Update VI Calls doesn't work with TestStand User Interface application

[paulmueller]

If I run Update VI Calls from the Sequence Editor, it works fine. It displays a popup dialog allowing me to select options for updating VI calls. However, if I select Update VI Calls from any of the TestStand User Interface application, I don't get the popup dialog. Update VI Calls doesn't seem to do anything. I tried this with the LabVIEW, CVI, and other user interface applications. I have TestStand 4.1 and LabVIEW 8.5.1 installed. This seems to be a bug.

[RayFarmer]

Hi,

This maybe an editor function only and therefore you would have to launch the UI in editor mode, eg testexec.exe /editor.

Regards

Ray Farmer

[paulmueller]

Hi Ray,

I already tried editor mode; I just forgot to mention it. Any other ideas?

Paul

[Jervin Justin]

Hi Paul,

Do you get any kind of error message? Which Operator Interface are you using (Full Featured / Simple)?

I was able to run it on my machine that is running TestStand 4.1 with LabVIEW 8.5.1. The only thing I had to do was move the dependent assembly TSDotNetLib.dll from <TestStand>\Bin to the directory of the Operator Interface. 

[paulmueller]

Hi Jervin,

Yes, that was the fix. Copying TSDotNetLib.dll to reside alongside my UI executable fixed it perfectly. Thank you very much.

It was unfortunate that I didn't get any error message or notification. And this behavior applies to all of the UI executables.