[Product Consultation Case] ​​E-Prime 3.0 – Can I use the old version files?

From a customer, an experiment tool suit for psychology, etc.E-Prime 3.0I received a question about.

E-Prime 3.0is software recommended for experiments in psychology, neuroscience, etc., as it is capable of sending and receiving triggers with various external devices, and has functions for creating, implementing, and analyzing visual and auditory stimulation experiments.

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Other questions

The customer was using E-Prime 2.0 (older version) and was considering migrating to E-Prime 3.0 (latest version).

Other questions

• I would like to continue using the experiment scripts created with E-Prime 2.0.
  It seems that the file formats are different between the old and new versions, but can I read the file with the ".es2" extension that I have on hand with E-Prime 3.0?

Information from our company

E-Prime 3.0 can read files created with E-Prime 1.x (.es format) and E-Prime 2.0 (.es2 format).

How to read .es/.es3.0 format files with E-Prime 2

1. Click "Open" from the "File" menu item in E-Studio 3 to open the folder where the target file is saved.
   

2. By default, only files with the ".es3" extension are displayed, so select ".es2" or ".es" from the drop-down menu at the bottom right of the file selection screen.
   

3. Select the target file and click "Open"
4. Click "Yes" on the displayed file conversion tool to convert to ".es3" format
   

5. ButtonDevice and ScriptDevice will be added to the default settings, please change the settings as necessary.
   

Please refer to the manufacturer page for E-Prime 3.0 compatibility details.

RELEASE INFO: Upgrading Experiments to E-Prime 3.0 [23302]
https://support.pstnet.com/hc/en-us/articles/360008316573

Summary

• E-Prime 3.0 is backward compatible (old file formats can be viewed and edited)
• When loading an old file format with E-Studio 3, it will be converted to the new file format.
• E-Prime 1.x to E-Prime 2.0 are not forward compatible (file formats of higher versions cannot be used)

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