networked string resource files

[Dennis_Knutson]

I've created some custom string resource files for user interface messages such as message popups. I've located them in the Components\User\Language\English directory of each computer running TestStand. Instead, I would like to have a single copy on a networked drive so that I only have to update a single location when the strings change. Is there any way to have TestStand automatically load non-local string resource files and have the ResStr function work.

[KittF]

As you have determined, ResStr will work for the files you add to Components\User\Language\ or Components\NI\Language\ (as documented starting on page 3-6 of the TS user manual). However, at the moment there is no way to redirect TestStand to look in a directory located on a server.

NI has documented this suggestion and will consider it for future releases of TestStand.