Adding a Wait step from C#

[dvtseng]

I'm trying to add a Wait step to a sequence file from C# and can't figure out the syntax. I've got the code to add other steps (

NewStep(AdapterKeyNames.SequenceAdapterKeyName, StepTypes.StepType_SequenceCall)). Is there something similar for the Wait?

Thanks

[~jiggawax~]

NewStep("", "Wait") should do the trick....

Let me know if that won't work.

[~jiggawax~ · Accepted solution]

It may need to be:

NewStep("", "NI_Wait")   🙂

[dvtseng]

That worked to add the step. As a follow up question, how do you then modify the time interval in C#?

[~jiggawax~]

It will be a string property of the step.  Use the step reference to do something like:

Step.AsPropertyObject.SetValString("TimeExpr", 0, "TimeInSeconds")  The TimeInSeconds would be a value like 1 or 2.

If you are in the sequence editor you can see the subproperties by adding a step of that type and then clicking on the Property Browser on the Properties tab.

Hope this helps,

[dvtseng]

That helps alot. One more question. Is there any documentation for the step type names for calling them in the API?

[~jiggawax~]

There is a list of common ones.  In the TestStand help on the index tab type: StepTypes

You will see there are some constants for the common step types.

However, if you want to know the real name of a step type then you look in the type pallette.  That will have the actual name.  Because step types are technically data types you cannot have two steps with the same name loaded into memory at the same time.  So if you see it defined in your sequence file and in an ini file they are really the same type in memory.

Hope this helps,