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Creating a new question type in 1.9? 2 years 6 months ago #51822

rhodebump OFFLINE Fresh Lemon Posts: 4 Karma: 0	Is there any guide or documentation on adding a new question type to version 1.9? I want to create question type that allows users to input a date, and the question type will calculate the age. I realize that there are javascript solutions to this, but would rather do it serverside. Thanks.
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Re:Creating a new question type in 1.9? 2 years 6 months ago #51832

Mazi OFFLINE LimeSurvey Team Posts: 5116 Thank you received: 261 Karma: 240	It is very complicated to create new question types, I don't recommend this approach. Better calculate the age at data analysis, tools like Excel or SPSS should be able to do so.
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Re:Creating a new question type in 1.9? 2 years 6 months ago #51839

rhodebump OFFLINE Fresh Lemon Posts: 4 Karma: 0	I need to do it in the survey itself since I am using the age to perform branching. Thanks.
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Re:Creating a new question type in 1.9? 2 years 6 months ago #51850

DenisChenu OFFLINE Moderator Lime Posts: 4409 Thank you received: 456 Karma: 166	Maybe you can calculate the age in javascript (see www.google.com/search?q=age+calculation+javascript ). And fill another question with this number . To hide this question , use css or javascript docs.limesurvey.org/tiki-index.php?page=...ime+using+Javascript
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Re:Creating a new question type in 1.9? 2 years 6 months ago #51855

Mazi OFFLINE LimeSurvey Team Posts: 5116 Thank you received: 261 Karma: 240	I think you can use conditions on a simply date field. So if you have an end date at your survey e.g. 2010-11-30 you can use a constant as comparison operator at the conditions. The other solution, as Shnoulle mentioned, is to calculate the age by javascript and populate a hidden question.
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Re:Creating a new question type in 1.9? 2 years 6 months ago #51910

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I ended up using the javascript way. Here's what I used (for benefit of others that may do this)

<script>
jQuery(document).ready(
    function(){
       // alert('onload alert!');
 
$('#answer48818X1X2').change(function() {
	var dob= $('#answer48818X1X2').val();
	var dobDate= new Date(dob);
	var birth_year = dobDate.getYear();
	var birth_month =dobDate.getMonth(); 
	//alert ("you set the dob " + dob);
 	var today_date = new Date();
  	var  today_year = today_date.getYear();
   	var today_month = today_date.getMonth();
 	var   today_day = today_date.getDate();
  	var  age = (today_year) - birth_year;
    	if ( today_month < (birth_month - 1))
   	{
      		age--;
    	}
    	if (((birth_month - 1) == today_month) && (today_day < birth_day))
    	{ 
      		age--;
    	}
 
	$('#answer48818X1X486').val(age);
 
});
 
    }
 
);
</script>

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Re:Creating a new question type in 1.9? 2 years 6 months ago #51918

Mazi OFFLINE LimeSurvey Team Posts: 5116 Thank you received: 261 Karma: 240	Can you please add your solution to the workaround section of our manual so other users can beneffit from your solution, too!? Thanks!
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Aw: Re:Creating a new question type in 1.9? 1 year 1 month ago #79176

barbarian OFFLINE Fresh Lemon Posts: 13 Karma: 0	Can someone tell me, how I can change this code from input-format mm/dd/yyyy to dd.mm.yyyy? I tried a lot, but nothing works. The code for itself works fine! Thank you!
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Aw: Creating a new question type in 1.9? 1 year 3 weeks ago #79365

barbarian
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Here comes the solution for changing the date format!

jQuery(document).ready(
    function(){
       // alert('onload alert!');
 
$('#answer48569X47X1050').change(function() {
	var dob= $('#answer48569X47X1050').val();
	// neu:
var dobParts = dob.split(".");
 
// neu:
// Datumsformat umbauen und dob damit überschreiben
dob = dobParts[1] + '/' + dobParts[0] + '/' + dobParts[2];
	var dobDate= new Date(dob);
	var birth_year = dobDate.getYear();
	var birth_month =dobDate.getMonth(); 
	//alert ("you set the dob " + dob);
 	var today_date = new Date();
  	var today_year = today_date.getYear();
   	var today_month = today_date.getMonth();
 	var today_day = today_date.getDate();
  	var age = (today_year) - birth_year;
    	if ( today_month < (birth_month - 1))
   	{
      		age--;
    	}
    	if (((birth_month - 1) == today_month) && (today_day < birth_day))
    	{ 
      		age--;
    	}
 
	$('#answer48569X47X1052').val(age);
 
});
 
    }
 
);

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Re: Aw: Creating a new question type in 1.9? 1 year 3 weeks ago #79383

Mazi OFFLINE LimeSurvey Team Posts: 5116 Thank you received: 261 Karma: 240	Vielen Dank für dein Feedback. Bitte das neue Feature auch ins Wiki übertragen, da das forum hin und wieder bereinigt wird und es wäre schade, solche Lösungen dadurch zu verlieren. Danke!
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