Default language

Specifies the language that will be used by default when you create a new questionnaire. Note that this can then be overridden in the language settings for the survey if you want your survey to have a different default language.

Local library path

Specifies the location and filename of the local library file used by askiadesign.

Global library path

Specifies the location and filename of the local library file, if any, used by askiadesign.

ADX/ADP library path

Specifies a folder where shared ADX and ADP (i.e. Askia Design Pages and Askia Design Controls) can be found. By storing controls in a central location and specifying that location here, you can ensure when these controls are updated, the changes will be automatically picked up on your machine. See using an ADC library for further information.

Autosave delay (in mn)

Askiadesign automatically saves the QES file you have open. This option specifies the time delay, in minutes, between automatic saves. For example, if this option is set to 10, AskiaDesign will automatically save your QES file every 10 minutes.

Allow DK by default

If this option is set to yes, the option Allow DK will automatically be set on all new questions you create in askiadesign. If it is set to no, Allow DK will not be set on new questions.

Use HTML control for question captions

This option controls which tab is displayed by default for the long caption when you edit or create a question. If it is set to no, the source tab will be displayed. If the option is set to yes, the preview tab will be displayed.

Control font size

This sets the font size used in the source tab in question mode. You can enter a value between 8 and 80.

Allow mixed case shortcut duplicates

If this option is set to yes, you can create a shortcut with the same characters as an existing shortcut, as long as the case is different (e.g. Gender and gender). If the option is set to no, AskiaDesign ignores case when testing whether a shortcut already exists. The default value is no.

Allow duplicate modalities

If this option is set to yes, two or more responses in a coded question can be identical; if it is set to no, you will be warned about the duplicates when you attempt to enter screen mode or routing mode.

Verify shortcut for scripts validity

If this option is set to yes, shortcuts are verified to determine if they are valid for use in scripts (no space, no point). The default value is no.

This option allows you perform automatic verification of your questionnaire's screen. This involves AskiaDesign ensuring that every visible question is assigned to a screen. The following values are available in this option:

• No (the default): screens will not be automatically verified. You can still, however, manually verify them in screen mode.
• Yes: screens will be automatically verified whenever you enter screen mode or save the questionnaire. This is done "silently", i.e. you will not be prompted for changes; askiadesign will automatically remedy any problems it detects, e.g. generating screens for any questions that are not already assigned to screens.
• Prompt: screens will automatically be verified whenever you enter screen mode or save the questionnaire. You will be prompted to confirm any changes that askiadesign proposes.

Default maximum number of responses

This option sets the default value for the maximum number of responses for multi-coded questions and iterations for loops. In other words, when you create a new multi-coded question or a loop, the maximum number of responses (or iterations, in the case of a loop) will be set to this value unless you change it.

Check even when skipped by default

If this option is set to yes, routing instructions are checked even when the default action is to skip them. The default value is yes.

Use question object when dropping questions in script

If this option is set to yes, when questions and dragged and dropped into a script window, the straight question name is used (e.g. q1). This allows you to access properties and methods of the question object in your script (e.g. q1.type). If the option is set to no, the old notation is used (e.g. ??q1??). The default value is yes.

Routing script window

This option determines which environment is used for editing routing scripts. You can select classic edit, Internet Explorer (with Intellisense) or Chromium (with Intellisense). We recommend using either Internet Explorer or Chromium, as these will provide the Intellisense features (e.g. assistance with completion of script lines, underling of syntax errors, etc.). The default value is Internet Explorer (with Intellisense).

Chromium installed

If you have Chromium installed, you can test web projects on this platform as well as in Internet Explorer. Set this option to yes to enable Chromium testing. The default setting is no.

HTML generation temp directory

Any directory specified here will be used as the location for the temporary HTML files that are created when you test a web questionnaire.

AskiaWeb scripts path

This is the default path for JavaScript files, skins and ADC controls. If this path is not over-ridden in the internet options (e.g. the JavaScript live path setting in the JavaScript tab), the path specified here will be used, and will be used to populate the other options. This allows the scripts to be installed in a directory other than the askia program directory. The registry field HKCU...DesignSettings, "ScriptsPath" will be populated accordingly.

This series of options allows you to view how your survey will appear in various Web browsers. You can specify up to five browsers (one in Alternative browser 1, one in Alternative browser 2, and so on); when testing your survey in askiadesign, you can change the view to show the survey in any of the environments you specify. See testing and preview for further details.

Define each browser in the following format:

Browser Name, Browser Path, %1 Parameters

For example, to mimic Firefox on the iPhone you would enter:

C:Program Files (x86)Mozilla FirefoxFirefox.exe %1/height 320/width 480

You can find details for browser parameters as follows:

• Firefox
• Chrome

Monitor used for testing (0 for primary)

This value determines the monitor on which questionnaire HTML previews will appear. The default of 0 (zero) refers to your main monitor. For example, if you have two monitors attached to your computer, entering 0 will cause HTML previews to appear on your main monitor, while entering 1 will cause them to appear on your second monitor.

Enforce mandatory questions for testing

If this option is set to no, you can skip mandatory questions when testing your questionnaire. If it is set to yes (the default), you must answer mandatory questions during testing. A mandatory question is one with the property allow 'don't know' de-selected.

File path for storing P1 communities

Application title 1

The text that will appear in the options menu for the first user-defined application. You should enter a good, but brief, description of the application you select in application path 1. By default, this is set to Analyse.

Application path 1

The application that will be invoked when you select the first user-defined application in the user-defined applications group in the options menu. By default, this is set to AskiaAnalyse. To specify a different application, enter its path here.

Application title 2

The text that will appear in the options menu for the second user-defined application. You should enter a good, but brief, description of the application you select in application path 1. By default, this is set to Tools.

Application path 2

The application that will be invoked when you select the second user-defined application in the user-defined applications group in the options menu. By default, this is set to askiatools. To specify a different application, enter its path here.

Application title 3

The text that will appear in the options menu for the third user-defined application. You should enter a good, but brief, description of the application you select in application path 1. By default, this is set to Translator.

Application path 3

The application that will be invoked when you select the third user-defined application in the user-defined applications group in the options menu. By default, this is set to AskiaTranslator. To specify a different application, enter its path here.

Question caption

The caption to be used for questions. By default this is the question's LongCaption, but you can set this to another text string, such as ShortCaption.

Use radio buttons for single questions

If this option is set to yes, responses in single-coded questions will have circular check-boxes. If it is set to no, they will have square check-boxes.

Auto numbering of questions

If this option is set to yes, questions will be automatically numbered in the Word document. Automatic numbering begins at 1, and is incremented by 1 for each question.

Auto numbering of responses

If this option is set to yes, responses will be automatically numbered in the Word document. For each question, response numbering begins at 1, and is incremented by 1 for each response.

Maximum number of columns in a table

Specifies the maximum number of columns that will be used in Word tables to lay out the survey's questions.

Export invisible questions

If this option is set to no, only questions with the option visible during data entry set will be exported to Word.

If this option is set to yes, questions will be included in the export, irrespective of whether their visible during data entry option is set. From version 5.4.6.0, a note will appear in the Word export when a question is invisible.

Export rotation information

If this option is set to yes, then any active rotation on a question will be indicated beneath that question in the Word document.

Export routings

This option controls how the questionnaire's routings are exported to Word. Select the appropriate options to determine whether routing logic or descriptions are exported (select no if you don't want routings to be exported).

Export datamap

If this option is set to yes, the data map will be exported as part of the Word export. For this to happen, the data map must first be defined in AskiaTools.

Question texts

Modality

Modality texts (i.e. responses to closed questions)

Chapter

Chapter texts

Routing

Routing instruction texts

Comments

Comment texts

EntryBox

Space for open-ended responses

If yes, the texts will be exported during Word export; if no, the texts will not be exported.

Face

The font used for the texts.

Size

The font size used for the texts.

Bold

If yes, the texts will be in bold text.

Italic

If yes, the texts will be italicised.

Underline

If yes, the texts will be underlined.

Forecolor

Specifies the foreground colour used for the texts.

Backcolor

Specifies the background colour used for the texts.

Framed

Specifies whether the texts will have borders around them.