Using an existing Map Control in a questionnaire

Step 1: Creating a question from an existing Map Control

1. Click or [Enter] to add a new question to your questionnaire. By default, it will be displayed as a Multi choice or like Multi choice question. If it is not, change the style to Multi choice.
2. Without making any changes to the question, choose the Show topic and select As Map Control.
3. Click the Show checkbox.

   

4. Double-click the gray area or click the [Map control...] button to open the Map Control Editor window.

   

5. The dialog box is initially empty.
6. Select the File | Load map control to find an existing Map Control. By default this opens the folder ImageMaps\Templates. This is the folder containing the Map Controls supplied by Snap.

   Select USstates.isf and click [Open]

   

   You will load a Map Control showing the US states, with each one drawn as a separate clickable area.

7. Click the button on the Map Control Editor toolbar to open the Variable codes dialog.

   

   These are the question codes that are supplied as default by the Map Control template. They have already been set up to link to the associated area on the map. These codes will be automatically added to your new question in place of the undefined codes.

   (This only works if you have not defined any codes for your question before you set up the Map Control.)

8. If you wish to change a text label, double-click on the label and edit it. When you have finished, click [OK] to return to the Map Control Editor window.
9. Click on an area to see which question code it maps to. It is displayed at the bottom left of the window.

   

10. If the Map Control is the wrong size for your requirements, use the Size% box to adjust the size. This changes the size of the Map Control. The picture shows the map of states resized to 45% of its original size.

    You can inspect the details of the map more closely by using the Zoom box.

11. Click the Preview tab and click on the states to see what they will look like when respondents are clicking on the published survey.

    

12. Click [OK] on the Map Control Editor window to return to the questionnaire.
13. Edit the question text to something appropriate.

    

14. Right-click the question and select Edit codes... from the context menu to open the Variable Codes dialog. You can confirm the question codes have been imported correctly from the Map Control template.

    This dialog allows you to change the code labels if you need to, as you cannot edit them directly in the questionnaire while the question is displayed as a Map Control.

    

15. Click [OK] to close the dialog.

Step 2: Adding a question from a SurveyPak

1. Open the Reference window by clicking the button of the main Snap toolbar. Close all other windows except for the Questionnaire window.
2. Select Window | Tile so that the two windows are arranged side by side on the screen.
3. Double-click on the Regions category in the snReference 2009 SurveyPak.

   

4. Double click the UK Regions topic and select the Countries of the United Kingdom question.
5. Drag the question from the SurveyPak into the questionnaire. As you drag the cursor over the questionnaire it changes from to one of these three alternatives:
   • insert the new question before this question.
   • replace this question with the new one.
   • insert the new question after this question.

   When you release the mouse button, the new question is dropped in the position indicated.

   

6. Edit the question text as appropriate, leaving the codes and code names as they are.

Step 3: Associating the question with the Map Control

1. Select the question you have just dragged in from the SurveyPak, choose the Show topic and select As Map Control.
2. Click the Show checkbox.
3. Double-click the gray area or click the [Map control...] button to open the Map Control Editor dialog.
4. Select the File | Load map control and open the UKregions.isf Map Control template. A map of the UK appears in the Map Control Editor.
5. You need to assign the separate areas on the map to the four UK countries. Select the areas of England. You can hold down [Ctrl] while selecting each one until they are all selected, or drag a box across them.

   

6. Right-click to open the context menu and select Assign to code, then select England. (You can also select Assign to code from the Shapes menu.)

   

7. Some of the areas may already have been randomly assigned to the question codes. If so, you will be asked if you want to continue.

   

   Click [Yes] and carry on.

8. Assign the codes for Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales to the remaining areas.
9. Click [OK] to save the Map Control and return to the questionnaire.
10. Publish the questionnaire to test the Map Controls.