I have around 1000 test cases that has 1000 VIs can I use Labview to sequence them

[uttara]

I want to sequence 1000 VIs but I donot have TestStand.I have made a user interface to select the VIs I want to run.I am planning to use the attached VI and a for loop.

Are there any operational limitations? Please guide me regarding this

[tst]

Assuming the VIs are all compiled and saved correctly, this should work. Note that if you're building an executable, there may be some issues with VIs from vi.lib which will not be included automatically, etc.

One thing which will probably improve this is if you use a subpanel to display the VIs instead of opening windows, as it will make it look more organized.

[uttara]

I am new to labview and trying to have an application that provides the user interface for editing the system configuration.

I have implemented the same.Attached is the vi for your inputs for improvements and best way of doing this as this is one of the common requirement.

[altenbach]

(Your question has nothing to do with "I have around 1000 test cases that has 1000 VIs can I use Labview to sequence them", so I don't know why you would add your question to an unrelated old thread instead of creating a new thread.)

Since you are new to LabVIEW, you are making some common mistakes. First you should learn about shift registers and state machines.

None of your local variables and sequence frames are needed. LabVIEW is not like a text program with local variables as variables. and sequence frames as lines. Learn about dataflow. For example why would you write an array to a local variable and in the next frame you get the array size of the local. Wouldn't it be more direct to just get the size of the original control? You are shuffling stuff around for no reason, creating additional datacopies in memory. Your hidden enum is not needed. Simply keep "state" in a shift register if needed.

Message Edited by altenbach on 06-04-2010 06:56 AM

[uttara]

I am  initially reading the ini file with sections as Analog Inputs , Analog Outputs , Digital Inputs  & Outputs in 4 arrays and then depending on the button user clicks the corresponding array will be copied to the array that is available for user to change.Then since I have to fill the items in the combo box I am using array size and filling the combo box items dynamically.

For which task I should use state machine and shift registers? For button clicks I am using event structure.