• <GetStart>
  • CSPro User's Guide
    • The CSPro System
    • Data Dictionary Module
    • The CSPro Language
    • Data Entry Module
    • Batch Editing Applications
    • Tabulation Applications
    • Data Sources
    • CSPro Statements and Functions
    • Templated Reporting System
    • HTML and JavaScript Integration
    • Action Invoker
    • Appendix
      • Appendix A - Installation
      • Appendix B - Keys Summary
      • Appendix C - Menu Summary
      • Appendix D - Toolbar Summary
      • Appendix E - Application Properties
      • Appendix F - Converting Within IMPS or ISSA
      • Appendix G - Errors in Censuses and Surveys
      • Appendix H - File Types
        • File Types
        • JSON Specification Files
        • SQLite Use in CSPro
        • Importing Data to CSPro Format
        • Locking Application Files
        • Temporary Data File
        • CSPro DB File Format
        • Files Description
          • Data Dictionary File (.dcf)
          • Data Entry Application File (.ent)
          • Forms File (.fmf)
          • Logic File (.apc)
          • Message File (.mgf)
          • Question File (.qsf)
          • Application Properties File (.csprops)
          • Program Information File (.pff)
          • Binary Data Entry Application File (.pen)
          • Index File (.csidx)
          • Notes File (.csnot)
          • Status File (.sts)
          • Paradata Log File (.cslog)
          • Operator Statistics File (.log)
          • Listing File
          • Frequencies File
          • Batch Edit Application File (.bch)
          • Edit Order File (.ord)
          • Saved Arrays File (.sva)
          • Tabulation Application File (.xtb)
          • Table Specifications File (.xts)
          • Tables File (.tbw)
          • Area Names File (.anm)
          • Table Matrices File (.tab)
          • Table Matrices Index File (.tabidx)
          • Frequency Specification File (.fqf)
      • Appendix I - JSON Representations
  • <CSEntry>
  • <CSBatch>
  • <CSTab>
  • <DataViewer>
  • <TextView>
  • <TblView>
  • <CSFreq>
  • <CSDeploy>
  • <CSPack>
  • <CSDiff>
  • <CSConcat>
  • <Excel2CSPro>
  • <CSExport>
  • <CSIndex>
  • <CSReFmt>
  • <CSSort>
  • <ParadataConcat>
  • <ParadataViewer>
  • <CSCode>
  • <CSDocument>
  • <CSView>
  • <CSWeb>

Status File (.sts)

The status file stores information about which cases are partially entered and the last field entered. It also keeps track of the cases that have been verified. CSEntry uses this information to:
  • Show which cases in the data file are partially entered.
  • Restart partially entered cases at the last field location entered.
  • Show the number and percent of verified cases in the operator statistics.
The .sts file is a text file and you can view this file in Text Viewer.
If necessary, you can modify this file in a text editor. However, you should manipulate this file with extreme caution. If you modify it incorrectly, you can lose information about partially entered cases or which cases have been verified.
Status information for non-text files (such as CSPro DB) is stored within the file itself and not in a .sts file.
See also: Text Data Source, Newline Handling