Customize tempalate path - shared template

[g_Ricky]

Hi to All,

How we can share by LAN the TestStand templates? We are a team and we want to build some TestStand templates, we want that everyone can see the templates made from team-people. I suppose we can change path where TestStand load templates data, can we link that path to LAN folder? How we can do that?

Bye

[LiciaP]

Hi Riccardo,

have a look at this KB and see it can suite what you need to do!

I hope this will help!

Bye!

Licia

[Manooch_H]

Hi Riccardo,

The Templates.ini file stores the TestStand templates and is located in the TestStand Cfg directory. In order to accomplish your goal, you'll basically have to place the TestStand Cfg directory in the network location you desire and configure TestStand to look to that location when loading its configuration files.

Please note that TestStand will write to these files. In particular, it will write to the TestExec.ini file everytime TestStand shuts down. This could cause a problem if multiple users are accessing the files simultaneously and both their machines attempt to write to the files at the same time. In order to avoid this, the TestExec.ini file will have to be set to Read Only.

In order to change the location of the TestStand Cfg directory, you'll have to change the Configuration Directory setting in the Station Options Dialog box. From the TestStand Online Help:

Configuration Directory—The location of the configuration directory. When this value is changed, TestStand displays the Copy Configuration Settings dialog box, in which you can copy the files in the current configuration directory to the new location.

• <TestStand Default Location>—The default location, which is <TestStand Application Data>\Cfg.

  Note  TestStand stores the configuration directory path in the Windows registry under the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\National Instruments\TestStand\<TestStand Version>\CfgLocation. You must have write authority to the Windows registry to change this value.

Hope this helps.