Purcforms Layout XML to ODK Collect or ODK Survey

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I am developing my first small survey to be implemented on Android tablets
using ODK. My surveys have two very specific format/layout requirements.

  1. I need to be able to place radio buttons next to images to use as answer
    options in a single or multiple select question. For instance, to have a
    respondent select the American flag from a set of three flags.

  2. I need to exercise control over the placement of responses in a
    single/multiple select question beyond the capabilities I've found in ODK
    Build, KoBo Toolbox and other form design tools. Imagine I have four
    response options and I want to place them in strange positions on the
    screen (in the corners, etc).

To resolve #2, I started to use Purcforms, which allows fine control over
the placement of every widget and button. This is great. But I run into a
problem trying to get the layout specifics into ODK Collect. When I export
the xforms xml file, it doesn't contain layout information. That is all
contained in the Layout XML file in Purcforms. So, when I open up the form
contained in the xforms xml, the survey works but without any unique
formatting.

My question is: is it possible to extract the layout details from Purcforms
into ODK Collect? What about into ODK Survey? Or is there an alternative
tool that I can use to satisfy #1 and #2 above? I am happy to try anything
at this point.

Thanks in advance for any help you can give!

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If you are looking for total flexibility in the placement of your prompts,
you will probably want to take a look at the gridScreen example. You can
find this example in the zip file at

under the tables directory. This allows you to define the layout of a
screen using a handlebars template that can be rendered within Survey.

Clarice

ยทยทยท On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 6:16 PM, wrote:

I am developing my first small survey to be implemented on Android tablets
using ODK. My surveys have two very specific format/layout requirements.

  1. I need to be able to place radio buttons next to images to use as
    answer options in a single or multiple select question. For instance, to
    have a respondent select the American flag from a set of three flags.

  2. I need to exercise control over the placement of responses in a
    single/multiple select question beyond the capabilities I've found in ODK
    Build, KoBo Toolbox and other form design tools. Imagine I have four
    response options and I want to place them in strange positions on the
    screen (in the corners, etc).

To resolve #2, I started to use Purcforms, which allows fine control over
the placement of every widget and button. This is great. But I run into a
problem trying to get the layout specifics into ODK Collect. When I export
the xforms xml file, it doesn't contain layout information. That is all
contained in the Layout XML file in Purcforms. So, when I open up the form
contained in the xforms xml, the survey works but without any unique
formatting.

My question is: is it possible to extract the layout details from
Purcforms into ODK Collect? What about into ODK Survey? Or is there an
alternative tool that I can use to satisfy #1 and #2 above? I am happy to
try anything at this point.

Thanks in advance for any help you can give!

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