ExamWritePad

[ass17]

Ahh i got it now.. i have managed to get it working.. woohoo.. now i can install this lovely software onto student laptop and uninstall office 365 word

 

Be sure to look at all the config options via the config editor GUI just in case you need to disable any more things [emoji1303]

[Bhavesh78]

Hi ass17

 

I have managed to print document and i was well impress that its has date , signature for student to sign it and page number at the bottom of the page. Also impress with header Name, Centre , Candidate , exams board

But is there a way to add Year group e.g.

on header is Name:- Bhav Year Group 11.2 Centre No, Candidate no, etc

 

Bhav

[ass17]

Hi ass17

 

I have managed to print document and i was well impress that its has date , signature for student to sign it and page number at the bottom of the page. Also impress with header Name, Centre , Candidate , exams board

But is there a way to add Year group e.g.

on header is Name:- Bhav Year Group 11.2 Centre No, Candidate no, etc

 

Bhav

 

Not at the moment because I only put in what is required by the exam boards.

 

Years groups are likely to be required for internal mocks/end of year exams.

 

I can do it no problem, it would have to be activated with a config option. I will add it to the list for the next version to be released at the end of March.

[ass17]

Just for those that dont know...

 

Microsoft Dictation works natively with EWP. Makre sure you have an active internet connection and turn on "Online Speech Recognition" under the speech settings (Windows 10). Then press Windows key + H, click into the Main document window of EWP then click on the Mic icon on the dictation bar at the top of the screen. As soon as you start to talk it will write your spech into the EWP main document window.

[ass17]

Hi ass17

 

I have managed to print document and i was well impress that its has date , signature for student to sign it and page number at the bottom of the page. Also impress with header Name, Centre , Candidate , exams board

But is there a way to add Year group e.g.

on header is Name:- Bhav Year Group 11.2 Centre No, Candidate no, etc

 

Bhav

Ive taken a quick look at your request and at this point in time, I wont be able to pursue it as it requires a look of moving things around and could get quite messy as the current Candidate Form is of a fixed size.

 

I can how ever offer some light at the end of the tunnel, If you wish to add in a year Group to the header, just append the Candidate name box with the year group, for example:

 

Joe Bloggs (Year 11.2), I appreaite not ideal but given that most schools have no more than 10 students taking an exam on a computer, its not too ownerous on a member of staff to make sure pupils have put the year group with in the candidate name field.

[mavhc]

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[ass17]

Your website is Error 500ing

 

I’ll take a look thanks

[ass17]

I’ll take a look thanks

 

All working now, the backup solution in Wordpress was still running...

[Bhavesh78]

Hi There

 

Yeh that would be ideal to have name as you mention Joe Bloggs (Year 11.2) on the header.

 

Let me know when you can do it,

 

Kind Regards

Bhav

[ass17]

Hi There

 

Yeh that would be ideal to have name as you mention Joe Bloggs (Year 11.2) on the header.

 

Let me know when you can do it,

 

Kind Regards

Bhav

 

It can already be fine in a fashion but I will come up with a better way soon

[ass17]

By the way, I haven’t forgot about releasing the new version, I’m fine testing it today so should be released tomorrow.

 

Had a busy weekend so couldn’t spend as much time as I would have liked on it....[emoji1303]

[ass17]

Hi There

 

Yeh that would be ideal to have name as you mention Joe Bloggs (Year 11.2) on the header.

 

Let me know when you can do it,

 

Kind Regards

Bhav

 

The feature is done and implemented in v3.9.0.0 please see the release notes on how to turn it on.

[ass17]

Update it within your current vrsion of EWP or go to the 'Download' page of www.examwritepad.com

 

Remember to always test this version and report any bugs via the track on the website or here onEduGeek, before releasing it into a production/live environment.

RELEASE NOTES

 

· NEW: The standard Message Boxes provided with .Net Framework have been replaced for a new custom control to offer more flexibility with regards visual, layout, icons, text length and size.

 

· NEW: You can now allow numbers in the Candidate Name text field. Set the config option “AllowAlphaNumericCandidateNames” = 1 to allow. The Candidate Name field has been extended to 48 characters in max length to accommodate those that wish to fudge other information into the candidate name where there is no option to do so. For example, inserting the candidate’s year group after their name. With this in mind you can also use the following additional characters of open/close brackets ( ) and hyphens.

 

· NEW: Candidate Number field now support the use of an ‘Input Mask’. If you wish to for validation and conformity to it for candidate numbers used BTEC for example, where it starts with a letter then followed by six numbers. You can enforce this type of pattern/validation. The config option to turn on this feature is “MaskedInput_CandidateNumber”. For now, it only will support the following masks: 0 = Digit (required), 9 = digit or space (optional), L = letter (required), ? = Letter (optional).

 

· NEW: Toast Notifications for Windows 10 have been added for future use. If you can think of ideas of how best to use this feature, please submit anything you can think of via the EWP website or though EduGeek.

 

· NEW: Ability to auto print a coversheet after printing the main document. There is now a checkbox next to each Coversheet print button that you can manually set. Or set option ‘PrintCoverSheet_Form2_AfterDocumentPrint’ or ‘PrintCoverSheet_Form4_AfterDocumentPrint’ to 1 in the config, to have the auto print turned on without the candidate having to do it.

 

· NEW: ExamWritePad now uses an XML Schema XSD file to detect any errors in the ExamText files you are trying to load. What used to happen is if you loaded/opened an incorrectly formatted ExamText file then the main document window would be blank. It’s now as simple as “now you see me, or I quit” outcome. The schema XSD file resides in the ‘Assemblies’ folder, so please do not move it or else you cannot open or save EWP files.

 

· NEW: You can now retrieve all Candidate Names for Active Directory which will be displayed in a drop-down list on the Candidate Information window. The config options you need to look out for to set this up are: ‘AD_GetCandidateNames’, ‘AD_GetCandidateNames’, ‘AD_OU’, ‘AD_Auth_User’, ’AD_Auth_Pass’ and ‘AD_LDAPServer’. All LDAP connections are now via SSL (port 636) hence the request for a username and password.

 

· NEW: ‘Test Default Printer’ Button now includes the computer name, IP Address and Username on the test printout. This has been added for situations where you have multiple computers printing to the same printer.

 

· NEW: You can now specify the following defaults in the config: Candidate Name, Candidate Number and Exam Board. These options appear in the config editor as ‘ExamDefaultCandidateName’, ‘ExamDefaultCandidateNumber’ and ‘ExamDefaultBoard’.

 

· NEW: Candidate Information screen, when re-editing the information, upon clicking “Exit” will display a yes/no message box to suggest there are unsaved changes. ‘Yes’ will cancel the exit allowing you to click on ‘Save and Exit’ and ‘No’ will exit without saving changes.

 

· NEW: Added new option “Supress_Save_Messages” to supress the two saved file message boxes to aid the efficiency. Displaying these types of boxes sometimes are deemed overkill and unnecessary. ConfigEditorGUI has also had this option added.

 

· FIXED: Previous Version History never resets its contents when you re-open the window having closed it, during the same EWP session.

 

· FIXED: Encrypted ExamText files that try to run on EWP with no specified/incorrectly specified encryption key, would open up blank then you click on save or wait for the autosave timer to elapse and it would save also, overwriting all the work in the file. Now when you try to open an encrypted file it will go through a verification check before loading it or quitting the open file process with an error. You will no longer get a blank screen and the possible of losing your encrypted file.

· FIXED: When 'Save Prompt After Candidate Info Screen' and 'Auto Save' are both enabled, if you leave open the ‘Save As’ dialog window and the Auto Save Interval has elapsed, a second ‘Save As’ window will appear. The Auto Save Interval has now been set to start after the ‘Save As’ dialog has been closed, thus now only one will appear.

 

· FIXED: Restoring from Previous version via the splash screen, with also having option “Startup_SavePromptAfterCandidateInfoScreen” set to 1 would force you to save the same file twice.

 

· FIXED: Error handling information has been added to those handlers that didn’t have any at all.

 

· FIXED: ConfigEditorGUI when clicking on “Reset to Defaults” would not offer the save changes on closing the application.

 

· FIXED: Fullscreen didn’t work when the ‘Startup_FullscreenMode’ was set to 1 along with option ‘DisableControlBoxes’ also set to 1. The latter option ‘DisableControlBoxes’ has now been removed and depreciated is it doesn’t serve a purpose. You either want a full screen with no control boxes (‘Startup_FullscreenMode’ = 1) or a normal screen with control boxes (‘Startup_FullscreenMode’ = 0).

 

· FIXED: All text boxes and Combo boxes, when right clicking on them, bought up a generic context menu that isn’t relevant and pointless, all these menus have been removed so that the only context menu you now have is the main document window.

 

· UPDATED: TXTextControl control has been updated to service pack 2, to fix known issues including an issue where message boxes appear behind the main EWP window when in full screen mode when using the Find/Replace option.

 

· UPDATED: ConfigEditorGUI has been update to v3.9.0.0 to align itself with the new/deprecated EWP config options.

Edited March 2, 2020 by ass17

[ass17]

Just a quick update....

 

After the release I have had a few longer standing issues to sort out which typically have now been fixed but missed the boat for this release by one day, arrgh!!

 

The issues that will be fixed in the next build are:

 

1) ALT+F4 will no longer close the app including bypassing the candidate info window etc. This was done to stop candidates from exploiting these bypasses...

2) A new sound Library (NAudio) has been added to now detect wether the system is muted or not so that if you ask EWP to Mute Audio, it will do so unless the system is already muted, as EWP in this instance would unmute a muted system.

Also because Im using this library with regard Narrator it will now detect wether the master sound volume is below 50% and raise it to 75% in order to hear the narrated voice.

On the back of this audio library inclusion, it will allow EWP to possibly play CD Audio tracks etc in future so you dont have to use an external audio player. Hopefully EWP will have its own built-in. This type of feature will come in version 4, if possible.

3) If you have a branded custom logo on your splash screen, if you update EWP throught the built-in update, it will overwrite your logo with the default blank one, this issue has now been fixed.

If you spot anything else in 3.9.0.0 drop it here or via www.examwritepad.com

 

 

Thanks for your support as always!!

Edited March 3, 2020 by ass17

[MrWu]

Hi

 

We have ran Mock Exam with file version 3.0.6.0 which ran beautifully with no hitch and function provided was adequate..

 

Our exam officer was thinking about upgrading to the latest version for training and moving the Exam PCs to latest version but I'm wondering if there are any killer features that need upgrading or we stick to the originally 3.0.6.0 for the actual exam?

 

Many thanks!

[ass17]

Hi

 

We have ran Mock Exam with file version 3.0.6.0 which ran beautifully with no hitch and function provided was adequate..

 

Our exam officer was thinking about upgrading to the latest version for training and moving the Exam PCs to latest version but I'm wondering if there are any killer features that need upgrading or we stick to the originally 3.0.6.0 for the actual exam?

 

Many thanks!

 

In your situation look at the documentation for the “fixes” and make an informed decision as to whether you need to upgrade. But this version is the best and most stable yet! (He says fingers and legs crossed)

[shoggie]

We have been using this now for some time and it is great. Only issue we are finding now is we are moving to Chromebooks and our PC's are slowly being reduced. So big question when will it be available for chrome OS. If never does anyone know an alternative for chrome?

[ass17]

We have been using this now for some time and it is great. Only issue we are finding now is we are moving to Chromebooks and our PC's are slowly being reduced. So big question when will it be available for chrome OS. If never does anyone know an alternative for chrome?

 

Nothing on chrome books but I can replicate it m, as the text control I use is available as a web component. But it is not free and costs £1000’s....

 

I’d love a complete cross platform solution but it’s very difficult to maintain with limited resources....

[RLR]

We have been using this now for some time and it is great. Only issue we are finding now is we are moving to Chromebooks and our PC's are slowly being reduced. So big question when will it be available for chrome OS. If never does anyone know an alternative for chrome?

 

Can't remember where I heard about this and I've not used it myself but this might be what you're looking for:

 

https://www.chromex.io/en

[ass17]

Well, all this CoronaVirus stuff has delayed the use of the best ever release on EWP for most schools, so its giving me a chance to build version 4, got some time to do so. Given that most people are now stuck at home, if you get chance to read this and wish to add any new features for dicussion I will add to a wish list.

 

Stay safe folks, look after yourself and families.

[RobFuller]

@ass17 can't get the Override_Option_ADGroup to work. Tried making the group without spaces added and removed the membership but I cannot get it to override a default disable spell check. Any advice?

 

Thought now is as good time as any to make these changes I've been waiting to do! 😁

[ass17]

@ass17 can't get the Override_Option_ADGroup to work. Tried making the group without spaces added and removed the membership but I cannot get it to override a default disable spell check. Any advice?

 

Thought now is as good time as any to make these changes I've been waiting to do! 😁

 

Hi Rob,

 

Can you send me your config file so I can replicate it my end. Also can you let me know which version of EWP you are using, thanks.

[RobFuller]

Hi Rob,

 

Can you send me your config file so I can replicate it my end. Also can you let me know which version of EWP you are using, thanks.

 

I will PM you, cheers!

[ass17]

I will PM you, cheers!

 

Got it thanks will report back soon

[ass17]

Quick update folks, EWP v4 released date 22nd August as some schools are taking exams during September like ourselves.

 

Staf safe and enjoy best you can the summer hols!!