First play target in DVDSP

Hi there,
I was about to preview with "simulate" of DVDSP the content of a DVD that I am preparing with that same application.
I get the following message:
The "first play" target has not been set
The simulator will start in a stopped state
My choice is to click "OK" and have the simulator quits, or to click "cancel"
Could someone please explain what I should do or what I did wrong ?
I haven't found an answer in the DVDSP help
Thanks in advance
Ivan

Hi Gary
When I do so - right click on the tracks in viewer, it is indeed starting the simulator, but if later on, I try again, directly from the Simulate tab, it is not reading and I get the same error message again....
Is it because I did something wrong when I created the DVD project ?
Many thanks
Ivan

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