EpiData software: Installation
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EpiData software: Installation
Dr Ajay Kumar MV
Technical Officer (Research), International Union against Tuberculosis
and Lung disease (The Union), South East Asia Regional Office, New
Delhi
Akumar @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?i
d=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