Step 10: What files are created?
Once you click on the Generate button in the spreadsheet, several HTML and
support files are created on the hard drive of the computer that you are using
when you click on the button. They are created in the C: drive in a folder
called "websurvey". This folder will contain a subfolder named after your
Survey Name. This subfolder contains the following files: (for ease of
reading, assume that your Survey Name is "mysurvey")
Files for all surveys:
- index.html - This file is the consent page and will be the first
page that your participants see.
- mysurvey.html - This is the page of questions that is the main
portion of your survey. If you have multiple pages in your survey, each
page will be added with the suffix "_page1", "_page2" and so forth.
- mysurvey_thx.html - This is the "Thank You" page that is
displayed after the survey is taken.
- mysurvey.css - This is a cascading style sheet which defines
the font, background color and other aspects of the appearance of your pages.
You don't need to modify this in any way, but you are welcome to if you are
familiar with CSS files and would like to change the look of your site.
- merge.txt - This is a necessary support file for your survey to
process the data.
Additional files:
- condition2.html - If you have enabled Random Assignment,
you will have additional pages named after each of your random assignment
conditions. Each page contains the survey associated with that
condition.
If your data are being emailed to you:
- merge_variablesandvalues.txt - This file is the merge file
configuration that sends both the variable names and the variable values to
you in each email. You will have multiple versions of this file if you
have Random Assignment enabled.
- merge_valuesonly.txt - This file is the merge file configuration
that sends just the variable values (without the variable names) to you in
each email. You will have multiple versions of this file if you have
Random Assignment enabled.
- SendValuesOnly.bat - This is an executable batch file that
configured your survey to email you only the variable values (without the
variable names) in each email message. Double-click on this file from
a Windows PC to enable this configuration.
- SendVariablesAndValues.bat - This is an executable batch file
that configured your survey to email you both the variable names and the
variable values in each email message. (This is the default
configuration.) Double-click on this file from a Windows PC to enable this
configuration.
All surveys will have at least 6 files. Your survey will have more
files if you have enabled the Random Assignment or
have multiple pages in your survey.
You are welcome to view and edit the HTML files if you are familiar with HTML
and would like to add additional text or other changes. However it is not
necessary to do so.