08-04-2011 08:26 AM
We currently put all customized model and front end sequences under c:\Documents and Settings\...\TestStand 4.1\Models etc. We have since customized modelsupport2.* and reportgen*.seq files found in Program Files\NI\TestStand 4.1\Components\Models\TestStandModels. Question is where to store these customized files. There is an assortment of subfolders under Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\NI\TestStand 4.1.
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08-04-2011 09:13 AM
What version of Windows do you have?
The file structure in All Users\Documents\NI\TestStand 4.1 should be similar to that in Program Files\NI\TestStand 4.1. Essentially they are equal. The key is TestStand looks in the All Users Directory first. If it doesn't find it there then it goes into the Program Files one. You can verify this by opening your search directories (Configure>>Search Directories). Look for a item in the list called Public components directory. Look at the path for that. The very next entry should be TestStand components directory. Look at the path for that. They both have Subdirs checked. If you were to switch those around (meaning TestStand components directory before Public components directory) then TestStand would grab the default files and not the ones you modified.
So you should put modelsupport2 in Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\NI\TestStand 4.1\Components\Models\TestStandModels\modelsupport2.*
reportgen*.seq should go in the same folder.
If those folders don't exist then create them. You can probably get away without creating them and just placing it all in the base dir (Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\NI\TestStand 4.1) but I recommend structuring it the same so you don't get confused and it has the same look and feel.
Hope this helps!
08-04-2011 12:32 PM
Thank you! That clears it up. We will be migrating soon from XP to Windows 7