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!Questor/History
This website contains an archive of files for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore 16 and Commodore 64 computers, which Dominic Ford has rescued from his private collection of floppy disks and cassettes.
Some of these files were originally commercial releases in the 1980s and 1990s, but they are now widely available online. I assume that copyright over them is no longer being asserted. If you own the copyright and would like files to be removed, please contact me.
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| Filename: | !Questor/History |
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| File size: | 09A9 bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
1.00 First released version
1.10 Permits a limit to be set on the number of options a user may select in a multiple answer question,
via an optional extra parameter to the question data in the Questions file (so that #2 becomes eg
#2,3 for a limit of no more than three choices).
1.20 Will allow user to reload an Ansor file. Useful to user being surveyed, as can edit a previously
stored response. Useful to surveyor, as can use Questor to view individual choices in a single Ansor
file. NB !Ansor 1.20 allows export of individual Ansor files from a survey database.
1.30 Added a type '4' question format.
This allows "order of preference" questions, with appearance as for a grid question.
Each row corresponds to one item, with a button being set in the column corresponding to the user's
choice of preference for that item.
Thus only one button may be set per row, as no item can be given two preferences,
& only one button may be set per column, as no two items can have the same preference.
ESG takes care of the '1 per row' restriction.
If an attempt is made to violate '1 per column', the new choice will be made, however the item
which previously had that preference will be given the former preference of the user changed item.
Notice, that as with other question types, a question or part of a question may be left blank.
This is to prevent false responses due to the default setting being analysed when the user actually
ignored that question. It also handles the case where the wording of a question is such that a
particular user cannot be guaranteed to be able to answer a question with a positive response
(eg 'How many others read your copy of AC: 1, 2 or more than 2?', when the correct answer is 0).
NB1 In Questions file, text is as for a grid question, but with the line of column texts omitted.
Where required, column texts are automatically inserted with #cols set to #rows.
NB2 This means #rows is restricted to the max #cols = 5.
Ansor 1.30 supports type '4' questions.
1.31 Modification to ensure question window title text is prefixed by template title text for window
Quest, rather than by text embeded in program. This permits distributor to alter initial part of
title from 'Acorn Computing' to eg 'Acorn User', by editing template.
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NB !Ansor 1| 00000220 2e 32 30 20 61 6c 6c 6f 77 73 20 65 78 70 6f 72 |.20 allows expor| 00000230 74 20 6f 66 20 69 6e 64 69 76 69 64 75 61 6c 20 |t of individual | 00000240 41 6e 73 6f 72 20 66 69 6c 65 73 20 66 72 6f 6d |Ansor files from| 00000250 20 61 20 73 75 72 76 65 79 20 64 61 74 61 62 61 | a survey databa| 00000260 73 65 2e 0a 0a 31 2e 33 30 20 20 20 20 41 64 64 |se...1.30 Add| 00000270 65 64 20 61 20 74 79 70 65 20 27 34 27 20 71 75 |ed a type '4' qu| 00000280 65 73 74 69 6f 6e 20 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 2e 0a 20 |estion format.. | 00000290 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 54 68 69 73 20 61 6c 6c 6f | This allo| 000002a0 77 73 20 22 6f 72 64 65 72 20 6f 66 20 70 72 65 |ws "order of pre| 000002b0 66 65 72 65 6e 63 65 22 20 71 75 65 73 74 69 6f |ference" questio| 000002c0 6e 73 2c 20 77 69 74 68 20 61 70 70 65 61 72 61 |ns, with appeara| 000002d0 6e 63 65 20 61 73 20 66 6f 72 20 61 20 67 72 69 |nce as for a gri| 000002e0 64 20 71 75 65 73 74 69 6f 6e 2e 0a 20 20 20 20 |d question.. | 000002f0 20 20 20 20 45 61 63 68 20 72 6f 77 20 63 6f 72 | Each row cor| 00000300 72 65 73 70 6f 6e 64 73 20 74 6f 20 6f 6e 65 20 |responds to one | 00000310 69 74 65 6d 2c 20 77 69 74 68 20 61 20 62 75 74 |item, with a but| 00000320 74 6f 6e 20 62 65 69 6e 67 20 73 65 74 20 69 6e |ton being set in| 00000330 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f 6c 75 6d 6e 20 63 6f 72 72 | the column corr| 00000340 65 73 70 6f 6e 64 69 6e 67 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 |esponding to the| 00000350 20 75 73 65 72 27 73 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | user's. | 00000360 63 68 6f 69 63 65 20 6f 66 20 70 72 65 66 65 72 |choice of prefer| 00000370 65 6e 63 65 20 66 6f 72 20 74 68 61 74 20 69 74 |ence for that it| 00000380 65 6d 2e 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 54 68 75 73 |em.. 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If a| 00000480 6e 20 61 74 74 65 6d 70 74 20 69 73 20 6d 61 64 |n attempt is mad| 00000490 65 20 74 6f 20 76 69 6f 6c 61 74 65 20 27 31 20 |e to violate '1 | 000004a0 70 65 72 20 63 6f 6c 75 6d 6e 27 2c 20 74 68 65 |per column', the| 000004b0 20 6e 65 77 20 63 68 6f 69 63 65 20 77 69 6c 6c | new choice will| 000004c0 20 62 65 20 6d 61 64 65 2c 20 68 6f 77 65 76 65 | be made, howeve| 000004d0 72 20 74 68 65 20 69 74 65 6d 0a 20 20 20 20 20 |r the item. | 000004e0 20 20 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 70 72 65 76 69 6f 75 | which previou| 000004f0 73 6c 79 20 68 61 64 20 74 68 61 74 20 70 72 65 |sly had that pre| 00000500 66 65 72 65 6e 63 65 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 |ference will be | 00000510 67 69 76 65 6e 20 74 68 65 20 66 6f 72 6d 65 72 |given the former| 00000520 20 70 72 65 66 65 72 65 6e 63 65 20 6f 66 20 74 | preference of t| 00000530 68 65 20 75 73 65 72 20 63 68 61 6e 67 65 64 20 |he user changed | 00000540 69 74 65 6d 2e 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 4e 6f |item.. 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It also | 00000640 68 61 6e 64 6c 65 73 20 74 68 65 20 63 61 73 65 |handles the case| 00000650 20 77 68 65 72 65 20 74 68 65 20 77 6f 72 64 69 | where the wordi| 00000660 6e 67 20 6f 66 20 61 20 71 75 65 73 74 69 6f 6e |ng of a question| 00000670 20 69 73 20 73 75 63 68 20 74 68 61 74 20 61 0a | is such that a.| 00000680 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 70 61 72 74 69 63 75 6c | particul| 00000690 61 72 20 75 73 65 72 20 63 61 6e 6e 6f 74 20 62 |ar user cannot b| 000006a0 65 20 67 75 61 72 61 6e 74 65 65 64 20 74 6f 20 |e guaranteed to | 000006b0 62 65 20 61 62 6c 65 20 74 6f 20 61 6e 73 77 65 |be able to answe| 000006c0 72 20 61 20 71 75 65 73 74 69 6f 6e 20 77 69 74 |r a question wit| 000006d0 68 20 61 20 70 6f 73 69 74 69 76 65 20 72 65 73 |h a positive res| 000006e0 70 6f 6e 73 65 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 28 65 |ponse. (e| 000006f0 67 20 27 48 6f 77 20 6d 61 6e 79 20 6f 74 68 65 |g 'How many othe| 00000700 72 73 20 72 65 61 64 20 79 6f 75 72 20 63 6f 70 |rs read your cop| 00000710 79 20 6f 66 20 41 43 3a 20 31 2c 20 32 20 6f 72 |y of AC: 1, 2 or| 00000720 20 6d 6f 72 65 20 74 68 61 6e 20 32 3f 27 2c 20 | more than 2?', | 00000730 77 68 65 6e 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f 72 72 65 63 74 |when the correct| 00000740 20 61 6e 73 77 65 72 20 69 73 20 30 29 2e 0a 0a | answer is 0)...| 00000750 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 4e 42 31 20 49 6e 20 51 | NB1 In Q| 00000760 75 65 73 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 66 69 6c 65 2c 20 74 |uestions file, t| 00000770 65 78 74 20 69 73 20 61 73 20 66 6f 72 20 61 20 |ext is as for a | 00000780 67 72 69 64 20 71 75 65 73 74 69 6f 6e 2c 20 62 |grid question, b| 00000790 75 74 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 20 6c 69 6e 65 |ut with the line| 000007a0 20 6f 66 20 63 6f 6c 75 6d 6e 20 74 65 78 74 73 | of column texts| 000007b0 20 6f 6d 69 74 74 65 64 2e 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 | omitted.. | 000007c0 20 20 20 20 20 20 57 68 65 72 65 20 72 65 71 75 | Where requ| 000007d0 69 72 65 64 2c 20 63 6f 6c 75 6d 6e 20 74 65 78 |ired, column tex| 000007e0 74 73 20 61 72 65 20 61 75 74 6f 6d 61 74 69 63 |ts are automatic| 000007f0 61 6c 6c 79 20 69 6e 73 65 72 74 65 64 20 77 69 |ally inserted wi| 00000800 74 68 20 23 63 6f 6c 73 20 73 65 74 20 74 6f 20 |th #cols set to | 00000810 23 72 6f 77 73 2e 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 4e |#rows.. N| 00000820 42 32 20 54 68 69 73 20 6d 65 61 6e 73 20 23 72 |B2 This means #r| 00000830 6f 77 73 20 69 73 20 72 65 73 74 72 69 63 74 65 |ows is restricte| 00000840 64 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 6d 61 78 20 23 63 6f |d to the max #co| 00000850 6c 73 20 3d 20 35 2e 0a 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |ls = 5... | 00000860 20 41 6e 73 6f 72 20 31 2e 33 30 20 73 75 70 70 | Ansor 1.30 supp| 00000870 6f 72 74 73 20 74 79 70 65 20 27 34 27 20 71 75 |orts type '4' qu| 00000880 65 73 74 69 6f 6e 73 2e 0a 0a 31 2e 33 31 20 20 |estions...1.31 | 00000890 20 20 4d 6f 64 69 66 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 74 | Modification t| 000008a0 6f 20 65 6e 73 75 72 65 20 71 75 65 73 74 69 6f |o ensure questio| 000008b0 6e 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 20 74 69 74 6c 65 20 74 |n window title t| 000008c0 65 78 74 20 69 73 20 70 72 65 66 69 78 65 64 20 |ext is prefixed | 000008d0 62 79 20 74 65 6d 70 6c 61 74 65 20 74 69 74 6c |by template titl| 000008e0 65 20 74 65 78 74 20 66 6f 72 20 77 69 6e 64 6f |e text for windo| 000008f0 77 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 51 75 65 73 74 2c |w. Quest,| 00000900 20 72 61 74 68 65 72 20 74 68 61 6e 20 62 79 20 | rather than by | 00000910 74 65 78 74 20 65 6d 62 65 64 65 64 20 69 6e 20 |text embeded in | 00000920 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 2e 20 54 68 69 73 20 70 65 |program. This pe| 00000930 72 6d 69 74 73 20 64 69 73 74 72 69 62 75 74 6f |rmits distributo| 00000940 72 20 74 6f 20 61 6c 74 65 72 20 69 6e 69 74 69 |r to alter initi| 00000950 61 6c 20 70 61 72 74 20 6f 66 0a 20 20 20 20 20 |al part of. | 00000960 20 20 20 74 69 74 6c 65 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 27 41 | title from 'A| 00000970 63 6f 72 6e 20 43 6f 6d 70 75 74 69 6e 67 27 20 |corn Computing' | 00000980 74 6f 20 65 67 20 27 41 63 6f 72 6e 20 55 73 65 |to eg 'Acorn Use| 00000990 72 27 2c 20 62 79 20 65 64 69 74 69 6e 67 20 74 |r', by editing t| 000009a0 65 6d 70 6c 61 74 65 2e 0a |emplate..| 000009a9
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