teststand flexible custom type

[hakimS]

hello,

i creat a new custom data type in my sequence file name T_Machine contain

{
  name : String,
  IPaddress : String,
  index : Number,
  id : String,
  params : Container, // can contain many parameters different from machine to another, it is empty by default
}

see the image below

and in the fileglobals i create an array of T_Machine but when i try to insert filed into the params container i can't

why ?

and the idea is i want to create a params of every machine for exemple : i want create params.Port for the first machine

and params.Data for the second machine.

[Shashidhar · Accepted solution]

karimS,

By default, the expectation is that, the structure of T_Machine (including its sub-container) will be same in all its instance. Hence, you are seeing the behavior which is expected.

If you really want to have different content under a container, you need to set the `UnstructuredProperty` flag. In your case, under T_Machine custom data type, right click on params container. Go to Properties. Click on advanced button and select flags to modify the flags. There, enable PropFlags_UnstructuredProperty.

By doing the above, you will get the behavior you want.

-Shashidhar