Teststep Decription shows wrong values until i open tree-view

[OnlyOne]

Hello,
i´m using TS 3.5 and LV 8.2.1
I have a simple numeric-teststep with labview-adapter.

In the teststep-filetype i added a container called "data" which contains one numeric-value called: "num"

The labview-vi that i call changes via active-x the value of this parameter "Step.data.num".

When i open the tree-view on the left side then i see, that this worked, because the value has changed.

Now the problem:
In sequence-filetypes i opened properties of my teststep and in the tab "Default Expression" i changed the "Status Expression".
Normally it shows only the step-name, but i added to show also the value of "Step.data.num".
This was done by just adding the text: ==> +" " + "num: "+Str(Step.data.num)

But when i run the teststep and i know that the value has changed the description stays on the old value what it was before running the step.
But when i open the tree-view and see that the value is really there and go back to see the description, then the description is  also correct,

So the question is: What do i have to do to update the decription that it displays the correct value at once?

Thanks for any hint, tip or help.

[RebeccaFo]

Hello,

it´s a little bit difficult to understand what you are doing. So perhaps it´s possible for you to attach a minimzed VI and a minimzed sequence where we can see what you´re question is.

Thanks,

[RayFarmer]

Hi OnlyOne,

Do you increment the SequenceFile Change Count to indicate that you have change the sequence file?

Regards

Ray Farmer

[OnlyOne]

Hello Ray,
i never heard of this ChangeCount... Where do i set this value?
And, your´re right: the sequence doesn´t show a "*" to indicate that there was a change.

Message Edited by OnlyOne on 05-11-2007 02:52 AM

[RayFarmer]

Hi,

You can use the TS API Property method SequenceFile.ChangeCount to get the count value, increment it and then set it back.

Hope this helps

Regards

Ray

[OnlyOne]

I found the property but it is only for read, i cant change it to write.

[OnlyOne]

Hello again,
i found the property:
Its hidden under
SequenceContext -> SelectedPropertyObjectFile -> IncChangeCount

Now it word perfect with updating the description after the values are changed with Active-X.

Thanks for this great help

[j_dodek]

Hi Ray and OnlyOne,

Thanks for pointing out!

Juergen