**ShowPlay Reference Manual, Chapter 2 (Running): Contents** 
===== Chapter 2 -- Running a ShowPlay Paradigm=====


Running ShowPlay in CIGAL is done either from the graphical user interface (menus, alerts, and dialogs) or from the command line. Running the program requires a [[jvs:cigal:showplay:manual:chapter3|paradigm parameter ('.ppf) file]] with the correct formatting and timing parameters, and when the run is completed there are several [[jvs:cigal:showplay:manual:chapter5|output files]] that are created. In addition, there are also several dialogs that appear before the start of a run that are described by the links below.

  * [[jvs:cigal:showplay:manual:chapter2:CIGAL|CIGAL: The Basics]]
  * [[jvs:cigal:showplay:manual:chapter2:startshowplay|Starting a Showplay paradigm]]
  * [[jvs:cigal:showplay:manual:chapter2:example|ShowPlay Example]]
  * [[jvs:cigal:showplay:manual:chapter2:readytoscan|Ready to Scan message]]
  * [[jvs:cigal:showplay:manual:chapter2:startscan|Start Scan message]]
  * [[jvs:cigal:showplay:manual:chapter2:abort|Stop a ShowPlay paradigm]]
  * [[jvs:cigal:showplay:manual:chapter2:cmdlinesyntax|Command line syntax]]
  * [[jvs:cigal:showplay:manual:chapter2:runningshowtime|Running ShowTime]]

**See Also:**\\

[[jvs:cigal|CIGAL Home]], 
[[jvs:cigal:manual|CIGAL Manual]], 
[[jvs:cigal:showplay|ShowPlay Home]], 
[[jvs:cigal:showplay:manual|ShowPlay Manual]], 
[[jvs:cigal:showplay:manual:help|Manual Help]]