There are two types of Player files (*.gsp) that can be created by GoldSim and viewed in the GoldSim Player:
Player Files with Dashboards: Player files with Dashboards Specialized user interfaces that can be built into a Player file. Dashboards look like "control panels", with buttons, sliders and display panels, and provide a mechanism by which inputs to a model can be modified within the Player. have a custom-designed interface that typically looks like a "control panel", with buttons, check boxes, combo boxes and other controls. The author of the Player file will typically embed instructions, tool-tips and graphics to provide instructions on the use of the model. Player files with Dashboards typically allow you to modify some of the inputs to the model, run the model and view results. If the Player file is well-designed, you do not need to understand anything about GoldSim or the underlying simulation model in order to view and interact with such a file. You can view the underlying details of the model in the Player if you wish to (and the author of the model has allowed you to do so), but it is typically not necessary, as the Dashboard(s) will provide the primary interface to the model.
Player Files without Dashboards: Player files without Dashboards allow
you to directly view the underlying details of GoldSim model (and provide no
other interface). If the model contains results, you can view these
results. You cannot, however, modify the model in any way. Although
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When a GoldSim author creates a Player file, they can decide whether or not the Player user can run the model. If the model can be run, a Run button will be available in a toolbar at the top of the Payer window. If the model cannot be run, the Run button will be grayed out.