NI Operator Interface

[Rafi2003]

HI,

The Full-Feathered Operator Interface provided by NI remembers the last sequence(s) that were loaded before exiting it. Is there a switch to disable this feature? I would like to call the operator Interface without any sequence loading!

Thanks
Rafi

[pdobratz]

Rafi,

Yes, this is a property of the active X control. If you are using the CVI version (and TS3.x), in MAINPANEL, you can right-click on the Application Manager Control and select "Edit Control." Change the property ReloadSequenceFilesOnStart to zero (ReloadFile_None).

--Peter

[icastillejos]

Following this thread, I have a question. I am mantaining a OI and some of the users would like to set ApplicationMgr.ReloadSequenceFilesOnStart to ReloadFile_All but some of them strongly prefer the ReloadFile_None option, as this is harcoded on the OI I would not like to deal with two versions of the OI. Is there a way to access this by means of an .ini file or something like that. I have been trying to access this property using an Activex step that calls the TestStand API but I haven't been succesful so far.

Thank you for your help,

Iñaki

[AndrewMc]

Iñaki,

It sounds like you are trying to have the user input whether they want to remember the previous sequence files or not.  Does this sound correct?

If so, are you wanting to have a control on your operator interface to specify this setting or are you wanting to pop up with a message to prompt the user whether to load the previous files?  How are you wanting this to be implemented?

Since the setting is dependent on the operator interface, I'm not surprised that you cannot get the ActiveX to work.  What you can do, however, is programmatically set the attribute using the TestStand API.  In CVI, for instance, you can use the function TSUI_ApplicationMgrSetReloadSequenceFilesOnStart to programmatically set that attribute.

Hopefully this will provide some guidance in your application.

Message Edited by AndrewMc on 09-08-2006 02:06 PM