updating status field of execution tab

[mrbean]

I'm using TS3.5 & LV8.20.  I am working with the LV version of the TS OI and I would like to modify the OI behavior slightly.  I have steps in my sequence that call VIs that are somewhat lengthy (upto 4 min).  Since I currently don't display the VI's front panel during the test (since it's an Oscilloscope self test, and there's no operator intervention required), I would like to provide some type of indication that a test is in progress "Don't panic".  My initial thought was to change the 'status' field (next to the step name) to something like 'Running', then to 'pass' or 'fail' depending on the result.  I'm not sure where to do this, though.

Are there other, more accepted methods (hour glass, popup, etc) that would be more appropriate?  Thoughts?

[~jiggawax~]

Hi Mr. Bean,

There are multiple ways you can go about this but the simplest way would be to send a UI message from TS to your OI and then have an led or some sort of indicator that shows there is a test in progress.  I am going to link a great source of information about UIMessages:

http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/4532

If you have the course manuals there is a good exercise in TestStand II Exercise 5-2 that demonstrates setting these up and how to handle them in TestStand as well.

Regards,

[paulmw]

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Are there other, more accepted methods (hour glass, popup, etc) that would be more appropriate?  Thoughts?

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I have used this example progress bar pop-up before.  I found it by doing a search for progress bar on the example code pages.  There is also another search result example that you may find useful.