Hi there, I am completely new to Pavlovia and just tried running an experiment I programmed in Builder 3.1.0 online, but it fails and creates a ReferenceError. I read in a related post that this is because I need to translate code components into JavaScript. Where can I find documentation on: wh…

The newest version of PsychoPy (Download it here https://www.psychopy.org/download.html ), has a great feature that will convert your python code to JS code automatically, and I would highly recommend updating your PsychoPy and trying that feature.

Hi Guys I’ve used PsychoPy successfully for less than a year now and have been trying to create some online experiments through the coding platform. I was working through my python code to convert it to JS but saw some posts about using a codetype feature in the latest version of PsychoPy to autoco…

This feature exists only in the PsychoPy builder (it automatically translates any code components). Im unsure of the best way to try and translate a fully coded PsychoPy experiment but https://www.psychopy.org/online/psychojsCode.html is a good place to start.

We definitely won’t ever be able to auto-translate an entire script. The fact that this works for small chunks of code (where just syntax needs converting) is amazing already IMHO. Translating the logic/structure of an experiment between the two, and knowing about all possible python libs and their …

Hi, I’m trying to use this method to import additional excel files, which contain some stimuli and additional “conditions” that need to be separately shuffled. We already ran one phase on 3.2, and it worked fine, but now on 2020.1 this seems to be broken. Example: var dilemmaTexts = new TrialHandl…

@enniin , try removing the var declaration. Using var will limit the scope of that variable one particular function. Without var, PsychoPy will create a global variable for you, accessible anywhere in the experiment.

Thank you @dvbridges ! Removing var did solve the definition issue, and on 3.2.4 (from the Builder experiment settings) everything seems to run like it should. Great! But still, if I try to change the project to 2020.1.2 I get the “unknown resource” error. The project was originally created as 2020…

[image] dvbridges: Hi @Marc_Buehner , the documentation is currently being updated. The reference error is probably because you have added some Python code in a code component, but have not translated this into JavaScript. This means that any variables created in the code component will not be ca…

@zenith092 , I am not sure where the error is exactly, but looks like it will bein the Ml_StimuliRoutine routine, where you use a conditional statement in your “Each Frame” tab of a code component to create refline. The error is because you have used win instead of psychoJS.window., so change to: i…

I changed it now. Besides I think the refline should be like this refline = new visual.Line({ win: psychoJS.window, name: 'polygon', instead of refline = new visual.Line({ "win": "psychoJS.window", "name": "polygon", Is there a tool I can use to run the JS thing locally. Opening …

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zenith092 May 30, 2020, 8:05pm 39

Never mind @dvbridges this thread solved the issue already.

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