Shortcut key for MainSequence run

[Jick]

Hi,

Many times I need to run the MainSequence after a change somewhere in a subsequence. Because there is no shortcut key for that action (First go to the MainSequence then Execute->Run MainSequence) it is pretty time consuming. It would be nice to have that shortcut key in TestStand.

Best Regards,

Jick

[RayFarmer]

Maybe it could be explanded to include all menu items with the ability to change / add. Maybe held in a new cfg file that you would beable to include as part of the deployment.

[AllenP]

You can do this in 4.0 or higher.  Although it would run the current sequence, not MainSequence.  That may be good enough for you.

Right-click the toolbars and choose Customize.  Click the "Keyboard..." button in the bottom right.  In the Execute category, you'll see an "Run MainSequence" or "Run <SequenceName>" Command in the listbox on the right.  You can specify the shortcut in the combobox below.

This command will only execute whatever sequence is active, so if you select a different sequence in the same file, that one would become active.

[Jick]

Thanks, it helps but this is only part of the trick. There might be hundred sequences on the list and the most of the time goes when I scan the sequence list and go to MainSequence (or some other). Is it possible to add a shortcut key for "go to the sequenceX and run it" ?

[dug9000]

You could make a process model entry point that executes MainSequence in the client file and does nothing else. If you make it the first or second execution entry point it will have a hotkey by default or you can assign a different one if you don't like the default hotkeys for the first two entry points.

Hope this helps,

-Doug