Stepping into DLL code from TestStand

[Mike_Kammerer]

Hi,

Is there any way to find out if a function in a DLL has been activated by the "Step Into" command of TestStand? (I am using the DLL flexible prototype adapter). I want my DLL function to behave in a different manner if you step into it than stepping over. In the first case, it should output some debug data in a special window. This has nothing to do with debugging the DLL in CVI, I know how to do that and it works fine. My question is: Is there any way to ask TestStand via the SequenceContext how it was called (Run, Step Over, Step Into etc....)?

Thanks

Mike

[RayFarmer]

Hi Mike,

You can obtain the run mode of a step from its hidden properties eg Step.TS.Mode

Under the Menu | Configure | Station Options - select Preferences Tab. You can enable the show hidden properties.

Regards
Ray Farmer

[Mike_Kammerer]

Hi Ray,

the Step.TS.Mode property tells me only if the step is executed normal, is skipped or forced to pass/fail. The information about stepping over or into cannot be retrieved from this property. I also tried to use the Execution Run States (Paused, Running, Stopped), but it always says "Running". Hm.... any other idea?

Mike

[Ryan Ramcharan]

Hi Mike,

Unfortunately there is no way to extract this information. I will definitely make a note of this and notify the developers of the issue, so that we may implement it in future versions of TestStand. Sorry for any inconvenience.

[Vincent Hotchamps]

Did you find a solution to determine how a step was called ?
I want to write a custom step type with special behaviour when called with Step Into.