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/insertsurvey

Available as an action command parameter:

The flag used to request an insert of a secondary survey.

/updatesubsurvey

Available as an action command parameter:

The flag used to request an update of a part of the (main) survey from another (second) survey.

/configurationfile

Available with /insertsurvey and /updatesubsurvey:

The flag used to specify the path of the JSON configuration file to use for the interactive surveys in order to resolve the placeholders for text replacement, insert the list of responses and scenarios to be managed.

To be able to perform a text replacement, use a translation key. Then you need to wrap your key with double curly brackets:

{{yourtranslationKey}}

To be able to insert a list of responses from listOfResponsesKeys you need to wrap your key with double square brackets in a response caption:

[[yourlistOfResponsesKey]]

Attached QEX files example with bat file and JSON. Execute the bat file with the latest AskiaDesign 5.6.1:

Example files

Note: The name of the key used should follow the camelCase syntax.

The JSON look like this:

{
  "translationKeys": [
    {
      "key": "SurveyTopic",
      "translations": [
        {
          "language": "en-GB",
          "text": "beer GB"
        },
		{
          "language": "fr-FR",
          "text": "bière FR"
        }
      ]
    },
	{
      "key": "MainBrand",
      "translations": [
        {
          "language": "en-GB",
          "text": "Asahi GB2"
        },
		{
          "language": "fr-FR",
          "text": "Asahi FR2"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "listOfResponsesKeys": [
    {
      "key": "Competitors",
      "responses": [
        {
          "entryCode": "A2",
          "translations": [
            {
              "language": "en-GB",
              "text": "Corona GB2",
	      "resourceUrl" : "https://surveys01-dev.ipsosinteractive.com/WebProd/exResources/TestPathIS/asahien.jpg"
            },
			{
              "language": "fr-FR",
              "text": "Corona FR2",
	      "resourceUrl" : "https://surveys01-dev.ipsosinteractive.com/WebProd/exResources/TestPathIS/asahifr.jpg"
            }
          ],
          "userData":"{\"cell\":1,\"tested ad index\":\"1\"}"
        },
		{
          "entryCode": "A4",
          "translations": [
            {
              "language": "en-GB",
              "text": "Kronembourg GB2",
	      "resourceUrl" : "https://surveys01-dev.ipsosinteractive.com/WebProd/exResources/TestPathIS/coronaen.jpg"
            },
			{
              "language": "fr-FR",
              "text": "Kronembourg FR2",
	      "resourceUrl" : "https://surveys01-dev.ipsosinteractive.com/WebProd/exResources/TestPathIS/coronafr.jpg"
            }
          ],
          "userData":"{\"cell\":2,\"tested ad index\":\"2\"}"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "interactiveScenarios" : [
    {
      "name": "Alcohol",
      "keepItems": false
    },
    {
      "name": "FavouriteFilm",
      "keepItems": false
    }
  ]
}

/allowmissingkeys

Available with /insertsurvey and /updatesubsurvey when a /configurationfile is used:

When a JSON interactive file if given to the survey and calling the DOF command line with InsertSurvey, do not replace the tokens if they are not present in the interactive file.

It generate an error message (ERR_MISSING_CONFIGURATION_KEY -35) if you do not specify it and some keys are missing.

/mustuseallkeys

Available with /insertsurvey and /updatesubsurvey when a /configurationfile is used:

It generate an error message when you use a configuration file and one of the variable exist in the config file and not in the QEX file

/deletesubsurvey

Available as an action command parameter:

The flag used to request a delete of a module of the (main) survey.

The deletion process will remove all the sub-questions and also the targeted chapter.

It deletes the routings based on the module name in the description for the all questions / start / onrestart / end routings.

It also deletes the routings where the start question is one of the questions deleted.

The screens for the deleted questions are deleted as well.

/updatequota

Available as an action command parameter:

Replace the entire definition of the quota in the target QEX from the source QEX.

/appendquota

Available as an action command parameter:

Add the quota defined in the source QEX at the end of the quota definition of the target QEX.

/removeunusedtranslations

Available as an action command parameter:

The flag used to request to remove the unused translations.

It keeps only the captions of the languages present in the survey.

/replaceemptylongcaptions

Available as an action command parameter:

The flag used to replace a question with an empty long caption with the short caption if it is not empty, in priority else use the shortcut. Only perform this if the long caption is empty.

/replaceemptyroutingnames

Available as an action command parameter:

The flag used to replace the name of the routings using the description, if the description is not empty.

Only perform this if the routing is empty using the description.

/keywordlist

Available as an action command parameter:

The flag used to get a list of all available keywords in AskiaScript.

Example:

Design.exe /keywordlist /saveas:".\keywordList.txt"

/runwizard

Available as an action command parameter:

v650 - The flag used to run the wizard of the QEX.

Example:

Design.exe "Wizard.qex" /runwizard /saveas:"NewSurvey.qex"

/modulename

Available with /insertsurvey or /updatesubsurvey or /deletesubsurvey:

Mandatory: flag used to specify the name of the second files to use. This modification was introduced in v.561 August 2021 and is mandatory now.

/surveypath

Available with /insertsurvey or /updatesubsurvey or /updatequota or /appendquota:

Used to specify the source QEX or XML file for the secondary survey.

/questionshortcut

Available with /insertsurvey (optional) or /updatesubsurvey (mandatory) or /deletesubsurvey (mandatory):

Used to specify the question shortcut target where to insert/update the secondary survey or to delete.

If missing, the insert is done at the end of the main survey.

/before

Available with /insertsurvey:

Used to add the “secondary” survey before the target question shortcut define by /questionshortcut.

/inside

Available with /insertsurvey:

Used to add the “secondary” survey inside the target question shortcut define by /questionshortcut.

/after

Available with /insertsurvey:

Used to add the “secondary” survey after the target question shortcut define by /questionshortcut.

/keepalllanguages

Available with /insertsurvey or /updatesubsurvey:

Used to to keep all the languages of the two surveys “main” and “secondary” survey.

If this parameter is omitted then keep only the common languages between the “main” and “secondary” surveys.

/usedefaultwhenempty

Available with /insertsurvey or /updatesubsurvey:

Use the default caption for the empty captions of the secondary survey instead of inserting or updating with empty captions.

/updatefinalpages

Available with /insertsurvey or /updatesubsurvey:

Updates the main survey with the content of the final pages of the secondary survey.

/updateadp

Available with /insertsurvey or /updatesubsurvey:

Updates the main survey with the content of the ADP of the secondary survey.

/updatetheme

Available with /insertsurvey or /updatesubsurvey:

Updates the main survey with the content of the theme of the secondary survey.

/updatewebsettings

Available with /insertsurvey or /updatesubsurvey:

Updates all the web settings so same as using /updatefinalpages and /updateadp and /updatetheme

/updatemessages

Updates all the error messages from the secondary survey to the main survey.

/overwrite

Available with /insertsurvey or /updatesubsurvey:

Perform a full overwrite of the specified fields of the main survey using the secondary survey.

The possible values separated by commas are:

• beforecontent (for the html before the content field)
• aftercontent (for the html after the content field)
• css (for the additional CSS field)
• js (for the additional JavaScript field)

Example: 

/overwrite:"beforecontent,aftercontent,css,js"

/append

Available with /insertsurvey or /updatesubsurvey:

Perform an append of the specified fields of the main survey using the secondary survey.

The possible values separated by commas are:

• beforecontent (for the html before the content field)
• aftercontent (for the html after the content field)
• css (for the additional CSS field)
• js (for the additional JavaScript field)

Example: 

/append:"beforecontent,aftercontent,css,js"

/replace

Available with /insertsurvey or /updatesubsurvey:

Perform an "intelligent" replace of the specified fields of the main survey using the secondary survey - using a marker on the first and last line.

The possible values separated by commas are:

• beforecontent (for the html before the content field)
• aftercontent (for the html after the content field)
• css (for the additional CSS field)
• js (for the additional JavaScript field)

Example: 

/replace:"beforecontent,aftercontent,css,js"

The markers for the different fields are:

Before or After content using the html comments:
<!--start-Survey1-->
<!--end-Survey1-->

Additional CSS using the CSS comments:
/* start-Survey1*/
/* end-Survey1*/

Additional JS using the JS comments:
/* start-Survey1*/
/* end-Survey1*/

Here Survey1 is the module name as specified by the parameter /modulename.

/keepquestions

Available with /updatesubsurvey:

Used to keep all the questions from the main and secondary surveys.

/saveas

Available with /insertsurvey or /updatesubsurvey or /deletesubsurvey or /updatequota or /appendquota or  /addresources or /deleteresources or /updateresources or /removeunusedtranslations or /replaceemptylongcaptions or /replaceemptyroutingnames:

Used to specify where to save the final survey.

Could be used to save a QEX, QES, XML, or QEW to a QEX, QES or XML. Note: if this parameter doesn’t exist in the command line then design will modify the “main” survey.

/logfile

Available with  /insertsurvey or /updatesubsurvey or /deletesubsurvey or /updatequota or /appendquota or  /addresources or /deleteresources or /updateresources

Used to specify where to save the log file. What is included in the log:

IDS_QUESTION_TO_BE_DELETED
IDS_RESPONSE_TO_BE_DELETED
IDS_QUESTION_ADDED
IDS_RESPONSE_ADDED
IDS_LANGUAGE_ADDED
IDS_SCENARIO_ADDED
IDS_TAG_ADDED
IDS_ROUTING_ADDED
IDS_RESOURCE_ADDED
IDS_RESOURCE_UPDATED
IDS_ROUTING_UPDATED_BEFORE_S_AFTER_S
IDS_ROUTING_ADDED_S
IDS_ROUTING_DELETED_S
IDS_SCREENS_MODIFIED_S
IDS_ERR_MESSAGE_S_FOR_LANG_S_REINITIALISED
IDS_ERR_MESSAGE_S_FOR_LANG_S_SET_TO_S

/verifyscreens

Available with /insertsurvey or /updatesubsurvey:

Optional: Returns an error (-11) if there is any error on any of the screens including an absent control on an invisible question.

/verifysurvey

Available with /insertsurvey or /updatesubsurvey or /deletesubsurvey or /saveas:

Optional: We have added the possiblity to add the following parameter /verifysurvey which verifies the integrity of the survey (as you would before a save as in Design)

#define ERR_INVALID_QUESTION_RESPONSE -17
#define ERR_INVALID_ROUTING -18

/tokenlist

Available as an action command parameter:

Get the list of interactive tokens used in a survey and where they are used. Usage:

Design.exe "mySurvey.qex" /tokenlist /saveas:"tokenlist.txt"

Result:

{{SurveyTopic}}- [Intro] [ListBrands] [FavoriteBrand]
{{MainBrand}}- [KnowBrand] [ListBrands] [QAudio] [Ad] [LikeAd]
[[Competitors]]- [ListBands]

/help

Available as an action command parameter:

Produce help message, i.e. the list of parameters available in command line. Usage:

Design.exe /help