Hi,

Sorry, that I did not reply earlier.

On Do, 2015-07-30 at 14:23 +0200, Steffen Hemer wrote:
> I have an urgent question: we want to use some OMR software to evaluate
> the counting sheets (for hit cones and off-course during race) and we
> came across SDAPS. But the first problem was how to define and arrange
> the checkboxes. I tried to use a table to arrange question (comparable
> to HTML) but I get whole lot of errors.

Hm, would need to play around it myself a bit. The trouble is, that the
current class extensively uses tables in a way that break putting the
questions themselves into tables.

In general, there are a couple of valid approaches right now:
 * Use a multicol environment (i.e. columns of text, not a table)
 * Manually place the checkboxes, and emulate a (single) large question
 * Use the new class (maybe not that good of an idea, unless you like
to get your hands dirty)

Hm, I think there should be an example of manual creating questions and
placing checkboxes somewhere … maybe have a look at:
 http://sdaps.org/FAQ#Is_it_possible_to_do_custom_layouts_in_LaTeX.3F
and see if you can figure something out. If you still have questions,
feel free to drop line.

> Secondary I am yet unsure how it will work to count the marked boxes but
> actually I haven't been that far.

You would get a large CSV file, with a column for each checkbox
indicating its state. If you do the second approach, you would probably
create one "question" for each row. That means you get a large set of
columns with headers in the form "_QUESTION_CHECKBOX" indicating row
and column in your table.
You should be able to add up the values using a script/tabular
calculation software.

> I will attach some source code and an example sheet. Maybe you can
> give some helpful input and point me to the right direction. Sorry for
> missing informations and feel free to complain about it. I will be
> ready to provide more on this.

Regards,
Benjamin

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