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Hassan_Atassi

File>>New>Sequence

Status: Declined
Because sequences are not actual files, it doesn't make sense to add the creation of a sequence to the File drop down menu. Thanks for the feedback though! Lars

Hi all,

 

Currently if you go to File>>New, there is an option to create a New Sequence File, New Workspace File and New Analyzer Project, but no option to create a new Sequence.  Instead you have go to your sequences pane right-click and select New Sequence.  This can be confusing to new users who may be looking in the File>>New menu to create a new sequence.  Why not make this an option?

 

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Regards,

Hassan Atassi
Senior Group Manager, Digital Support
2 Comments
warren_scott
Active Participant

The problem is that a sequence is not a file -- everything else in that list is a file.  If we allow creating a new sequence from File -> new, then we also need to allow for creating a new step, local variable, file global variable, station global variable, type, parameter ... and the list goes on.

 

However, the file that IS missing from that File -> new list is a type palette file, which (to best of my knowledge) can only be created through a the type palette editor.

Lars_L
NI Employee (retired)
Status changed to: Declined
Because sequences are not actual files, it doesn't make sense to add the creation of a sequence to the File drop down menu. Thanks for the feedback though! Lars