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MimiKLM

Better binding. Introduce additional array element loop variable called Current Name.

Status: New Submitted by Active Participant on 03-21-2015 01:48 PM 4 Comment

Hi,

Before proposal a bit of introduction.

It is not well known feature that we can name the containers. This feature can be very useful if we consider naming the array elements. Using it we can access array elements not by index but by the name we give them.

To illustrate this feature please have a look at the picture below.

 

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Using this feature we can access elements not only like that

 

Locals.Cnt[0]
Locals.Cnt[1]
...

 


But like that as well.

 

Locals.Cnt["P112"]
Locals.Cnt["P113"]
...

 


This is an existing feature. What is new then?

The proposal:

For all looping steps For For  Each I'd like to propose to introduce additional array element loop variable called Current Name.

In this field devs could reference a variable which will be storing the name of the

What is beneficial?

Using this we can access element of the array of cluster independently from their location in the array and proposed idea will let easily access to the elements from within the loop. We can bind against the name not the index only.

O course it would be even more beneficial even devs could name element array of ANY type not containers only.

We can also name  the elements of the array which consists of containers. In this way we can have nice binding method and instead call the array elements vie index we can call them by its name (string). The postulate additional array element loop variable could be just below the current subscript form. The current view of the For Each Loop looks like below.

 

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The benefit of this additional array would be that we would know the current name of the element and we could call this element using its name not a number. Then developers could use that name to call the element in that loop by using its name.

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MimiKLM

Iterating multidimensional array using ForEach loop

Status: New Submitted by Active Participant on 03-08-2015 03:10 PM Comment

Hi,

 

Now, when we iterate over any multidimensional array, in this example let it to be a 4D array, using ForEach loop the order of iterating is bit surprising.

For example for the array like defined like that
 
AnArray[0..4][0..3][0..2][0..1]
 
The order of iteration is like that the loop start iterating elements from first dimension first [0..4], then from second [0..3], third [0..2] and fourth [0..1]. So from left to right, in shorthand.
 
For me this order seems to be bit surprising. I'd expect rather the ForEach loop will start iterating from right to left as it'd be if we replace ForEach loop with four nested For loops:
 
for (int i = 0; i <= 4; i++)
{
    for(int j = 0; j <= 3; j++)
    {
        for(int k = 0; k <= 2; k++)
        {
            for(int l = 0; l <= 1; l++)
            {
                AnArray[i][j][k][l]
            }
        }
   }
}

 

 
There are some advantages using ForEach loop over ordinary For loop. For example ForEach loop is dimension independed.
 
Is there any chance developers can have an option or flag which change the order of iteration for ForEach loop from left to right to right to left?
 
PS: I've started the topic in normal forum here, but after dug9000 input, I'm posting it here.
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MimiKLM

Bug report. Collision between the name of the property and API function

Status: New Submitted by Active Participant on 03-01-2015 04:21 PM 1 Comment

Recently I came accros situation like that:

 

I have a local container called AAA with the subproperty called "Name".

 

Then I'd like to change the name of the AAA container using the API function ".Name".

 

However, when I call Local.AAA.Name, instead of changing the name of AAA container I'm accessing the subproperty with this name.

 

I think the name "Name" should be reserved as a name of subproperty.

 

 

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warren_scott

Add RuleID to TS Sequence Analyzer Results Window

Status: New Submitted by Active Participant on 02-06-2015 01:14 PM Comment

In TS Sequence Analyzer Results Window:

it would be helpful to be able to have a column of RuleID in the results table.  This way when we are debugging/ troubleshooting results of custom rules that it would be much easier to track down to the specific RuleID that is being used (names/categories/descriptions can all be duplicated)

Right now RuleID is not available as one of the columns of the results table -- add it as an option.

I do NOT think it should be visible by default, but we should be able to show it optionally if we want.

IncludeRuleID.png

 

Also, if you select an analysis message from the results, you can right click on it and choose "Goto Rule"

Now at this point you are in the list of rules, but if you want to go track down what RuleID caused the problem, you are dead in the water -- you need to look at the rule name and description and then manually go to the rule configuration page and search through the list to find the right one.  It would be so much nicer if you could right click on the rule in the analyzer project and be able to open the "Configure available rules" window.

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MimiKLM

Extend the GetNthSubPropertyName function to iterate over subproperties

Status: New Submitted by Active Participant on 02-02-2015 07:23 AM Comment

Hi,

 

Recently I wanted to iterate through ALL my subproperties in the container.

 

I've discovered that the function GetNthSubPropertyName accessing only first level of subproperties and it doesn't get deeper into hierarchy.

 

I wonder if it could be an extension to this function - and to all similar functions - allowing iterating automatically over ALL subproperties. For example a new option could be applied here.

 

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RJRagan

TPS (eg: DLL functions) Function / Method search / report quantification tool

Status: New Submitted by Member on 01-29-2015 03:15 PM Comment

Need a search option for searching for TPS like DLLs and providing the Function names of each call.  Also providing a count of each time a function / method is or is not called within a set of sequence files.

 

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NIExpert

Use 4x2x4x4 connector for TestStand LabVIEW vi templates

Status: New Submitted by Member on 01-19-2015 12:09 PM 2 Comment

The vi templates should use the NI reccommeded 4x2x2x4 connector

 

Also sequence Context should be a required connection and there should be some default documentation

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warren_scott

Support Undo for editing .tsaproj files

Status: New Submitted by Active Participant on 01-14-2015 01:44 PM Comment

For TestStand Sequence Analyzer:

if you open a sequence analyzer project file in sequence editor and make changes, Undo does not work.

Make Undo work for sequence analyzer project (.tsaproj) file changes.

 

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warren_scott

absolute path support in Sequence Analyzer

Status: New Submitted by Active Participant on 01-14-2015 01:16 PM Comment

Right now TestStand Sequence Analyzer only supports Relative Paths with respect to the .tsaproj file.

Change this so we can specify path as Absolute when selecting the file to analyze.

SeqAnalyzerSelectFile.png

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MimiKLM

Referencing to the steps via their names: Misleading TestStand behavior.

Status: New Submitted by Active Participant on 09-13-2014 07:50 PM 2 Comment

Recently I've discovered misleading TestStand behavior.

 

In the case where in the sequence we have two steps with the same name and we'd like to refer to the SECOND step via its name like shown below:

 

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TestStand allows us to do this, but during the execution, this reference is bind to the FIRST instance of the step:

 

screen01.png

 

In this caseTest D should fail showing result 12 not 10.

 

So, TS allows me to pick a step I want, however it looks like TS binds it to the first match on the list; so it is a lie.

 

In my opinion TS should either:

--don't let me do this, or

--implicitly bind it using unique step ID.

 

Anyway the current behavior (TS2014) is ambiguos and shall be treated as a bug.

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MimiKLM

Feature request: In ===Tools -> Update VI calls -> Type of calls To Update -> Process Standard VI Calls=== add resave/recompile option.

Status: New Submitted by Active Participant on 09-12-2014 06:41 PM Comment

In thw Sequence editor, in Tools -> Update VI calls  - > Type of calls To Update -> Process Standard VI Calls another two entries could be added in the combo box. Apart from existing:

    * Report Problems Only (No Changes Will Be Made)
    * Reload Prototype if Modified
    * Force Prototype to Reload

These two options below shall be consider to be added.

    * Resave (recompile?) Code Module (VI)
    * Resave (recompile?) Code Module (VI) with all dependencies

I think this feature could be used in case like happened to me:


I had to update one of my global TypeDefinition (*.ctl) which is called by a lot of VIs from my project. When I did it, a lot of VIs were suddenly unable to load under RTE. So, manually I had to open every VI called by TS and do Open and Save (accepting recompiling) actions. I don't have to tellyou that was very boring and long task...

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MimiKLM

Feature request: Display information about type of the adapter server

Status: New Submitted by Active Participant on 09-12-2014 12:26 PM 3 Comment

Hi,

 

In the bottom right corner of the Sequence editor window (or in other place if you find more suitable) please display information about type of the adapter server.

 

For example for LV Adapter it would be information about whether Adapter is set to wok with LV Development System, LV Runtime Engine or other executables. For HTBasis Server it would be HTB Runtime Server or HTB Development Server.

 

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During the development I have to often switch between LV Dev environment and RTE. To do that you have to click three times to go trough modal window to get this information. If you do this often it's getting painful. 

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MimiKLM

Enable implicit cast numbers to string in OutputMessage function.

Status: New Submitted by Active Participant on 09-07-2014 07:15 AM 1 Comment

Hi,

 

As in subject: Enable implicit cast numbers to string in OutputMessage function.

 

K.

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FRoloff

Parameter Array

Status: New Submitted by Member on 01-15-2014 05:44 AM 1 Comment

If you add an array as a parameter to a sequence, you have the option of setting the array bounds. If you set the array bound to [1..3] for example and call this sequence and try to access the array element [3] there is an array out of bounds error. It looks like arrays as parameters with the size N are always seen as an array with the bounds [0..N-1]. Maybe it makes sense to change this to the expected behavior!

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Raydur

Standardize Undo/Redo keyboard shortcuts

Status: New Submitted by Member on 08-24-2012 12:04 PM 2 Comment

The current keyboard shortcut for Undo in TestStand and LabVIEW is "Ctrl+z", which is pretty standard in most programs.

 

In TestStand the ReDo shortcut is "Ctrl+y", but in LabVIEW the ReDo shortcut is "Shift+Ctrl+z". Both of these are relatively common among various programs, but it would be nice if the two programs used the same shortcut for such a simple and common task.

 

In LabVIEW, "Ctrl+y" already does something else (VI History), but in TestStand, "Shift+Ctrl+z" does not seem to have any functionality. This means that "Shift+Ctrl+z" could also be used in TestStand without breaking any backward compatibility ("Ctrl+y" could also cause a Redo action to avoid breaking that functionality for those who are accustomed to it).

 

Other NI software may benefit from this standardization as well, but I am referring to LabVIEW and TestStand in this post.

 

I know it's a simple thing, but as much as one switches back and forth between the two integrated programs it would be nice if this was common functionality!

 

Thanks,

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