EpiData software: Installation

Dr Ajay Kumar MVTechnical Officer (Research), International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung disease (The Union), South East Asia Regional Office, New

DelhiAkumar @theunion.org; www.theunion.org

Slightly edited by: Hans L Rieder

Create three folders in the root of the drive in which you normally work

1) epidata This folder will contain EpiData software (both EpiData Entry and EpiData Analysis)

2) temp This will be a folder, where we temporarily deposit stuff before doing something with it. It should generally be empty and not ever contain anything important!

3) epidata_course This is where we will do all the work during the course

How to install Epidata (if you have administrator rights)

• Go to internet, enter: http://www.epidata.dkwww.epidata.dk

• Go to download/EpiData Entry and /EpiData Analysis and save the two respective setup files to the /temp folder

• Login as administrator, install EpiData entry and EpiData Analysis into the EpiData folder you created already, following the instructions and create a quick launch icon

How to install Epidata (if you do not have administrator rights)

• Go to the course folder “Software”• Get the zip file and unzip it to any place on your

computer (we strongly recommend the root of the drive in which you usually work)

• Isn’t that simple?

I can’t see the file extensions - How to identify which is the .exe file?

Select folder options

Untick the hide extensions option

Extensions are now visible

Create a desktop shortcut for the .exe file

Creating a quick launch icon

Unique about EpiData installation

• Although windows based, it does not interfere with Windows set-up

• All files are placed in a single directory• No trace of *.dll files anywhere in the system• Carry the software in your USB memory stick

and start working!

Other things to set up before we begin..

• Set your system language to English (your preferred English) – but set date to dd/mm/yyyy format

• Accessing help file– If you use Windows Vista or Windows 7 as your

operating system, you will need to install Microsoft plug-in!

‘Help’ in EpiData not working: What to do?

‘Help’ option is not working

• If you have the Microsoft Windows Vista or

Windows 7 as your operating system

– you need a plug-in to make the help file in EpiData

Entry functional

– Download a Windows help program

• WinHlp32.exe

Determine the Windows version

• Windows version

– Windows Vista/Windows 7

– 32 bit or 64 bit

• How much data can be processed

• Speed with which it can be processed

• Memory capacity

How to determine Windows version and system type?

Download the program

• WinHlp32.exe for Windows Vista – http://

www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=5143

• WinHlp32.exe for Windows 7 http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=91

• Also, this plug-in is already downloaded in your folder “Software”

• Double click to install the plug-in (need administrator privileges)

How do you know if you are logged in as administrator?

Check the following..

• Folder “EpiData” in root of the drive to which you have access (commonly C drive)

• Folder “epidata_course” in C drive• Folder “temp” in C drive• Quick launch icons in task bar – click and

check functionality• Be able to access HELP file

Setting Options – First word in question is field name

Setting Options – Automatic filed names

Setting Options – Update question to actual field name

Setting Options – Update question to actual field name