**ShowPlay Reference Manual, Chapter 1 (Introduction): makeshowplay**
===== MakeShowPlay -- Make a ShowPlay ppf file =====
The parameters for MAKESHOWPLAY are listed below. Parameters within brackets [] are optional; they are only needed if you have two block conditions.

STIMLIST - a text file name that contains a list of stimulus events. If the file is not in your current working directory you must specify the directory path needed to find that file.
  
  FLAG (combine by addition):
     1 - Set response flag for every stimulus
     2 - Randomize stimuli (use all before repeating)
     4 - Do stimuli once in order and then randomize repeats
     8 - Do not prepend SHOWPLAY parameter lines to beginning of output
    16 - replace images without erasing
    32 - set font for large text
    64 - oscillate stimuli (back and forth through list)
   128 - test mode (turn off disdaqs and don't save output)
   256 - reset time base at end of stimulus list
   512 - use 8 bits to store images (grey scale only)
  1024 - use stimulus number as user_code
  
  TRIAL_MS   - The duration of each stimulus trial (in msecs)
  GAP_MS     - The delay interval after one trial, before the next.
  TOTSECS    - The total duration of the paradigm (in secs).
  BLKTRIALS  - The number of stimulus trials in each block of condition 1.
  STIMLIST2  - Like STIMLIST, for condition 2.
  TRIAL2_MS  - Like TRIAL_MS, for condition 2.
  BLKTRIALS2 - Like BLKTRIAL, for condition 2.

To save the results of MAKESHOWPLAY as a new file, you should redirect the text output using the '> filename' syntax.  For example, 
  makeshowplay list1.txt 0 1000 0 300 6 list2.txt 1000 6 > test.txt

**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:chapter1|Introduction List]], 
[[jvs:cigal:showplay:manual:help|Manual Help]]