Is there a limit to step types? "Insert step" doesn't show all step types.

[osnovikov]

Hello,

I am observing a weird behavior with TestStand 2.0. As soon as the number of step types that i created goes beyond 60, I can't see some of the steps in the "Insert Step" pop up dialog. It doesn't show the arrows at the top and bottom, as usually, and only shows 53 options to pick, even though there should be 61 items. If remove the step type I created last, I get all of the step types available to be selected. On the other hand, if I open the same files in version 4.1, all of the types are shown. Is there something I can do with version 2.0 to get over this issue?

Thanks,

Sam.

[Eric_B.]

Sam,

I tried replicating this issue in TestStand 2.1 and saw a similar problem, though not exact.  I had enough step types to make two columns in the Insert Step pop-up dialog, but some of the steps before it broke into a new column did not show up.  I could still access those though using the arrow keys.  After using the mouse pointer to highlight a step type, you can use the arrow keys to navigate down into the part of the list that isn't shown on the screen and hit enter to insert the step.  If you know exactly where your step should be in the list, you can select it and insert it, but other than that, there's no other way around it.  As you noted, this was a bug in TestStand 2.0/2.1 and it was resolved in a later version, so this is no longer a problem with current versions of TestStand.

[osnovikov]

Yes, that is the problem I am talking about. I guess i will have to create a new group for the types, that way I can see them. Thanks!

[RayFarmer]

Hi,

There is a limit to the number of Step Types that can be displayed in the palette, I can not remeber what that figure was, but maybe I can find my post from years ago.

Regards

Ray Farmer

[RayFarmer]

Hi,

256 is the limit. I couldn't find my original post but I found another post that made reference to that post.

Regards

Ray Farmer