2.1.2 Global Settings

The following table lists global constants which are defined at compile time and can not be modified by the user. Where the user would want to use different values, some other well-defined mechanism usually exists (for instance, use command line options or environment variable to specify new values for the INPUT_FILE variable).

These values are used most often in error checking, and are referred to both in 2.4 Error Messages and in the descriptions of individual commands.

@set{ccInBufSize} 250000 @set{ccOutBufSize} 70000 @set{ccInputFile} COGSYS.IN @set{ccOutputFile} COGSYS.OUT @set{ccLabelFile} KEEPFILE.TMP @set{ccNumVars} 100 @set{ccTmpStrLen} 256 @set{ccMaxIfNest} 16 @set{ccCommentMarker} ; @set{ccMaxUniquePics} 1000 @set{ccFairTime} 500000 @set{ccTimeUpRespChar} & @set{ccBreakoutChar} @ @set{ccDefaultFontPath} C:\DATA\FONTS @set{ccDefaultPicPath} C:\DATA\PICS\PCX\SHAPES @set{ccDefaultPicType} 2 (320x200x256) @set{ccMaxPicSets} 5 @set{ccMaxFrames} 500 @set{ccCogVarClearColor} 4 @set{ccCogVarTime} 5 @set{ccCogVarKey} 7

Name	Value	Description
INBUF_SIZE		Maximum size (in bytes) of testlist file.
OUTBUF_SIZE		Maximum size (in bytes) of outfile.
INPUT_FILE	`'	Default testlist file name.
OUTPUT_FILE	`'	Default outfile file name.
LABEL_FILE	`'	Default labels file name.
NUM_VARS		Number of Cogsys variables
Int Range	+/- 2,147,483,647	Valid range of any Cogsys variable (and most other numerical parameters).
TMP_STR_LEN		Max length (in characters) of any Cogsys string.
MAX_IF_NEST		Maximum number of levels If statments may be nested.
COMMENT_MARKER	`'	Character to mark start of comment.
MAX_UNIQUE_PICS		Maximum number of unique pictures that can be loaded into memory.
FAIRTIME		Maximum time (in milliseconds) that can be specified in commands that have time arguments.
TIMEUP_RESP_CHAR	`'	Character to use as response key in timed response commands that time out.
BREAKOUT_CHAR		Key to press to break out of teslist (on commands that support it).
DEFAULT_PIC_PATH	`'	Default directory to look for pictures.
DEFUALT_PIC_TYPE		Default Picture Type
MAX_PICSETS		Maximum number of picture sets in commands that take start,end,frames triplets.
MAX_FRAMES		Maximum frames value allowed in a picture set triplet.
COGVAR_CLEARCOLOR		Cogsys variable that specifies what color the graphics mode clear screen uses.
COGVAR_TIME		Cogsys variable that holds the latest reaction time.
COGVAR_KEY		Cogsys variable that holds the latest reaction key.