CSPro Users Forum

Maria Teresa, The problem is that CSEntry "locks" the data file when you are entering data. That means that no other program has access to the file. You can test this by running CSEntry and then trying to make a copy of the data file in Windows Explorer. The error message I get on Windows ...

Unfortunately there is no way to do this at the moment. I say unfortunately because it would be very convenient to have dynamically-sized arrays or some other kind of collection. Perhaps a future version of CSPro will have this. Your best bet is to just size it at the highest size you can imagine. Y...

You are partially correct. OnStop will only get called if some data, not just an ID item, has been entered for the case. If any item is entered, OnStop will be executed. If no items are entered, OnStop will not get called. I don't know why this was the programmed behavior, but my guess it that gener...

This is an intriguing idea that I have not thought of before. What are some kinds of scripts that you would put in a preproc/postproc?

If implemented, perhaps these scripts could be implemented similar to the OnKey and OnStop functions, which are default functions that can be overridden.

Agreed, and this may be something that eventually comes out, though probably not for some time. The next big project after the Unicode conversion will be porting CSPro so that it works on mobile devices, including Android tablets/phones. That will at least put some of the code base in Java, which wi...

You must invoke CSEntry with the parameter /binaryWin32. You can also use the optional parameter /binaryName. For example: "C:\Program Files\CSPro 4.1\CSEntry.exe" "Census 2000 Data Entry.ent" /binaryWin32 "C:\Program Files\CSPro 4.1\CSEntry.exe" "Census 2000 Data ...

Mutua, You can see an example here: http://www.csprousers.org/2011/12/09/adding-multiple-logic-files-to-an-application This could be useful for people who create libraries of functions. The same library of functions could be used in many applications. Think of this as similar to include in C/C++ or ...

David, Those are the next steps for CSPro. Currently the Census Bureau staff are implementing Unicode support and in a month or two will be looking for beta testers for this version, CSPro 5. If you are interested in testing this version, let me know. The release version probably won't come out unti...

Now with CSPro 4.1.002 out, you can use the getusername function instead of using the code above.

I hope that a RDBMS interface will come out in the next 6-9 months, but it's hard to know what the future holds. Would you want the interface accessible for all aspects of CSPro (data entry, editing, tabulation, and the tools), or would the RDBMS being accessible in Entry and Export be sufficient fo...