Hello Holt,
The VeriStand engine only deals with double precision data type. Workspace objects are generally supposed to control/display channels so no need for strings. Also, strings are eager to cause jitter, which is not something you usually want in a Real-Time Testing application.
If you really want to display some strings that come from other components (Stimulus, Gateway, Custom Devices...), I'd advise you to look at the Free Label control. It's located in <Public Documents\National Instruments\VeriStand 20xx\Display Templates\
Regards,
Eric M. - Senior Software Engineer
Certified LabVIEW Architect - Certified LabVIEW Embedded Systems Developer - Certified LabWindows™/CVI Developer
Neosoft Technologies inc.