Wanting better Labview/TestStand Integration

[jb706]

I wish LabView's development environment was more TestStand aware.

I have both LabView and TestStand development environments open at the same time developing a sequence and code modules.  I have created some sequence file globals as part of my sequence file and I wish to set/get these globals inside my code module that I am writing at the same time.  I can get access to these variables with "TestStand - Set Property.vi".  However, I wish I could right click on the "Lookup String" terminal and have LabView produce a list of all the variables I have created in TestStand.  This way I could quickly choose the Lookup String rather than typing it in all the time.  For large applications this would be a time saver, dont you think?

[paulmw]

I think that is a good idea but I won't coment on how feasable that may be.

But I will comment on the feature that was added in previous TestStand releases that allows you to access the whole VI connector pane instead of the default sequence context, error out, data out, and so on.  With that new feature, I have found it rare that I even need to use the "TestStand - Set Property.vi" and other similar VI's anymore.  I just make the VI connector pane have the input/output I need and then in the Module configuration I can send any value (Locals, Literal, globals) that it requires.

[AEDavid]

That's a great idea, jb706!  You can make product suggestions read directly by R&D at http://sine.ni.com/apps/utf8/nicc.call_me.  Paulmw already pointed out the easiest way to pass variables from TestStand to LabVIEW that is currently implemented.  Please let us know if you have any questions concerning it.