Teststand change step name and save it

[Nick1991]

Hi All,

I know how to change the name of a step during execution of a sequence dynamically. However I want this name to be saved in the sequence file and not only changed during runtime. 

Fyi: I have to automatically add numbers to step names for error logging purposes. 

Is it possible to save these new step names?

[J.Ludwig]

Hi Nick,

you need to save it to "RunState.SequenceFile.Data.FileGlobalDefaults".

[Nick1991]

Hi,

Thanks for your help, however I don't see how I can save step names into "RunState.SequenceFile.Data.FileGlobalDefaults".

I used Fileglobaldefaults once, but it was to save variables permanently in the sequence file.

So please could you explain this further?

Thanks.

[J.Ludwig · Accepted solution]

Hi Nick,

sorry for not being specific enough. Also I took a wrong turn in writing "FileGlobalDefaults"...

I just created a new sequence, adding one "Action" step and navigated to it:

RunState.SequenceFile.Data.Seq["MainSequence"].Main["Action"]

Then, with the TeststandAPI shown, I can get this:

RunState.SequenceFile.Data.Seq["MainSequence"].Main["Action"].Name

If you save the new string here, it should be kept, even after the execution ends.

I hope now it works. 😉

Edit: Of course you should reference to the steps you want to change by number, not by name as obviously calling them by name wouldn't work.

[Nick1991]

Hi,

Thanks, this was where I was looking for…