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...informs you about the latest changes on this web site, including new software revisions and added questionnaire definition files for the Quality-of-Life-Recorder.

12.09.2007

• A fundamental change in layout of www.ql-recorder.com, where the Quality-of-Life-Recorder related resources on my WWW site can be found. This portion has now a layout of its own which hopefully may facilitate its use. For the time being, however, I will keep the old version available in parallel.
• As a consequence of the new layout, I generated this separate copy of the "What's new?" page for the Quality-of-Life-Recorder related portion of my site, in order to provide in the same new layout.

10.09.2007

• "Jörg's Homepage" replaced by the "Main directory page" as the initial page visible at www.jsigle.com:
  www.jsigle.com: index.htm moved to orighpg.htm; indexd.htm to orighpgd.htm, and maindir.htm and maindird.htm were copied as index.htm, indexd.htm, index.html. Their links to "Jörgs Homepage" were adopted respectively, and a welcome line was added.

Scheduled...

• Provision of (an already available) software to read the contents of the German Health Insurance Card (Krankenversichertenkarte, a SmartCard) using Kobil B1 SmartCard-Readers and compatible devices based upon the CT-API into a text file. (Similar programs are available for Card-Readers of Krone and IBM and for Cherry-Keyboards with integrated Card-Reader.)
• Provision of (an already available) software to import the contents of the German Health Insurance Card (Krankenversichertenkarte, a SmartCard) from a text file into AnyQuest for Windows. This software enables you to use any kind of SmartCard based identification system to collect a patient identification at the beginning of an electronic questionnaire administration, as long as your SmartCard system can provide data in text files.
• Provision of a preliminary, self-installing software-package for the RSAV-DMP-Diabetes mellitus base documentation, "Anlage 2a zu §§28b bis 28g, 4. Verordnung zur Änderung der Risikostrukturausgleichsverordnung vom 27.06.2002".
• Update of the (already available) preliminary, self-installing software-package for the RSAV-DMP-Diabetes mellitus base documentation: Inclusion of additional functionality in AnyQuest to support questionnaire definition files with multiple questions per screen; improved version of card reader interface.
• Update of the GDT software: import time does not grow anymore with accumulated number of performed questionnaire administrations.
• Update of listed support partners.
• Update of EBM section based upon previously prepared material.
• Update of the DAZU section based upon previously prepared material.
• Update of the HIS market survey: inclusion of newly received contributions.
• Provision of tables of contents and links to publishers for all available book contributions addressing the QL-Recorder, Evidence Based Medicine, Quality Management and Outcome Measurement in Medicine and Hospital Information Systems (HIS).
• Provision of a design for data stores and data flows within a Hospital Information System (HIS) and its environment.
• Update of order form.
• Addition of information for potential investors or sponsors.
• Provision of information regarding FDA Title 21 CFR 11 electronic records/signatures requirements for electronic submission of new drug applications.
• Inclusion of additional content in colors and notes section, in the hyperlink collection and in the literature recommendations.
• Review of all texts throughout the site.
• Review of the questionnaire definition file for the SAQLI, as currently under certain conditions an endless loop may occur at the end of a session.

30.05.2007

• Update of the AnyQuest for Windows evaluation software to version 3.09.
  • Several improvements in cumulative result printout functionality.
  • Additional information is available in the section "Product history" of the current on-line-help-file.

11.03.2007

• Update of the AnyQuest for Windows evaluation software to version 3.09.
  • Two new UPN-commands, FRSOUAQMODE and TOSOUAQMODE, were implemented. They were used to resolve a logical problem of the SAQLI based questionnaire definition files. An update of the software and the questionnaire definition files is recommended.
  • Additional information is available in the section "Product history" of the current on-line-help-file.

09.03.2007

• Various smaller updates and corrections of the WWW-site and the QL-Recorder Info-CD.

14.02.2007

• Update of the AnyQuest for Windows evaluation software to version 3.08.
  • Conditional branching can now use language version, or questionnaire filename of a questionnaire definition in addition or as alternative to the previously possible short questionnaire name. This enables the use of a questionnaire definition to select a language version of questionnaires with different language versions but the same short questionnaire name.
  • The method to generate print job names was changed, so that patient name initials and patient identification code are included. This makes it easier to find results from one patient in an archive of automatically generated virtual printouts, e.g. as PDF files using GhostScript and FreePDF.
  • Additional information is available in the section "Product history" of the current on-line-help-file.

27.10.2006

• Update of the AnyQuest for Windows evaluation software to version 3.07. Small improvement in Questionnaire-filled-in printout capabilities. Additional information is available in the section "Product history" of the current on-line-help-file.

29.08.2006

• Update of the AnyQuest for Windows evaluation software to version 3.06. Questionnaire-filled-in printout capabilities have been further improved. Additional information is available in the section "Product history" of the current on-line-help-file.

20.08.2006

• Update of the AnyQuest for Windows evaluation software to version 3.03. Printout capabilities have been further enhanced and the option to generate a questionnaire-filled-in-printout, that was available via the configuration file before, has been added to the printing menu. Additional information is available in the section "Product history" of the current on-line-help-file.
• After about 10 years, I have changed the pricing model:
  • Background:
  • I observed that some people obtained research grants of hundreds of thousands of Euros for projects they designed after they postulated the current necessity to develop software that may provide some of the functionality which AnyQuest has offered for years - although they know that a working and tested solution is already available, that it has been used in a variety of large and small projects, even in publicly funded projects, successfully, and although they were offered any necessary support, any desired licensing conditions, customized appearance of the software, close cooperation and even access to the source code.
  • So I consider my original idea of trying to help scientists, physicians, practitioners, politicians and patients by providing a good solution for a generic research tool, and a good feedback mechanism in the health system for free or for a very low price, as a failure.
  • Apparently (1), the ultimate goal of some professional scientists is not improving anything in the world, but keeping research grants flowing, to nourish their personal publication record and their personal carreer.
  • And apparently (2), what is available for free, is banned from being recognized as desirable by many people.
  • I have not had a problem with investing a lot into the long term goals described in my original project documentation. However, I have a problem with the feeling of my possibilities falling far behind the possibilities of people described above, just because they acquire large scale monetary or political support from public funds, and use that to do "research" to find things that are not truly new, but have become promising enough in the meantime.
  • As a consequence...:
  • I am rising the price of a single standard license from 75 EUR or 75 USD to 1500 EUR or 1500 USD (plus VAT where applicable).
  • This should make those people who licensed AnyQuest before happy - because I accept any previously registered version as being fully entitled for an update to the current version 3.03, even though the major revision number changed.
  • Second, it should reflect the amount of work that went into AnyQuest a bit better (more than 55000 lines of code for the core program alone, comprehensive documentation, consultancy for several pilot studies, design of research projects, development of customized configurations, 17 years of development time since initial components).
  • Third, it should aid in obtaining financial ressources in spite of the way of action of above mentioned professional researchers in order to continue development and support in this project.
  • As before, licenses will be available at lower fees for those who cannot afford a standard license upon individual request under suitable conditions, and at individually negotiated fees for those who need multiple licenses, also preserving the option to base the calculation of an appropriate fee on the total budget of a project that uses AnyQuest for Windows as a research tool.

06.06.2006

• Update of the AnyQuest for Windows evaluation software to version 2.98. It is now possible to specify the number of copies requested individually for each type of printout. Additional information is available in the section "Product history" of the current on-line-help-file.

03.03.2006

• Update of the AnyQuest for Windows evaluation software to version 2.97. The update contains substantial enhancements of printout functionality, including the ability to generate multiple sections of coloured bargraphs in single printout, printing of logos, additional header and footer lines, a frame for a patient ID sticker, a prototype of a questionnaire-filled-in-printout, an alternatively configurable simplified start screen, and a prototype of a tool to collect data from paper questionnaires efficiently, providing AnyQuest's functionality for computation of results, printing and data storage for them as well. Additional information is available in the section "Product history" of the current on-line-help-file.

04.12.2005

• Update of the AnyQuest for Windows evaluation software to version 2.88. The update contains improvement of the functionality for data export, e.g. towards Excel, SAS and SPSS. Additional information is available in the section "Product history" of the current on-line-help-file.
• Various updates of the content of this site.

01.12.2005 - 02.12.2005

• Various updates of the content of this site.
• Removal of obsolete URL-minder Fast Form links.
• Update of anq2gdt, one of the GDT-Tools from the software library. Now, ANQ-files can not only be converted into the GDT-format (set 6310), but additionally into the LDT-format (sets 0020, 8220, 8201, 8221, 0021). Moreover, recoding and filtering was implemented.

11.11.2005

• Update of the AnyQuest for Windows evaluation software to version 2.87. Numerous new features or enhancements, including: Support for the date format YYYY-MM-DD in dialogs and printouts, optional white screen between successive qustions, optional simplified navigation buttons and many more. Additional information is available in the section "Product history" of the current on-line-help-file.
• A chinese version of the SF-36, generated in co-operation with Tianhui-Chen, was included in the package anypak.exe. Prerequisites: support of the required fonts, e.g. in Windows 2000 or above.
• The structure of the questionnaire library page was simplified.

16.03.2005

• Update of the AnyQuest for Windows evaluation software to version 2.81.
• A file with reference values for a Norwegian normal population from the reference data base of the EORTC QoL Group was added to the eQLQ pages.

16.01.2005

• A package with the Swedish version of the EORTC QLQ-C30 was added to the eQLQ pages.
• Extension of the expiry date of the AnyQuest for Windows evaluation version until the end of 2005.

01.09.2004

• Update of the AnyQuest for Windows evaluation software to version 2.80: Details are given in the history section of the on-line help file. The update is recommended for users of previous versions.

11.08.2004

• Update of the AnyQuest for Windows evaluation software to version 2.79: An improvement of the new personalisation functionality. The update is recommended for users of previous versions.

10.08.2004

• Update of the AnyQuest for Windows evaluation software to version 2.78: The main feature is that personalisation information is from now on stored in a separate file, and not in the main executable file anymore. This means that distribution and updating of software has become much easier. Details are given in the history section of the on-line help file, and also in the improved download instructions in the software library page. The update is recommended for users of previous versions.

09.08.2004

• Update of the AnyQuest for Windows evaluation software to version 2.77: Correction of an error that caused Undo and Interrupt/Save/Resume functionality to use the same temporary filenames in some circumstances. Interrupting and saving multiple sessions would work, but resumption would most probably damage the second saved session and could also remove loaded questionnaires from configurations. Details are given in the history section of the on-line help file. The update is recommended for users of previous versions.
• Version 2.76, not separately published, did already correct an error that produced an excess non-printable character after the source filename in export files. This lead to an additionally required processing step when importing files into SAS or especially SPSS.
• Improved download help now includes some installation istructions.

06.08.2004

• Addition of some •.ogg files in the Colours & notes section.

05.08.2004

• Addition of a new page to the QL-Recorder site with commented examples: screenshots and printouts.
• Addition of a new branch to the QL-Recorder site: 1 - 2 - 3 Quick overview with simplified navigation, simplified layout and reduced content.

14.02.2004

• Update of the AnyQuest for Windows evaluation software to version 2.71: Correction of some errors related to the enhanced printing functionality. Details are given in the history section of the on-line help file. The update is recommended for users of previous versions.

16.12.2003

• Update of the AnyQuest for Windows evaluation software to version 2.69. Details are given in the history section of the on-line help file. The update is recommended for users of previous versions.

07.12.2003

• Update of the AnyQuest for Windows evaluation software to version 2.68. Details are given in the history section of the on-line help file. The update is recommended for users of previous versions.

21.11.2003

• Inclusion of the package extract.zip in the software library of the QL-Recorder

31.10.2003

• Update of my addresses and phone numbers as well as my CV.
• Update of the AnyQuest for Windows evaluation software to version 2.67. The update brings enhancements in printout possibilities (including colors, structure and comments for the cumulative printout), PID collection and the UPN implementation. Details are given in the history section of the on-line help file. The update is recommended for users of previous versions.
• EORTC-Packages complemented by new printout configuration files for colored, structured cumulative printouts in preliminary zip archive.
• New configuration with demonstration questionnaire definition file with examples for UPN in questionnaire labels, how to compute conditions including negation, sign and absolute values.
• Preliminary guide on how to data can be transferred from AnyQuest for Windows into SAS for statistical analysis.

14.04.2003

• Update of my addresses and phone numbers as well as my CV (especially: new book contributions).
• Update of the page "Partners, sources of third party support".
• Update of the AnyQuest for Windows evaluation software to version 2.61. Details are given in the history section of the on-line help file. The update is recommended for users of previous versions.

17.02.2003

• Update of my addresses and phone numbers.
• Extension of the expiry date for the evaluation versions of AnyQuest for Windows.

14.12.2002

• Update of the AnyQuest for Windows evaluation software to version 2.58. Details are given in the history section of the on-line help file. The update is recommended for users of previous versions.

19.11.2002

• Updated Curriculum Vitae.
• The Lilly Quality-of-Life Award - a QL-Recorder user's experience! - Abstract added to multimedia dokuments page.
• The Institut Arbeitswirtschaft und Organisation of the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft presents the QL-Recorder on the MEDICA - Exhibition leaflet added to multimedia dokuments page.

13.08.2002

• Self installing packages with Dutch versions of the EORTC QLQ-C30, BR23, LC13 and HN35 were added to the page of the EORTC Quality-of-Life Questionnaire.

04.08.2002

• Update of the AnyQuest for Windows evaluation software to version 2.57. With regard to the usage of this program for the collection of individual case documentation within Disease Management Programs (DMPs) defined by the "4. Änderungsvereinbarung zum Risikostrukturausgleich (RSAV)" some functions have been improved or added. More details are given in the history section of the on-line help file. The update is recommended for users of previous versions.
• Minor improvements in web site layout: adoption of page contents to avoid a display problem regarding images in tables and page footers in Netscape 4.

25.06.2002

• Update of the AnyQuest for Windows evaluation software to version 2.56. More details are given in the history section of the on-line help file. The update is recommended for users of previous versions.

27.04.2002

• Update of the AnyQuest for Windows evaluation software to version 2.54. More details are given in the history section of the on-line help file. The update is recommended for users of previous versions.
• Correction of the anyensnd.exe package from the software library of the QL-Recorder.
• Addition of the sf36dsnd.exe package to the software library of the QL-Recorder. This contains German voice files that turn the SF-36 included in anypak.exe into a talking SF-36 (Short-Form 36) questionnaire. Just a little technology demonstration... :-)

17.03.2002

• Update of the AnyQuest for Windows evaluation software to version 2.51. More details are given in the history section of the on-line help file. The update is recommended for users of previous versions.

03.03.2002

• A German pdf-file titled "AnyQuest for Windows - introduction for advanced users", usable as lecture notes for a workshop, has been added in the "Documentation, tutorials, videos..." section.
• Information regarding copying and re-distribution was included in the CD-ROM version together with pdf-files including the CD-ROM cover booklet and cutting and folding instructions.
• Literature references given in the CV where updated as one book contribution has appeared and another one has further approached the printing stage.
• A pdf-file with the German version of the CV has been added.

16.01.2002

• The Diagnostic Importance Calculator can finally be downloaded from here. Haven't we been very advanced in 1997?
• Update of the AnyQuest for Windows evaluation software to version 2.50. More details are given in the history section of the on-line help file.
• Addition of PDF versions of several scientific papers and theses to the "documents..." page of the QL-Recorder site. They address Quality of Life, Hospital Information Systems and Evidence Based Medicine. Some of them are also linked from inside my CV.

05.12.2001

• Addition of a preliminary version of a video to the information CD which shows the QL-Recorder seamlessly integrated with the Quincy PCnet electronic patient file in a German practice through the GDT interface. Sorry, the soundtrack is not finished yet, but there are scripts for the film in both English and German language.

16.09.2001

• Update of the AnyQuest for Windows evaluation software to version 2.49. More details are given in the history section of the on-line help file.
• The evaluation package anypak.exe contains a new questionnaire definition file and configuration, based upon the Calgary SAQLI in English.
• The respective questionnaire definition file is also available in the questionnaire library.

08.09.2001

• Update of the AnyQuest for Windows evaluation software to version 2.48. The update brings the following new key features:
  • Functionality to produce deferred printouts and explorative statistical analysis very easily and generating high quality output:
  • Integrated functionality to select individual result files or groups of result files according to definable criteria.
  • Integrated functionality to produce single printouts and cumulative printouts at an arbitrary point in time.
  • Integrated functionality to produce cumulative printouts for result files with varying patient IDs.
  • Integrated functionality to produce basic statistical analyses, generating a table with number of measurements, minimum, maximum, quartiles, median, mean, standard deviation, standard error.
  • Integrated functionality to produce a box and whiskers plot.
  • Integrated functionality to produce a first version of a plot, showing graphically the course over time of results of a whole group of patients.
  • All of the above printing, analysing or plotting functions operate on permanently storable groups of results and allow for comfortable batch processing. Results are automatically delivered per analyzed group and per administered questionnaire definition file. All results can be redirected to the printer, to the screen or to PostScript files. These files can be postprocessed with other software and serve as an optimum quality source which can be imported into documents produced by various word processors when a scientific paper shall be prepared for publication.
  • Functionality to produce an enhanced session log during the presentation of questionnaires:
  • Ability to record partial information when a session is aborted.
  • Ability to record detailed information regarding interruption, continuation, saving, resuming and abortion of a session. Comments can be inserted into the recorded result file at any point of time during the questionnaire administration.
  • Improved arrangement of the menu items.
  • Updated and enhanced on-line help file.
  As usual, more details are given in the history section of the on-line help file.

10.08.2001

• Update of the AnyQuest for Windows evaluation software to version 2.47. The update corrects an error of evaluation version 2.47, which lacked the dialog to collect numerical patient identification data (e.g. the date of birth). Moreover, the Questionnaire-O-Matic has been enhanced, now it can also process answer field labels and values. The dialog to edit answer field values can now be invoked via a short key sequence. As usual, more details are given in the history section of the on-line help file.

20.07.2001

• Provision of freely available tools to link the QL-Recorder to practice management software commonly used in Germany via the xDT/BDT/LDT/GDT-interface. Using this link, a questionnaire presentation can be requested in the practice management software for the currently selected patient; the QL-Recorder receives patient identification data via GDT and sends the results back via GDT as well. The practice management software automatically enters them in the electronic medical record or in the table showing the patient s lab results. A package including all required components can be downloaded from the software library. A comprehensive guide describes how to set up the link in an example configuration including the system Quincy PCnet by Frey ADV GmbH.
• Update of the AnyQuest for Windows evaluation software to version 2.46. The update brings internal improvements in the code, two additionally usable dialogs for verification and confirmation of entered or imported patient identification data before the questionnaire presentation commences, and enhanced abilities to co-operate with external software. As usual, more details are given in the history section of the on-line help file.

25.06.2001

• Update of the AnyQuest for Windows evaluation software to version 2.45. The update brings the correction of an error which could occur when the edit result formula dialog was displayed. It also brings the new possibility to disable individual buttons from the Navigation dialog. This allows you to further harden a given configuration towards a secure one, and makes AnyQuest even more suitable for operation in kiosk mode. As usual, more details are given in the history section of the on-line help file.

25.05.2001

• Review and upload of the contents added on the 18.05.2001 to the WWW site.

18.05.2001

• A special version of the CD-ROM was prepared for the meeting of the EORTC Quality of Life Group in Ulm in April 2001, and afterwards, improved according to the co-operation agreements made there.
• Self installing packages containing AnyQuest for Windows in a layout which has been customised for the QoL Group and questionnaire configurations based upon the QLQ-C30 and its modules will in the future be directly available from a WWW page, the address of which is provided by the QoL Group after a user has registered there.
• For this purpose, a link from my questionnaire library points to the respective pages of the EORTC WWW site.
• In the section "multimedia documents", English translations of several texts were added.
• Additionally, there is a new short version of the article "Electronically assisted Outcome Measurement" available in English and Germen, and the documentation of a local installation. In the described setup, data collected with the QL-Recorder are transferred through the existing clinic network and imported into the tumor documentation software TREG.

26.03.2001

• Update of the AnyQuest for Windows Evaluation software to Version 2.44. The update brings the correction of an error in the FN function, which could appear when FN was used in another than the first loaded questionnaire within a set of questionnaires.

25.03.2001

• In the QL-Recorder area, new navigation facilities were added. Text layout and contents were modified to some extent.

09.03.2001

• Update of the AnyQuest for Windows Evaluation software to Version 2.43. The update brings some small corrections, the ability to compute seconds from time strings collected within questionnaires, and a debug mode for UPN formulas.
• A new demonstration questionnaire definition file shows how the duration of sleep can be computed from start and end time of sleep given by the patient.
• A list of questionnaire definition files prepared in co-operation with the Forschungsstelle für Psychotherapie, Stuttgart, for use with AKQUASI, has been included in the questionnaire library.
• With permission of the secretary of the EORTC Quality-of-Life-Group, the first questionnaire definition files for the QLQ-C30 Version 3.0 are now downloadable from my questionnaire library. If you are interested in using the EORTC QLQ, please note the information from my questionnaire library regarding applicable conditions.
• Downloadable self installing packages including the EORTC QLQ-C30 and some modules are being prepared.

12.02.2001

• Update of the AnyQuest for Windows Evaluation software to Version 2.42. The update brings the ability, to call external programs from computation formulas inside AnyQuest, and to exchange data (given Answers, computation results) with these. This enables you to use external scoring algorithms for result calculation. Within conditional branching formulas during the presentation of a questionnaire, external systems can be accessed at any time, which may control the further flow of questionnaire presentation from outside. Additionally, AnyQuest now supports new configuration options to secure the system against unwanted use: disabling of certain menu options, disabling of test-functionality in setup-mode.
• The evaluation software package now installs separate configurations for included example questionnaires and entries within the windows start menu to give new users easy access to examples.
• One of the pre-installed configuration is prepared to hold your own, easy-to-setup, configuration.
• An updated questionnaire definition file, which computes results according to the SF-36 scoring manual, has been prepared.

24.01.2001

• The file prototyp.qdw features a selection of question layouts for use with the prototype question feature. This should result in much faster design of own questionnaires, and in questionnaires from different authors becoming more homogeneous. The file is included in the downloadable packages and available from the questionnaire library, too. Its default location is c:\anyquin\questns\demo\prototyp.qdw
• Update of the page: What has been done (using the QL-Recorder)?

23.01.2001

• Update of the AnyQuest for Windows evaluation copy to version 2.41.

16.12.2000

• Update of the AnyQuest for Windows evaluation copy to version 2.40.

08.11.2000

• Some presentation slides have been added to the "QL-Recorder" - "Documents" section.
• Some problems have been cleared with the packaging of the evaluation software.
• The time limit of the evaluation software package has been extended until February 28th, 2001.

17.10.2000

• Update of the AnyQuest for Windows evaluation copy to version 2.39. The update contains numerous improvements. Is especially recommended for users who create or edit questionnaire definition files on their own, for those who use conditional branch formulas or for those who require active communication with third party software. And, for those who want to interview Greek speaking people. :-)

09.10.2000

• In the section "QL-Recorder" - "Documents", a new video-clip and a new document about electronically assisted outcome measurement (both in German) were added.

02.08.2000

• In the questionnaire library, the questionnaire definition file for Robert M. Kaplan's QWB-SA (English) prepared a few weeks ago was added.
• In the questionnaire library, a questionnaire definition file for the Spitzer Index (German) was added.
• In the questionnaire library, a questionnaire definition file for the Barthel Index (German) was added.
• The contents of the medical part of the questionnaire library were sorted alphabetically.

01.08.2000

• In the questionnaire library, the questionnaire definition file for the SAQLI, Sleep Apnea Quality of Life Inventory (Dutch), by Danny Rouckhout was added.
• Update of the AnyQuest for Windows evaluation copy to version 2.38. The update includes a minor error correction. It features newly added support for keyboard command sequences for often used editing commands as well as assignment of individual keys to context menu items. The update is recommended for users who create or edit questionnaire definition files on their own.

25.07.2000

• Links to music files in title pages corrected. Automatic playing of background music replaced by possibility to start it manually, as Netscape 4 could otherwise crash when Javascript or Java were disabled.

21.07.2000

• Update of the AnyQuest for Windows evaluation copy to version 2.37. The update includes some error corrections as well as as well as added functionality; details are given in the product history section of the help file, however I want to mention a few: A new prototype question feature allows you to clone question layouts even across questionnaire definition files. Questionnaire definition export and import functionality have been improved, including generation of human readable text questionnaire definition files. Version 2.37 strengthens the re-usability of available questionnaire definition files when generating new ones. It simplifies the generation of definition files for questionnaires which require multiple interleaved question layouts. An update is recommended.

17.07.2000

• Some documents (German only) added to the QL-Recorder documents section, including general information and examples for project drafts.

05.07.2000

• Quick Guide for users from QL-Recorder documents section minimally revised.

04.07.2000

• Update of the AnyQuest for Windows evaluation copy to version 2.36. The update includes some error corrections as well as added functionality; details are given in the product history section of the help file. An update is recommended.
• Update of some pages, including the order form, of the WWW-site.
• Small corrections in the questionnaire definition file tutorial.qdw.

05.06.2000

• Replacement the rtf version of my thesis by a pdf version.

18.05.2000

• Replacement of AnyQuest for Windows evaluation copy by a version usable until 31.12.2000
• Update of my phone and fax numbers in all files.
• Improvement of the pdf-file: The Quality-of-Life-Recorder: a quick overview.
• Improvement of the pdf-file: The GraTaSim Quality-of-Life-Recorder: one sheet summary.

31.03.2000

• Update of AnyQuest for Windows to Version 2.35
• Except for some smaller versions of the video clips from the CD-ROM, the update of the site is mostly completed.

March 2000

• Extensive renovation and Enhancement of the site;
  among other things, inclusion of QL-Recorder configuration examples and multimedia documents.
• Move from http://www.uni-ulm.de to http://jsigle.cjb.net.
• Update of AnyQuery for Windows to Version 1.04
• Preliminary update of several questionnaire definition files.

07.01.2000

• Coarse update of "What has been done?" and some improvements in HTML code of several pages.

04.01.2000

• Update of AnyQuest for Windows to Version 2.34.
  This update brings major improvements. New questionnaire definition files have been added to the default package.
  You can find more information in the history in the help file.
• Update of AnyQuery for Windows to Version 1.02.
  This update brings major improvements, together with availability of separate German and English versions.
  You can find more information in the history in the help file.

23.08.1999

• Update of AnyQuest for Windows to Version 2.31.
  This update brings improvements and corrections in the printing functionality.
  You can find more information in the history in the help file.
• Correction of the QDW-files that give an example for an electronic version of the EORTC breast cancer module.
  Three result formulas were wrong, they computed the result with an offset of +33% because a "1 -" was missing.

11.08.1999

• Update of AnyQuest for Windows to Version 2.30.
  This update corrects an important error;
  you can find more information in the history in the help file.

26.06.1999

• Addition of pages in German to the main area and the Quality-of-Life-Recorder area of this site.
• My homepage was revised again.

18.06.1999

• Major update of AnyQuest for Windows to Version 2.28: Several errors corrected, several functions added and enhanced. Main improvements: Break/Save/Resume behaviour smoothened. Undo error corrected. Ability to remember used filenames and other output file options. Questionnaire meta-information in output file. Internal string processing improved. Validity check for direct text input...
• Update of AnyQuest's help file: help restructured and updated, layout improved. Shows Palmax PD-1000 mini-pen-notebook hardware. •.anq output file format documented completely, including suggestions for programming import routines into third party software.

01.06.1999

• Major update of AnyQuest for Windows to Version 2.27: A few errors corrected, many functions enhanced. Main improvements: Added Break/Save/Resume for sessions, support of result formulas of more than 255 characters, added UPN command to process numeric result of preceeding formulas.
• Update of AnyQuest's help file.
• Update of AnyQuery.

15.04.1999

• Major update of AnyQuest for Windows to Version 2.25: Several errors corrected, several functions enhanced. Main improvements: Added Undo-functionality for editing and processing of static text which can be coded from answer fields instead of pure numeric values now.
• Major enhancement of AnyQuest's help file: A new "quick and dirty" guide teaches those people who do not have time to read the help file completely every single mouse-click and keystroke to generate and apply a Quality-of-Life-Questionnaire demo. And the resulting questionnaire definition file even demonstrates "intelligent" questionnaires!
• Major enhancement of AnyQuery: Now, this software can process results from multiple questionnaire definition files which were stored in a single •.anq file correctly.

19.03.1999

• A severe virus was detected in anyquery.exe (Please read this warning and info page).
  The file was replaced by a clean one.

17.03.1999

• AnyQuest updated to version 2.24: Corrected and enhanced translation utiliterat/lities; no more auto-proceed to next question in single check questions when marked checkbox is unmarked.
• AnyQuery for Windows version 0.8 alpha made available in software library. A program to view and to print •.anq files. Current main limitations: German language software, German help file only. If you use it for •.anq files which contain data from multiple questionnaires, it will print the name of the first and the results of the last one. It does not yet know bar-graph ranges other than 0..100. Otherwise fine.

08.02.1999

• Download pages changed in order to make Microsoft Internet Explorer work correctly from the CD-ROM-version of the website.
• AnyQuest re-changed so that after a click, the software waits 300 ms before auto-proceeding to next question.
• New user added to user-list and information about affordable sub-notebook with touch-screen in CD-ROM-version.

27.01.1999

• Updated packages as of 04.01.1999 replaced by packages with correct distribution of files. Please excuse the packaging error - it occured to an inconsistency between my short and long directory names, and I just didn't have the time to check the file contents thoroughly last time.
  

04.01.1999

• Expired software packages updated in a hurry.
  

15.09.1998

• AnyQuest for Windows evaluation version updated to Version 2.21.
  

27.06.1998

• A long planned page with recommended readings was started - a minimalistic version, so far.
  

04.05.1998

• The QL-Recorder evaluation software which had expired on the 01.04.1998 was updated.
  
• Improvements in the new software revision include: Corrected support of sound files (for talking or musical questionnaires). Support of images. Support of text items longer than 255 characters. A variety of improved questionnaire editing faciliterat/lities. Improved default properties of new questionnaires' objects. Support of questionnaire loading by double-clicking on •.qdw files. ... Finally: various internal improvements, including the way of how questions are displayed.

09.01.1998

• The QL-Recorder evaluation software which had expired on the 01.01.1998 was updated.
• A previously missing dot was added in my e-mail adress displayed in most pages' footers.

02.12.1997

• The site was removed from www.uni-ulm.de/~s_jsigle and moved to jsigle.cjb.net. Small internal improvements were made.

19.10.1997

• Version 2.18 of AnyQuest - Archives corrected.
  Of course... again. This time, the setup program will search for bwcc.dll instead of bwcc.dl_. Hmm... What's next?

06.10.1997

• Version 2.18 of AnyQuest - Archives corrected.
  Of course... the last versions of anypak.exe and anypak2.exe contained packed versions of bwcc.dll, and thus the setup program did not work on all systems. Corrected.

03.10.1997

• Version 2.18 of AnyQuest.
  This version has added features to support translation of questionnaire definition files.
• New questionnaire definition files (QDFs) are available, some of the old ones have been updated:
  QDFs resembling the EORTC QLQ-C30 Version 2.0, EORTC QLQ-LC13 and EORTC QLQ-BR23 are now available in English, French and German.
  QDFs resembling the MFI-20 are available in English and German.
  QDFs resembling the EuroQOL are available in English.
  QDFs resembling the MOCI are available in English.
• Please note:
  The availability of any of these questionnaire definition files does not grant any right to use them, just the way as a printed version of any questionnaire available to you does not automatically grant you the right to use it. Before you use any questionnaire definition file, contact its authors or copyright owners to obtain their permission. A copyright notice is included in most questionnaire definition files; please review the AnyQuest for Windows help-file to learn how it can be displayed.

07.08.1997

• This site has been re-structured:
  My New Homepage will lead you to the main directory page.
  From there, you may advance to other parts of the site.

15.04.1997

• There is a new public page at this site:
  Colours & Notes
  I will make it available from other pages of the site later in the year.

08.04.1997

• Sorry, I am occupied by the preparation for my final examination in the medical course... However, I uploaded version 2.16 of AnyQuest for Windows, including some improvements, corrections and a setup which will start up with a small tutorial-like questionnaire.

12.02.1997

• The download pages received HTTP-links added to the FTP-links to allow file download for users who experienced problems using FTP-connections.

05.02.1997

• My homepage received a bit of music.
  I heard the piece "Who wants to live forever" in the version by "Dune" yesterday in the evening, and although I am definitely no fan of what I call "Disco-Stampf" and neither a fan of most of these modern remakes of good pop-music, I liked the chords and tried to play it...
  Well, I did not spend too much time, and especially my percussion does not come close to the admirable original...
  If you want to hear how my version sounds on my system, please use a Spea Media FX sound board with recent drivers and connect a Korg New SG-1D to your external midi channel 1. On this instrument, chose: Piano II, Volume 6.5, Chorus on, Depth 7, Speed 0.6.
• Once again, the WWW-servers of this site appeared to be down a few days ago, and afterwards all access counters had been reset.
  I added notices with the last known counts to the pages for which they were available.

30.01.1997

• The software library was updated: anypak.exe and anypak2.exe contain new evaluation versions and added •.QDFs;
  the non-self-extracting archive anyquin.bin contains just a replacement for the file anyquin.exe, which expires at 01.02.1997, for fast download.

29.01.1997

• My Hyperlink Collection received another part: Links to sites whith links to this site which are not included in one of the other categories.
• The first link added to this part points to a collection of other sites provided by the ESVS.

28.01.1997

• The WWW-servers of this site appeared to be down a few days ago, and afterwards all access counters had been reset.
  I added notices with the last known counts to the pages for which they were available.
• My mirrored homepage at Tripod was revised.
• Links to Kunstvolle EDV & Elektronik at were activated.
• My Hyperlink Collection was revised.

20.01.1997

• liblinks: MedRing graphic link added.

19.01.1997

• libqstns: A questionnaire definition file based upon the SF-36 was added.
  It took me about 3 hrs. to make the QDF, this time including gathering information regarding text of questions and scoring algorithms.
• The pages of the WWW-Site received individual titles.
• liblinks: A number of hyperlinks to WWW-services were added.

18.01.1997

• Jörg Sigle's collection of Hyperlinks was added to the site. So was the URL-minder Fast Form.

15.01.1997

• libsoft: Corrected: In the default setup, AnyQuest erroneously tried to load questionnaires from my development directory.
  The files anyquin.ini in both anypak.exe and anypak2.exe were corrected to point to questionnaires in c:\anyquin\questns instead.
• Added: Both glasgow.qdf and glasgowd.qdf are included in the packages. The English version is loaded in the default setup.

09.01.1997

• libqstns: Added QDFs: Glasgow Coma Scale in English and German language.
• The pages "What's new?" and "What has been done?" were added to the WWW-Site..
• All eligible pages were revised to support direct links to "What's new?" and "What has been done?"

05.08.2004

• Addition of a page showing commented examples: screenshots & printouts to the QL-Recorder site.
• Addition of a 1 - 2 - 3 quick overview branch to the QL-Recorder site.

07.01.1997

• libsoft: The Quiet package (anypak2.exe) packaging & setup program corrected.
  The runtime error caused by write protected file setup.inf does not occur after the installation any more.

02.01.1997

• libqstns: Added: Step by step instructions for downloading questionnaire definition files.

29.12.1996

• WWW-Site completely revised.
• New software packages with recent releases of evaluation version uploaded.
• Software available in packages of different size.
• Questionnaire definition files available seperately.
• Added links to questionnaire developpers' sites.
• Literature references enhanced: comprehensive collection of MEDLINE citations with abstracts for each questionnaire.
• Article added: Published article about the original QL-Recorder in the Ambu2-Study added to literature reference.