I am trying to use Teststand to retrieve the "last modified" timestamp property for the sequence file that is running. The purpose is to determine whether a modification has been made since the last time a sequence with the same file name was run. The "saved count" property is not a viable option since mulitple people may be working on the same sequence, and in theory two people could have started with the same sequence file, made a change, and then saved (making the saved count property the same even though they are now different sequences).
So, unless someone knows of an easy way to do get this info (file last modified information) within Teststand, here's my question:
LabVIEW has a built-in VI that provides this information (Programming Pallete->File IO->Advanced File Functions->File/Directory Info). This gives a "last mod" output which is exactly what I need. However, this is in Labview, not teststand where I prefer to call it and retrieve the information. I could easily just place this built-in VI into a new blank VI, and then call that with TestStand, but that seems very redundant. The built-in version is exactly what I need.
Is there a way to call this VI directly from TestStand without having to put it into a blank VI and save it as a seperate file? I can't seem to locate it within any of the labview directories or libraries, but maybe I'm not searching for the right name. Is there an easy way to find a VI on the harddrive that is on one of the buit-in labview palletes ?
This seems like such a simple thing but it's giving me a lot of grief!
Thanks!
