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Calling teststand engine from python - is it going to be supported as good as in .Net/labVIEW?

hi,

a question is in the subject. the reason is that is a bit annoying to call it through win32com (especially that I have problems to install those libs - "no matching distribution found for") since it looks that there won't be any code completion support.

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I can't share detailed roadmap info but we're always looking to improve our API support. A few questions:

  • What are you hoping to use the API for?
    • Building a python based operator interface
    • Using the API inside of a TestStand Code Module
    • Using the API to create utility scripts (generate or modify sequences programmatically, etc...)
    • Anything else?
  • How would you expect to access an instance of the Engine from Python?
    • From a single interpreter
    • From multiple interpreters on the same PC
    • From multiple interpreters on different PCs
    • Anything else?

Thanks,

Trent

https://www.linkedin.com/in/trentweaver
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For now I am considering "simple" usage: analyse sequences (i.e. get some data, sum it and store into tables etc.), generate/modify sequences. So no operator interface and for now single interpreter should be sufficient.

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