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Ludwig72

Import Enum Item List into a Custom Data Type

Status: Completed Submitted by Member on 03-27-2014 09:26 AM 4 Comment

Like described in this article I have to build Custom Data Types manually to pass enum strings to TestStand.

It would be very nice if I could import LabVIEW Enum TypeDefs into Teststand as Custom Data Types. This way I could save a lot of time.

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TestNinja

Copy and Paste from other programs into Arrays

Status: New Submitted by Member on 01-21-2014 09:07 AM Comment

I find myself creating arrays alot and I usually have the array already made in excel or note pad or another type of file in which the list might be around 20 or more entries.  Now in the past I've come up with a simple way to import the arrayed data from a file, but however i don't believe everyone is doing this and generally I don't need the file in which gets imported (usually a simpler version of the master).  So i suggest could we add the support to copy from excel or from notepad and paste special into an array.

 

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 Conclusion:

This idea might not be the best, fastest, or easiest way to import arrays from other programs, but the idea would be to find an easy way to import arrays.

 

Thanks,

 

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Betilius

Contract / Expand content in a flow control structure

Status: Duplicate Submitted by Member on 12-10-2019 04:38 AM 1 Comment

when you click over a flow control statement, for example an if, the content of this statement will be not visible. When you click again over the same statement, the content will be visible again.

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MimiKLM

Add ability to sign the sequence with the digital signature

Status: New Submitted by Active Participant on 08-21-2013 03:46 AM Comment

Hi,

 

As in the subject: add ability to sign the sequence with the digital signature.

 

It would be good in this feature will be able to access the certificates stored not only in Windows containers, as it is done in LV now, but the containers located on external carriers USB cards, card readers.

 

 

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MimiKLM

Add shortcut key to File-->Unload All modules

Status: Duplicate Submitted by Active Participant on 08-19-2013 05:26 PM 2 Comment

Hi,

 

Exactly as in subject: add shortcut key to File-->Unload All modules.

 

It is very annoying to go again and again through File-->Unload All after each iteration of the module development.

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manu.NET

Add the ability to test the sequence status in the precondition builder editor ...

Status: Declined Submitted by Active Participant on 08-07-2013 05:14 AM 1 Comment

Hello,

 

For the moment, the precondition builder editor only allow to check steps status or to create custom conditions.

 

It would be nice to add a way to test the current sequence Status.

 

To handle this, i create my own custom condition by using the runtime variables Runstate.SequenceFailed and  Runstate.SequenceError.

The problem is that these variables doesn't exist at edit time.

 

I think that adding this feature to the precondition builder editor could simplify our work.

 

Thanks.

 

Manu.

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warren_scott

result recording option flags

Status: New Submitted by Active Participant on 07-24-2013 12:36 PM 1 Comment

Background --

 

When I have a step in a sequence file, and I change the Load Option of the step, and I go to Sequence File Properties and change the global Load Option to something other than "use step load option", I get red exclamation marks next to my load options on my steps to let me know that that value is overridden by the global sequence file option.

 

HOWEVER

if I look at the Result Recording Option, I see the step result recording option configured for that step.  But, that can be overridden by the Sequence Properties  -> "Disable Result Recording for All Steps".  I would expect that I would get a similar red exclamation mark next to the result recording option in my step properties configuration page to let me know that that value is overridden by the sequence option.  Possibly also update the settings column to include "result recording disabled" message like it would if I flagged just that step option to disable result recording (although I am a little more on the fence about this part)

 

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On a similar but different topic, it is horribly hard to understand whether a sequence itself has configured to disable results recording.  I need to go through each sequence individually and look at the sequence properties.  Adding a settings column for the sequence list view would be nice.

 

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david_jenkinson

teststand property search please

Status: Already Implemented Submitted by Active Participant on 06-20-2013 07:10 PM 4 Comment

The ability to type in a property string to search for:

 

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crelf

VIPM for TestStand

Status: New Submitted by Trusted Enthusiast Trusted Enthusiast on 07-19-2010 04:37 PM 1 Comment

We use VIPM to manage our reuse in LabVIEW, and it works wonderfully, but there's nothing for TestStand.  I'd like to be able to create and distribute packages with like functions, roll-back/forward project-based configurations, etc, within the TestStand development environment.  I know that a lot of stuff can be done manually, but it's monolithic - I need something that's modular.

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RayFarmer

Shared or Separate FileGlobals

Status: New Submitted by Trusted Enthusiast on 06-14-2010 02:07 PM 6 Comment

I would like to see Shared or Separate FileGlobals available to all Types of Sequence File not just limited to Batch or Parallel Process Models.

 

Regards

Ray Farmer

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crlanglois

Add a Property Exporter step type

Status: New Submitted by Member on 12-13-2012 03:15 PM 2 Comment

I currently use property loader to load calibration data from a file during test.  I populate this file using export.  The problem is that now I want to write a calibration sequence as well and there is no property exporter step to do this programatically in TestStand.  I will end up writing my own code to create this to emulate the way that Import/Export does it but it would be nice if this was supported as a TestStand step.

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MimiKLM

Display Hyperlinks on Step List for URLs in Requirements

Status: New Submitted by Active Participant on 07-16-2015 05:55 AM 2 Comment

Hi,

 

I think it'd be good if the Requirements property (in step properties) would be able to recognise url like http:// https:// svn:// notes:// etc.

 

Then we could directly link the step to the requirement system which could save a lot of hassle with changes tracking.

 

For now it is a plain text only.

 

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JoeN

Copy all 'Find Results' to the clipboard or save to a file in TestStand

Status: Completed Submitted by Member on 05-10-2012 02:13 PM 2 Comment

When editing in CVI, I often find it useful to copy the contents of 'Find Results' into an edit window so I can edit/parse/filter/sort the information.  I would like to be able to do the same thing in the TestStand Sequence Editor.  Saving the Find Results to a plain text file would be an acceptable alternative.

 

Thanks,

JoeN

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Raydur

Preloading errors need better usability

Status: Already Implemented Submitted by Member on 03-14-2012 11:13 AM 7 Comment

When a step cannot be preloaded due to the prototype being out of date (if, for example, a VI was updated after it had been placed in a sequence), an error message pops up telling the user what is wrong. This can then be used to track down where the step is that is causing the issue. Some of the error descriptions get quite lengthy.

 

While this does provide the user with information as to where the error is occuring, the only option is to click "OK", which then closes the message. In long sequences with many subsequence calls and steps (many of which may be similarily named), it is cumbersome to find the specific step that was listed in the error message that is now no longer viewable. At times I find myself having to get to the general area where I thought the error was listed as occuring, and then click RUN again just to get the error message to pop up again, and then continue narrowing it down (repeating this process several times). This is very cumbersome.

 

There is a simple solution to this issue. The easiest method would be to simply include a second button in the error message that brings you directly to the step that is causing the issue (with it selected in the step window). This would solve the main issue of trying to find the step that was listed in the error message as being the problem.

 

To go a step further, there could be a button that simply activates the "reload step prototype" that you have to do once you are at the step that is out of date.

 

To go even a step further, and solve another issue I would like to see remedied, there could be the option of reloading all steps that call that module (since they are now likely all out of date and need the prototype refreshed). Currently, if a VI is called repeated throughout the sequence, then each one must be found and have its prototype reloaded manually. This is very tedious.

 

There may be other preloading errors besides the "prototype out of date" issue (ex: VI not found, etc.) that could use the same functionality of a button that brings you to the offending step, but this is what I am running into at the moment.

 

Regards,

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XA-LSTOM

STEPS TYPE FOR ALL IVI CLASS

Status: New Submitted by Member on 04-13-2015 10:08 AM Comment

Under TestStand Sequence Editor, a lot of IVI Class are not encapsulated in Steps Type.

It should be interesting to have IVI Step Type because the development and the maintains of a Hardware Abstraction Layer is complex and requires a lot of time.

Under Labview all IVI class are presents. Why not in TestStand?

 

 

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 Xavier

Test Architect - Alstom Transport

 

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GarryG

Drag and Drop Attributes

Status: New Submitted by Member on 03-06-2015 01:13 PM Comment

It would be awesome if we could drag and drop attributes from the attributes dialog into expression panes in TestStand.

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Frank-L

TestStand error messages are confusing when inputting array values.

Status: Declined Submitted by on 05-11-2011 10:33 AM 3 Comment

When putting values into an array of number local variable, there is little documentation specifying the correct way to input values in an array. The documentation needs to be improve and/or the error message that pops when evaluating your statement should be fixed to better demonstrate the problem. The current error states "Variable or property types do not match or are not compatible. This value will cause a run-time error." A getting started documentation that addresses variable syntax would also be helpful, these ideas will improve ease of use for people working in TestStand. The typical syntax when working with arrays is the use of a bracket [] and the error that appears when using a bracket for arrays is even less helpful. Attached is an image of an example of the fixed error that would demonstrate this problem more thoroughly (The red highlighted section would be a potential change to the errors).

 

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dafemec

TestStand needs the equivalent of a broken run arrow

Status: Completed Submitted by Member on 12-07-2010 12:35 PM 5 Comment

Finding syntactical errors -- missing arguments, arguments of the wrong type, ... -- involves either manual inspection or running a sequence to see where it croaks.  TestStand could use the equivalent of a broken run arrow from the LabVIEW environment.  As in the LabVIEW environment, clicking on that broken run arrow would present a list of the syntactical errors, and double-clicking on one of the entries in that list would take you to the entry itself.

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Skeptical

Sequence File Validation

Status: Completed Submitted by Member on 09-14-2010 01:35 PM 3 Comment

I would like a built-in tool in the Sequence Editor that would check my sequence file to verify that all expressions used in every step are valid and that all variables called exist. It would be nice to find errors during development/edit time rather than at run-time. I think this could significantly improve the usefulness of TestStand.

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RyanWright

Provide the ability to be able to logically group and organize sequences within a sequence file (hierarchy)

Status: Duplicate Submitted by Member on 11-14-2013 01:20 PM 3 Comment

I have a sequence file that contains hundreds of sequences.  It would be nice to be able to logically group and organize these sequences, such as in a tree control with virtual directories (hierarchy), instead of them being in a single long list.