How can I open an external application using NI TestStand?

[Preeti_Udapudi]

Hello All,

I have 2019-32 bit TestStand and 2019-32 bit LabVIEW. I want to open VI package manager application using NI TestStand sequence and want to check the current version of a particular(ex: Datalogging Library) labVIEW library installed. Manually it is easy to check the version of any library, but I would like to automate it in TestStand by creating a sequence. Your inputs are very much welcomed. 

Thanks in advance!

Preeti

[~jiggawax~]

Does VIPM have an API that you can check those things with?

[~jiggawax~]

Looks like it does: https://support.vipm.io/hc/en-us/articles/214136183-VIPM-API

My suggestion is to call those VIs directly from TestStand.

[Preeti_Udapudi]

Hello Jigg,

Thank you for the VIPM API. It was helpful.