Can TestStand 2.0.1 store/compare strings (local variables, strings in *.ini files) as unicode strings?

[Paul G]

Can TestStand 2.0.1 store/compare strings (local variables, e.t.c) as unicode strings? If so, how can I tune TS to do it? Is there built-in support for such strings in newer versions of TS? I've not found sufficient information on the matter at the DevZone Forums.

[RayFarmer]

Hi Paul,

Try this example, I'm sure I downloaded this from NI website.

This just reads keys from an INI file but you can also write to an ini file by using the appropiate functions in the dll.


Hope this helps
Regards
Ray Farmer

[Paul G]

Hi Ray.

Thank you for the idea, but it seems doesn't work.
I've changed all the necessary points for working with unicode strings (WinAPI functions from ASCII to unicode versions with strings passed as unicode strings), but it made no effect.
Its interesting for me, how japanees version of TS works with strings?

BR,
Pavel.

[Shannon R]

Paul G.,

There is one post that discusses unicode strings: How to use Unicode characters with TestStand?

This post mentions that unicode is not supported in TestStand 2.0.1 (the version that was released at the time). Unfortunately, TestStand 3.0 does not support unicode characters either.

Currently, National Instruments software products are localized into a particular language rather than supporting unicode. This is a feature that we are considering for future versions.

If you have more questions, feel free to respond.

Regards,
Shannon R.
Applications Engineer
National Instruments