Hi David,

I have a client that would be very interested if I could create or find them a survey program they could use themselves. Right now for small surveys or one time surveys the client puts them together using Access. Every time I think about doing this for them I have to remind myself what a monumental task this would be. I really haven't looked into what's already out there or the cost of it.

Another reason I've held off is that in order to get good results over time the survey can't change. If you let them tweak the survey each time you can no longer "mine" the data in a consistent manner. Or you have to write a linking application. My client takes the results and uses SPSS to run stats on the data.

I would be interested in corresponding with you more and talking about our needs.

Jacci

>I am designing/coding a VFP based survey/questionnaire program for a client. It is turning out to be very complicated. I'm wondering if anyone has tackled such a project. I'm hoping to share ideas on design, database design. There are commercial programs out there - but none that meet my needs. One - http://www.raosoft.comn uses dbfs - but doesn't quite fit.
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>Trying to make a truly data driven program that handles lots of different branching logic is daunting. If anyone is interested, or has done similar work I will share more details on the particulars of the design issues I am facing, have resolved etc.