TestStand 14 Sequence Editor's new features

[j_dodek]

Hi,

Since TS14 there is a pretty nice feature when opening sequnce files from older versions.

Typically there was always a star behind your file. Now it is a +. Pretty good because now you will see that "automatic" update

has been performed.

Is there a documentation about such new features, because i was not able to find it in the feature list.

Regards

Juergen

[~jiggawax~]

http://www.ni.com/white-paper/52330/en/

You mean like that?

http://zone.ni.com/reference/en-XX/help/370052N-01/tshelp/infotopics/2014whatsnew/#AddEnhancements

or that?

The problem is that sometimes it takes a while to upgrade to the latest version of TestStand and so maybe 2 or 3 new ones have come out since then.  You not only need to look at the features in the latest version but any that have appeared since you last upgraded. 

http://zone.ni.com/reference/en-XX/help/370052M-01/TOC2.htm

Regards,

[j_dodek]

Hi Jigg,

Thats not what l am looking for.....

BTW the white paper was new to me.
Especially the graphics of sharing variables .net/Labview.

NI is pointing it out in help-files, i have read it... but the graphics had more impact to me!

Another great feature as well.

Regards

Juergen

[dug9000]

Glad you like that feature. Most of the new features are listed here:

http://zone.ni.com/reference/en-XX/help/370052N-01/tshelp/infotopics/2014whatsnew/

however that one seems to be missing from the list. You are correct that the '+' indicator is to show that a file is modified due to conversions that occurred when it was loaded. You will also get a '+' if the file was modified at load time due to type conflict resolution.

Let us know if you have any additional questions or feedback regarding this.

-Doug

[j_dodek]

Hi Doug,

thanks for pointing out.

I was just wondering if there are more characters implemented.

Maybe you have a feature for "#" 

Regards

Juergen

[~jiggawax~]

That's unfortunate that this got overlooked in the documentation.  I figured out what it was but I did have a couple guys on my team who misunderstood it.  Thanks for clarifying the data type as well.  I only assumed it was for files saved in different versions of TS.

Good stuff.

[dug9000]

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@~jiggawax~ wrote:

That's unfortunate that this got overlooked in the documentation.  I figured out what it was but I did have a couple guys on my team who misunderstood it.  Thanks for clarifying the data type as well.  I only assumed it was for files saved in different versions of TS.

Good stuff.

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There is a tooltip that's displayed that explains the meaning of '+' if you hover over the document tab for a document that's showing a '+' (perhaps this is too subtle though).

 

Basically, '+' means the file was only modified indirectly by things that happened at load time and not by any direct user interaction.

And no, there is no '#' or other symbols with different additional meanings, just '+' and '*' for now :).

-Doug