Is there anyway to write sequence file without opening NI teststand 4.2 ?

[Dennis_Knutson]

Frankly, I think you would have to be insane to attempt to use the ini format directly. Instead of the full develoment system, look at the custom sequence editor.

[krishna_ak]

Hi Juergen,

     As we need to work on remote systems there by working on Teststand in remote systems is very slow. We can't develop in sequence files in local server due to some contraints and polices. Hence I though if we write the sequence file using ini format then it will be easier to dump those files in remote server and execute.

     However after doing some sample test I felt that it requires lot of patience to understand the ini format. I have created one sequence file which will do addition of 2 numbers and store the result. I saved the file using .ini format then when I open it has 1045 steps, ofcourse most of the things are common but it requires patience :-).

    Now I am more interested to know more about TS-API. Could you post me an example ?

   Hope you understand my problem.

Thanks,

Krishna

Ak Aerotek Software Center Pvt Ltd

Bangalore

[Dennis_Knutson]

Sounds like the constraint is that you donn't have a TestStand license and the policy is to not buy one.

Pretty sure that Juergen was referring to the TestStand development system or the custom editor I mentioned.

[krishna_ak]

Hi Dennis,

        Sorry to say this, in remote servers we have 4 Teststand licences however we have very tight schedule and work is more. Hence more than 8 people of working. Hence we are thinking in a different approach rather than increasing the cost of the project.

Thanks,

Krishna

[j_dodek]

Hi Krishna,

Here are some Threads that will show how you use the TS-API

NOTE: To make it independed all the TS-API were done in TestStand itself. If you really want to do

this. you should do it in your preferd programming language.

http://forums.ni.com/t5/NI-TestStand/how-to-crate-​an-action-step-in-teststan-using-C-along-with/td-...

http://forums.ni.com/t5/NI-TestStand/Create-a-LabV​IEW-Step-dynamically/m-p/977348#M25792

http://forums.ni.com/t5/NI-TestStand/Insert-SubSeq​uence-Call-Step-using-TS-API/m-p/628857#M17591

addtional http://ftp.ni.com/pub/branches/germany/vipdays_09_​sessions/Automotive_5_Automatische_Dodek.pdf.

Hope this Helps,

Juergen

[~jiggawax~]

@"Sorry to say this, in remote servers we have 4 Teststand licences however we have very tight schedule and work is more. Hence more than 8 people of working. Hence we are thinking in a different approach rather than increasing the cost of the project."

You know that you can use computer-based licenses right?  But if the more than 8 people need access at the same time then you can't do it.

http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/9288059A188C721E862570F5006F0738

Regards,