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[Srm27]

Hi,

I hope you can give some direction on the following?

I need to understand the flow from the desktop icon to the controlling sequence to the unique sequence for the selected product.

The used of the desktop icon so the user will select the product to be tested, while in the controlling sequence are the common steps required to be preformed regardless of product. Then comes the unique sequence for the product selected.

Where do I find the information to tie all this together. At this point in time going on a NI course is not an option.

Thanks for the help

Simon

[Robert.L]

Hi Simon

Have you looked at the online tutorials I have attached a link below.

They are extensive in the material which they cover.

Is there a precise area that you are looking to understand or is it a complete overview?

 http://search.ni.com/nisearch/app/main/p/bot/no/ap/tech/lang/en/pg/1/sn/catnav:tu/q/NI%20TestStand%2...

[RayFarmer]

Hi,

Look at the NI Teststand Reference Manual Chapter 8 - Configuring Sequence Editor and User Interface Startup Options.

Basically your short-cut will launch either the Sequence Editor (SeqEditor.exe) or the User Interface (testexec.exe) and you will pass command-line parameters to tell the application which sequence file to load, which Sequence to run and if you wanted the application to shutdown when completed, the quit command.

eg testexec.exe /run MainSequence "c:\My Seqs\test.seq" /quit

This line loads sequence file "c:\My Seqs\test.seq" and runs MainSequence and then when it's completes the execution of MainSequence the application (testexec.exe) will close. Note this would not use the Process Model

if you wanted to run with the Process Model entry point then your command-line would be

 testexec.exe /runEntryPoint "Single Pass" "c:\My Seqs\test.seq" /quit

Hope this helps

[Srm27]

Hi,

Thanks for that.

For the moment I need a complete overview.

In time we hope to move to the most recent TestStand and LabWindows/CVI on Windows 7, all going well.

Thanks

Simon

[Robert.L]

Hi Simon

For a complete overview the following resources will be beneficial. The First is an overview of TestStand program. The second using the NI TestStand object model has detailed information on the architecture TestStand API and API inheritance.

If it is possible at some point to go on a training course I would highly recommend them as they will give you a complete overview and understanding of the program as a whole.

An overview of TestStand

http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/5173

TestStand object model

http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/8301