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Modifying names in interface are never good idea, but some times it is must.

No matter is the change made in LabVIEW Front Panel or in TestStand type cluster mapping. Or the cluster type is changed for some other reason. The changes needs to be applied in LabVIEW module call parameters.

When you have multiple sequence files and multiple calls to same VI or with same cluster type in each of them, you would not really want to go trough the steps one by one.

Ideas:

- Cluster mapping changes apllied with LabVIEW Protorype reload

- Cluster mapping changes applied to hole sequence file or/and to all same VI calls in the sequence file

- Need of cluster mapping change applying notified with Analyzer

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Hi NI Teststand developers

Don’t you find it hard setting up Teststand with all the different settings possible, scattered in al the different locations?

Why is it not possible to put all this settings in one form with tabs. (like in MS VisualStudio)

Especially the Cfg directory is packet with possible stumbling rocks.
This improvement includes the configuration menu.

I usually spend a lot of time just setting up TS. When finally arriving in the deployment state. I stumble again trough this setting forgetting important things because they are scattered throughout Teststand.

It would be an immense improvement of the TS usability

If you start improving this, don’t forget to adjust the editable field sizes of forms etc., so they can be read and edited in a practical way.

Another thing I find not really user friendly, is the form settings lock. When I try to load a workspace and the lock is set (worked in TS2019), I get an error. Why this?

It would be nice to hear your statement to this, and when you find time to improve this.
If you need more improvement hints (there are some more) , don’t hesitate to contact me.

I just switched from TS2019 to TS2023. I am not finding a way to configure the TS editor, witch is a hard to orientate flash of white and black screen. The color separation of the different panes, icons, step colors, fields and menues is not given and there are no clearly visible frames distinguished by backcolors. Working with this new GUI is tedious and not suitable, not suporting a rapid development idea. The attention of development shold be by the code and not by the absorbing search and brain consuming editor. How can I use the old 2019 condition gain? Could you please change this in the NEXT Teststand version?

Hello all,

I'm starting to do some Test Stand sequences, and I'm having a Fatal Error that is always forcing me to close the program. This error always happens in the first run and I just can avoid it by deactivate and activate one option in the adapters configurations tab.

The error that I'm having is the next one -> "labviewv.lib was unable to locate a suitable location to resolve "MGApp". This may happen when too many instances of labview have been loaded into the same process."

Can someone help me to correct this error?

My team uses Analyzer Rules to enforce best practices for developers across sequence files and workspaces with great results. However we would love to be able to also provide rule checking and warnings for developers on some basic *.tsd file content such as Installer Name field, and build-path & installation-path/image-path, etc... New (or rusty!) developers often miss steps in their configuration and needlessly struggle with badly behaving deployments.

As TSD files do not appear to have an API available from TestStand at this time nor conform to a json/xml syntax internally, for easy parsing via 3rd party tools, some method(s) for 'reading' file (or converting to readable syntax) may also be required in order to build rules effectively?

I am currently working on a project using the Teststand software's seq editor. This project has many steps, with nearly 3000 steps. During my seq editing and debugging process, sometimes I need to repeatedly jump in different sections and change some parameters. Oh my God, quickly finding a step between so many steps is driving me crazy, and I feel like my life is getting dark.

So I was thinking, why can't Teststand add a serial number display to the left of the seq edit box? This way, whether I am positioning a certain step or telling my colleagues which line needs to be changed, I simply need to obtain or convey a line number information. I believe that adding this information to an editing form is not particularly difficult.

Why not make it better to use?

Brothers, it's already 2023. Are you willing to continue enduring this pain?

It would be nice to have an Auto-populating folder option for TestStand projects much the same way that LabVIEW project do.

Folders added to TestStand projects are snapshots of the folder's contents when added. Any files added to the folder on disk afterwards are not marked for inclusion with the deployment at analysis time. This behavior is fine as a default.

However, there are times when you do want to automatically include all files in a folder. Having an auto-populating folder option would mark the folder and all its contents for inclusion automatically with the deployment at analysis time. After analysis is over the user could still choose to uncheck any files they wish before selecting the build button.

From version to version, it's only natural that developers will be adding new files to established folders. Since the TestStand project doesn't aid in development activities, it's easy for folks to forget to add files while they're developing. We often have a faulty build or two with each release because necessary files aren't making it into the build. We ultimately have to delete the folders in the project and re-add them, then go through the hassle of fixing the paths and included files. An auto-populating folder option that integrates with the build utility would save us time and headaches.

TestStand File Diff and Merge Utility is not very useful for code reviews on its own. It seems adequate for notifying the user that a sequence was added, however from the tool itself the user cannot actually review the newly added or removed sequence's contents. Why is there no + on the item tree to go deeper.

Alternatively:

If I have to right-click a sequence and select "Go to location" then why bother with the separate tool to begin with? Why isn't the diff utility integrated into TestStand's sequence editor itself? Seems like a side-by-side comparison within Sequence Editor would allow a reviewer to poke and prod around all the hidden settings that are often missed using the existing utility.

Hi,

it can be a simple and stupid question, but I don’t get why, when I define a container as a parameter of a sequence called in the main sequence. That parameter can’ be expanded to fill the different field with the variables that I need. I created also custom type variable for trying to achieve this aim but nothing. I thing that passing a container as parameter can be helpful in particular when you need to pass a lot of variables regarding the same “object".

Best Regards,

Zuc

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Hello,

CSV Input Stream allow to parse CSV files to input data into a Stream Loop for instance. By default, the separator is a comma (,). I use a non english version of Excel to edit a CSV file, and every CSV format write a semi-colon as separator (;):

A;0;0;2
A;10;30000;5
A;20;15;7
B;75;42;1
B;100;12;0

Using an expression, I am able to dynamically (at run-time) change the property SeparatorChar:

Locals.MyInputStream.AsCsvFileInputRecordStream.SeparatorChar = ";"

I think it could be more convenient to have a direct access to this parameter in the configuration pane, allowing also to check the content of the file before execution with Parse Record Prototype funtions.

Best regards,

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NI TestStand Idea Exchange

Disconnect from Custom Type using "right click" like in LabVIEW Typedef

Apply Cluster Passing Changes - Improvements

Consolidate all Teststand settings in one form & different improvents

Graphical distinguishing of menues, pains, borders, icons etc in Teststand sequence Editor

Labview Error in Test Stand

Ability to write Analyzer Rules around content of TestStand Deployment Files (*.tsd)

step properties copy / paste

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Suggest adding line number display on the left side of seqedit

Add an "Insert Folder From Disk (Auto-Populating)..." option to projects for Improved Deployment Experience

Integrate Diff Merge Utility into Sequence Editor

TestStand Container Parameter

Support for multiline comments in Sequence steps

Property loader JSON support

Add a Filter in the Sequence Editor

Expose SeparatorChar property in NI_NewCsvFileInputRecordStream configuration pane

Order Types Alphabetically in Type Selection Context Menu

Add teststand custom step database connectivity functions to automatically retry if a lost connection is encounter

Add plugin to Quick Drop for TestStand

Add ability to install and manage addons for TestStand