E-Prime 3.x
Articles on release information, known issues/fixes, experiment design, timing, and more for E-Prime 3.x.
Getting Started
- INFO: E-Prime for Beginners [30574]
- INFO: E-Prime Go Supported Browsers [36032]
- INFO: Welcome to E-Prime web page [17872]
- INFO: Specifying a Subject number during Startup Info prompts [17161]
- INFO: E-Studio offers choosing template experiment files when creating new experiments [17959]
- INFO: Information sent when E-Prime Check for Updates queries for new versions of E-Prime [17835]
Setup and Installation
- INFO: User Permissions and Privileges Considerations for E-Prime [34585]
- LICENSE: Validating an E-Prime 3.0 Upgrade License [29808]
- INSTALL: E-Prime Full versus Subject Station [19536]
- LICENSE: Downloading the latest HASP driver [27703]
- LICENSE: E-Prime 3.0 License Violation and Grace Period dialogs [23677]
- LICENSE: How to Install a Perpetual Group License or a Network License [25285]
Versions and Operating Systems
- INFO: Upgrading from Windows 7 or earlier to Windows 10 [34475]
- RELEASE INFO: Using the latest version of E-Prime [30812]
- RELEASE INFO: E-Prime Evaluation Version [18278]
- INFO: SkyLake Processors and beyond [30636]
- INFO: Experiment Advisor Report updated to provide enhanced Windows 10 information [27860]
- RELEASE INFO: E-Prime 3.0 Change History [27275]
Experiment Design with E-Studio
- INFO: Use of Colon in E-Studio [34587]
- INFO: .CRESP appears Blank or Missing when InputMask.Timeout does not execute and the Input Mask Terminates [34573]
- INFO: Supported Display Resolutions [35088]
- DEVICE: Ability to change display device used for dialogs (e.g., MsgBox) [18090]
- INFO: SlideButtons can overlay SlideMovies [30761]
- INFO: Ability to have multiple experiments (instances of E-Studio) open at the same time [17672]
Scripting
- INFO: {key} naming scheme [35229]
- INFO: The maximum values for the InputHistoryManager.MaxCount property [18102]
- INFO: Rte.SystemAbortPromptEnabled property allows for Ctrl+Alt+Shift to abort experiment without prompting [17137]
- INFO: Bin function akin to Hex for binary string conversion [17996]
- INFO: Ability to customize UserBreakState, ConditionalExit, and SystemAbortWatch key sequences [19226]
- INFO: Ability to access an E-Object in script [18198]
Best Practices
- INFO: Locate Your IP Address and Ping Another Computer [31363]
- INFO: E-Basic Style Guidelines/Recommendations [17912]
- ERROR: Objects log with less string literals in effort to reduce "Script Too Large" errors [17916]
- INFO: Reduce background applications to avoid internal drawing errors [18010]
- INFO: List generates Const for all Attribute names [17973]
- INFO: E-Basic Script Generation uses constants for literal strings [19049]
Known Issues and Fixes
- ERROR: Multiple monitor experiments run on Windows 10 May 2020 Update (2004) freeze or receive a display is too busy error [35180]
- RELEASE INFO: Known Issues in E-Prime 3.0 Update 2 (3.0.3.80) [27789]
- BUG: Slide Display Name not accurately being represented in Property Pages > General tab [35404]
- INFO: Display.Canvas.SaveImage does not include movies or buttons [35352]
- ERROR: HASP driver issues on Windows 10 (version 2004) [35173]
- ERROR: Enabling FIPS interferes with E-Prime Licensing [34454]
Common Mistakes
- ERROR: Basic Troubleshooting for Subject Station or Runtime Machines [34476]
- INFO: Cannot locate E-Prime Samples and Tutorials [31362]
- INFO: How to avoid accidental pressing of special keys (Windows Key, Ctrl+Escape, etc.) [17261]
- INFO: Why does gray/silver (128,128,128) in MS Paint != gray/silver in E-Run (128,128,128) [16861]
- INFO: Restoring a missing menu bar in E-Studio [29894]
- INFO: Avoiding/Eliminating Recursive Loops from Your Experiment Structure [18096]
Data Analysis
- INFO: Support the Desktop and MyDocuments object in the folder list tree [16519]
- INFO: Using E-DataAid.exe with Command-Line Interpreters [25323]
- INFO: Procedure FlushDataLog option [16774]
- INFO: Merging "duplicate" data [17356]
- INFO: Ability to specify location path for data file with E-DataPath environment variable [17019]
Timing
- TIMING: Why external validation of the Display is needed [25718]
- ERROR: Error 11076: Invalid DisplayFrameThresholdStimDisplay value when running at a 200+ Hz refresh rate [30240]
- TIMING: Powered DVI splitter recommended over Windows display cloned/duplicate/mirrored mode [34472]
- TIMING: Verifying your Clock and Timing in E-Prime [34371]
- TIMING: E-Prime 3.0 Mac Timing Data [29834]
- TIMING: PreRelease defaults changed to promote better timing accuracy [17936]
Port Communication
- DEVICE: How To: Synchronize E-Prime with an incoming marker/press via an Input Mask [34380]
- DEVICE: Socket Device [26069]
- DEVICE: Parallel Port Device [17150]
- DEVICE: Serial Device [17355]
- DEVICE: Port Device [17213]
- DEVICE: How To: Socket Device Communication [25288]
Audio and Video Components
- INFO: SoundOut Volume Control Property in E-Prime, Actual Decibel Output, and MovieDisplay Volume Control Options [28039]
- INFO: SoundDevice enabled by default [18006]
- INFO: Supported Audio file formats [30571]
- DEVICE: Adjusting DirectSound (DirectX) Hardware Acceleration can eliminate sound popping [17537]
- INFO: Windows 8 or DirectX 11 or greater detected [23888]
- INFO: E-Prime Video Renderer [18642]