itterating through a sequence

[hagay]

hi,
I need to iterate through a test stand sequence at run-time. I've added a dll call at the cleanup group that supposed to go over the sequence before the step and collect failed steps, which are not logged to the database. My problem is that if one of the steps is a sequence call I can't seem to find the way to step into that sequence. Does anybody know how to accomplish that?

thanks.

[AllenP]

Hi,

As long as you aren't making a new execution or thread, you can use the result list local variable to iterate through.

Locals.ResultList[x] will contain the fields you need to use normally for reporting to a database. But in the case of a sequence call, you can use Locals.ResultList[x].TS.SequenceCall to get the result list of the sequence that is called.

If you have the sequence call as a new thread, you will need to wait for the threads or executions to finish executing before accessing the local variable.

[hagay]

the steps are not logged to the report/database so they will not appear in the result list, is there a way to find out the steps status is this case as well?

[David Mc]

You can use the RunState to get the status of any step in any step in this sequence file using this property path:

RunState.SequenceFile.Data.Seq["MainSequence"].Main["Action"].Result.Status

David Mc.
NI Applications Engineer