Wednesday, July 07, 1999


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JOAN     DAT         1,152  06-06-99 12:30p JOAN.DAT
NEWGRID  EXE       136,022  07-05-99  6:08p NEWGRID.EXE
RUNGRID  DAT            41  07-05-99  6:12p RUNGRID.DAT
RUNGRID  EXE       129,344  07-05-99  6:08p RUNGRID.EXE
RUNGRID  LOG            48  07-05-99  6:13p RUNGRID.LOG
GRIDST~1 RTF        90,416  02-02-99  2:15p Gridstat Manual.rtf
GRIDSTAT EXE       396,810  07-07-99  3:35a GRIDSTAT.EXE
         7 file(s)        753,833 bytes
         0 dir(s)         701,440 bytes free

The files on this disk are as follows:

JOAN.DAT 
Is a sample GRIDSTAT format grid file that can be used to read element labels into NEWGRID. It is included here simply to show the format. It is a text (ASCII) file.

NEWGRID.EXE
Is the program used to elicit a single grid. It allows a range of options in eliciting a grid. It can also be used to set up  pre-defined  options for the other program  NEWGRID which doesn't allow options being designed for routine grid data collection.

RUNGRID.DAT
Is a file set up by NEWGRID and read by RUNGRID. It is essential for RUNGRID. It is in text file format.

RUNGRID.EXE
Runs the data collection version of NEWGRID. As mentioned above it requires RUNGRID.DAT. It (creates) appends records onto a sequential file called RUNGRID.LOG (see next)

RUNGRID.LOG
Retains a record of each grid created by RUNGRID.EXE. It lists the name of the data file created by each individual (see below), the person's name (or whatever identification is entered) and time & date of completing the person's grid. It is a text file.

Both NEWGRID (optionally) and RUNGRID create a grid data file (a text file) that can be read by GRIDSTAT. In the latter case the file is automatically named 
as mmHHMMDD.999 from the system clock in the computer, where
mm 	is minutes
HH	is hours (24 hr clock)
MM	is months, and
DD	is day of month
From Jan 1, the extension of 999 will be replaced by 000.

GRIDSTAT.EXE
Is the program to analyse grids output by NEWGRID and RUNGRID. The other file is a draft of a manual for this program in Rich-Text-Format



