menu follow the directions on the webpage that it will
take you to and save the .IFM file. The .IFM file will
work exactly like the .ASC files.
- FTP the .ASC file from the website to your local hard
drive. Replace the .ASC file on the webserver with a
blank one which you can create from the
Utilities|Create blank ASCII file menu.
- From here you have two options:
- Now that you have the data on your hard drive, use the
EZSurvey Import Web Data command located under the
Utilities menu. Export the database as an ASCII
file. You might want to do this if you have been collecting data
into the .DBF and replacing the .ASC on the server over time. Follow
the next step below to import it into SurveyWin.
- If you translated the .FRM into .EZF then you can import the
.ASC that you downloaded from the web server directly into
your SurveyWin project using the Import ASCII database
option in SurveyWin. This is under the Utilities menu.
- From here you can use the powerful reporting tools
in EZReport® or the included
reporting tools in SurveyWin.
If you created the .EZF form first, use the Translate|.EZF to
.FRM command to create a SurveyWin form.
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