Using the Get Property Value VI to get TestStand Container

[Phil-G]

I have a station global that is container of strings containing instrument ip addresses. I'd like to use the get property value sub vi to pull the container into my LabVIEW vi, is there a way to do this? I don't remember having this issue is past versions of TestStand but it's been a while since I used TestStand.

[~jiggawax~ · Accepted solution]

When you expand the drop down on the Get Property Value VI you can see the data types it supports.  Unfortunately for you, cluster of strings is not one of them.  Therefore you need to get each piece individually.

I've thrown together a simple example of what it would look like if you wanted to get them as an array of strings.  Check it out.  You could then take the array and convert it to a datatype if needed.

[~jiggawax~]

There's a mistake in my example.  It should say StationGlobals at the beginning.

[Phil-G]

Yes, this was what I was missing, I was getting frustrated because I remembered it being a pretty trivial thing, just needed to shake some of the rust off, thank you