**ShowPlay Reference Manual, Chapter 2 (Running): commandlinesyntax**
===== Commandlinesyntax -- =====
ShowPlay is a CIGAL command defined by the CIGAL program "showplay.imp". There is also a ShowPlay pull-down menu defined by the CIGAL menu file "showplay.mnu"; this simply provides a mouse-based way of executing the "showplay.imp" program.

The syntax for the ShowPlay command is:
  showplay flag [paramfile]
     or
  showplay paramfile
  
  FLAG: 0 - initialize variables
        1 - run paradigm (default)
        2 - double speed of paradigm
        4 - save parameters in a file
        5 - add parameters to pdigm output file
        6 - load a ShowPlay parameter file
        7 - load a ShowTime file
  
If no arguments are specified, the default FLAG is 6 (LOAD) if no parameter file has been loaded, or 1 (RUN) if a paradigm has already been loaded.  If PARAMFILE is specified and the FLAG value is less than 6 it will automatically be set to 6 (LOAD).

PARAMFILE can be used to specify the paradigm parameter file (or ShowTime stimulus file if FLAG is 7). If PARAMFILE is the first argument (i.e., the first argument is not a number) the FLAG will default to 6.  If no PARAMFILE is specified and a file name is needed, ShowPlay will prompt with an interactive browser window for you to specify the input file.

**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:chapter2|Running List]], 
[[jvs:cigal:showplay:manual:help|Manual Help]]