EditTimeMenuItem.ItemTextExpression using String Input

[My NI]

Hello,

i have created a Sequence File to configure the Sequence Editor (4.0) Tool Menu dynamically. Now i have a question about the ActiveX Function EditTimeMenuItem.ItemTextExpression, which need a String as Input. Take an example: to set the name of a new Menu to "New Menu", i must type "\"New Menu\""  instead of "New Menu". Otherwise i get the Menu Name "Unexpected token: Menu".

I think it maybe a small mistake in the value transfer, isn't it?



ItemTextExpression Property

Syntax
EditTimeMenuItem.ItemTextExpression

Data Type
String

Purpose
Specifies the expression TestStand uses to determine the menu item text at run time.

[AllenP]

The string must be an expression.  The string will be evaluated, so if you are providing a constant string value, the quotes marking it as a constant need to be escaped when defining the string (depending on what environment you are setting the property).

Allen P.

[My NI]

Hi Allen, thank you for your quick answer.

But i still don't understand, why the Input format of this String is different than that in Function EditTimeMenuItem.EnabledExpression or in Function EditTimeMenuItem.HiddenExpression? Both are Expression.

[AllenP]

The enabled expressions must evaluate to a Boolean.  The ItemTextExpression must evaluate to a String.