Is there an easy way to peer review a test stand sequence?

[LockheedJoe]

We need to peer review our code, include TestStand. With code, we usually send out hard copy of what's going to be reviewed first. A few days later we all sit in a room and discuss what minor and major error's were found. Here's the hurdles we have to over come with TestStand.

1) We need a hard copy for review to red line. Screen shots are a major hassle because you have to show the sequence and all the panels that were changed. There can be a lot of panels to change per sequence step and it would be preferable if didn't kill a forest doing this.

2) If we were to show it on the screen and discuss it (We've tried this and it's hard to do.), we have no conference rooms with TestStand installed (we can't afford extra copies just for peer reviews) and we don't use laptops (don't ask me why, ask IT) Then there's the problem of documenting the reviewed changes, you would have text describing the picture on the screen. Highly inaccurate. We've had problems doing this, gathered around a screen in a cube.

We also have no equivalent SLOC between any language and all the panels we have to set up for TestStand.

So I need suggestions, tools, anything to help the peer review process for TestStand Sequences. Or if someone knows of an alternative way to peer review TestStand.

Thanks

[Cabman]

Have you tried the Sequence File Documentation tool? You can either use the reports as is are custimize to your liking. We have done that, not for Peer reviews, but to document all the specs we test to.

If you include text in the comments field of any step or sequence, such as software changes, it will show up in the report as well.

Dave

[LockheedJoe]

Thanks, the Documentation tool looks like it can work for what we need it to. I never realized it was there.

Thanks

[Prasanna Kumar]

Hi, There is a stylesheet available for TestStand 4.0 sequence files saved in XML format.
See the following post - http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=330&thread.id=18543

Regards
Prasanna Kumar
National Instruments

[RayFarmer]

Hi,

Have you tried the SequenceFile viewer at the following link

http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=330&thread.id=18071

I have a few issues with it when you try to obtain a printout and I have yet to try it on a system that doesn't have TestStand installed.

Regards

Ray Farmer

[Prasanna Kumar]

Ray,
 Can you please provide more details on the issues you are facing while printing the sequence files.

Regards,
Prasanna Kumar
National Instruments

[RayFarmer]

Prasanna Kumar,

Will do, I can either post it here or email direct, which so you prefer?

Regards

Ray

[Anand_Jain]

Ray,

Posting your comments here will be fine.

Regards
Anand Jain
National Instruments

[RayFarmer]

Prasanna Kumar,

Its the usual thing when trying to print a html page(s), its not a clean divide between one page and the next. At least it doesn't cut off the text at the right hand margin.

The other is an apperance thing. The table grid is rather bold and therefore tends to make it difficuilt to pick out the information within the table.

Regards

Ray