
Command Interface 6 - 99
ALTERNATE ALT AL
Description-
Jump into an alternate program. An alternate program is a program whose
name is constructed from the user-supplied name with any placeholders (?) replaced with
the corresponding character in the currently running spot. This command will jump into
a similarly encoded spot when executed. The second spot can vary in length, but not in
bit rate or encode type. This command is useful for two spots that have different
language. The user may want one language or the other to play upon issue of the
command. Therefore, when the spot is playing the English version, the ALTERNATE
command is issued and the French version picks up where the other English version left
off.
Form-
ALTERNATE/ALT/AL [DDSN]
Arguments-
DDSN
TEXT
DESCRIPTION
File Name
The file name may be used to specify a specific file.
13 1 0
The DDSN Drive, Disc, Spot, Name (DDSN structure) arguments,
with optional '?' placeholders in Name may be used to specify a file.
Errors-
ERROR TEXT
NUM
DESCRIPTION
ERROR- BAD
ARGUMENTS
2
Argument(s) is/are missing or invalid.
ERROR- EMPTY
1
The drive is empty.
ERROR- NO SPOT
3
There is/are no spots of that discription.
Examples-
Operation
-
ALTERNATE command
<NAME> ALTERNATE 13 1 20
OK
<Empty Line>
Products Supported-
Soloist 2 and Mirage
See Also-
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