Playlist

The playlist is stored in file playlist in the test's main directory. The personal playlist is stored in the testee's directory in the guineapigs directory with the same name as the global list. When looking for the playlist, first it is checked whether a personal playlist exists. If it does exist, it is used. If not, the global playlist file is used if there is one. If no playlists exist, the test items are presented in the order they appear in the test.items file.

The name of the global playlist file can be set with the PlayListFile keyword in the test.config file.

The following example explains the format of the file. Keywords are in bold and parameters in italics.

#
# File: playlist
#  The playlist (the order the individual test items are presented)
#
# Empty lines and lines starting with # are ignored. 
#
#
# The playlist specifies the order the individual test items are presented
# to the test subject. The format of the global and personal playlist is
# the same. The test items can be found in the test.config file in the test's
# main directory. 
#
# The order is specified by listing the IDs of the test items in desired
# order using the TestItem: keyword. 
#
TestItem: id10 # rest of the line starting from the letter # is considered
TestItem: id03 # to be a comment
TestItem: id18
TestItem: id07
#
# The example above would present the test items in order: 10, 3, 18, 7
#