Accessing the Designer and its Questions

The Capi Designer is a Java application. In order to make it work, you must have the Java Runtime Environment installed. To find out how to install it, click here. Once you have the Java Runtime Environment and the shortcut on your PC, you will always be running the latest version of the Designer. You do not have to reinstall new versions on your PC when a new 'executable' is released. The shortcut will always point to the new version.

After installing the Java Runtime Environment start the CAPI Designer by clicking on the shortcut. You will see a screen appear with two columns. In the left column, single-click on the top item in the tree to open it. Click here, to see a screen clip of the tree and a sample question's contents.

A list of current survey-projects will appear. Single-click on the magnifying glass () next to survey-project, to open the list of cohorts for that project. Next click on (the magnifying glass () next to the cohort to open it. Continue single-clicking in this tree until you reach a section and a list of questions in that section for which you have permission to edit. (For more information on permission and modifying them, see Modifying User Privileges.) Finally, click on the question where you wish to begin. The contents of the question will appear in the right column in all the appropriate fields for the question. Click in the field (or on the checkbox) that you wish to edit.

• To find out more about navigating among questions, click here.
• To create a new question, use File | New | Question.
• To view all the 'New' options in the File | New | menu, click here.