Players
[Players and recorders (tape)]

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Detailed Description

Tape players use the following properties

• file specifies the source of the data.

The format of a file specs is [type]name[:flags] The default type is file The default name is the target (parent) objects classname-id The default flags is "r"

• filetype specifies the source file extension, default is "txt". Valid types are txt, odbc, and memory.
• property is the target (parent) that is written to
• loop is the number of times the tape is to be repeated

The following is an example of a typical tape:

	2000-01-01 0:00:00,-1.00-0.2j
	+1h,-1.1-0.1j
	+1h,-1.2-0.0j
	+1h,-1.3-0.1j
	+1h,-1.2-0.2j
	+1h,-1.1-0.3j
	+1h,-1.0-0.2j
	

The first line specifies the starting time of the tape and the initial value. The value must be formatted as a string that is readable for the type of the data that is to receive the recording. The remaining lines may have either absolute timestamps or relative times (indicated by a leading + sign). Relative times are useful if the loop parameter is used. When a loop is performed, only lines with relative timestamps are read and all absolute times are ignored.