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warren_scott

Add RuleID to TS Sequence Analyzer Results Window

Status: New Submitted by Active Participant on 02-06-2015 01:14 PM Comment

In TS Sequence Analyzer Results Window:

it would be helpful to be able to have a column of RuleID in the results table.  This way when we are debugging/ troubleshooting results of custom rules that it would be much easier to track down to the specific RuleID that is being used (names/categories/descriptions can all be duplicated)

Right now RuleID is not available as one of the columns of the results table -- add it as an option.

I do NOT think it should be visible by default, but we should be able to show it optionally if we want.

IncludeRuleID.png

 

Also, if you select an analysis message from the results, you can right click on it and choose "Goto Rule"

Now at this point you are in the list of rules, but if you want to go track down what RuleID caused the problem, you are dead in the water -- you need to look at the rule name and description and then manually go to the rule configuration page and search through the list to find the right one.  It would be so much nicer if you could right click on the rule in the analyzer project and be able to open the "Configure available rules" window.

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RJRagan

TPS (eg: DLL functions) Function / Method search / report quantification tool

Status: New Submitted by Member on 01-29-2015 03:15 PM Comment

Need a search option for searching for TPS like DLLs and providing the Function names of each call.  Also providing a count of each time a function / method is or is not called within a set of sequence files.

 

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MimiKLM

Debugging the sequences. Watch window value access indicator.

Status: Declined Submitted by Active Participant on 04-28-2014 05:30 AM 1 Comment

Hi,

 

Now, when we watch the variables live during execution we can see the value oft he variable gets red if the value of this variable changes.

 

It would be good if we can see the variable value going for example blue in moment when is accessed (read).

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Pete_Cooper@Genie_Industries

Provide capability to create a custom step type dash board in TestStand.

Status: Already Implemented Submitted by Member on 04-01-2014 02:15 PM 1 Comment

I would like the capability to be able to create my own customized dash board for my own custom step type.  For example,  I would like to create controls (Radio Buttons, Text Boxes, Tabs) on a form that looks similar to the "Call Executable" Step Type. (See Picture 1 attachment). In the default matter, I realize that TestStand allows only 1 button to be inserted on the Custom Step Type Settings Palette for a custom step type. Sure I can create my own custom GUI that allows the sequence file developer to enter the appropriate data in for the custom step type.

 

 

 

 

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FRoloff

Parameter Array

Status: New Submitted by Member on 01-15-2014 05:44 AM 1 Comment

If you add an array as a parameter to a sequence, you have the option of setting the array bounds. If you set the array bound to [1..3] for example and call this sequence and try to access the array element [3] there is an array out of bounds error. It looks like arrays as parameters with the size N are always seen as an array with the bounds [0..N-1]. Maybe it makes sense to change this to the expected behavior!

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MimiKLM

New feature request: every possible flow report

Status: Declined Submitted by Active Participant on 08-14-2013 09:51 AM 1 Comment

Hi,

 

It would be good if the documentation tool would have option/report like described below.

 

After triggering this option user would received the report about every possible flow of the main sequence along with the list of the variables which drive the flow.

 

Value added by this feature:
1. full view about how many flows the sequence is able to be executed,
2. what variables are involved in the flow of the main sequence,
3. general overview about what and when subsequences and steps are executed,
4. where the flows is splited up and merged back.

 

This functionality would be great for sanity analysis and overall picture of the possible executions.

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MimiKLM

FileDiffer.exe: Merge mode: ability to rename file name labels in the tool

Status: Declined Submitted by Active Participant on 06-10-2013 04:27 PM 1 Comment

Hi,

 

I'd like to propose that the FileDiff.exe in the merge mode shall have the possibility of changing the file name labels.

 

Right now FileDiff.exe tool in merge mode has four fixed file name labels:

 

1. Base

2. File 1

3. File 2

4. Merged

 

The names of the labels 1. & 4. are allright. But for someone who uses version controll tool names 2. and 3. could be confusing. I'm not quite sure about the is there one template of  the order in these three-way-diff tools but as I use SVN I'd like to have:

 

1. Base

2. Mine

3. Theirs

4. Merged

 

Having this I'd have the same nomenclature which I have in SVN/TortoiseSVN, and it would't create a confusion.

 

merge proposal.png

 

 

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Himanshu_Goyal

Reset perspectives Button

Status: Already Implemented Submitted by Active Participant on 03-06-2013 10:52 PM 2 Comment

To restore a Teststand perspective to its original layout.

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L_A_B

Trim whitespaces in TestStand Step

Status: Completed Submitted by Member on 12-10-2012 02:29 PM 3 Comment

Hi!

 

I was working on a project which required LabVIEW 2011 and TestStand 2010. The software had lots of LV modules already created. I reused some of them. However, I needed to trim whitespaces in TestStand which were coming from the string outputs of these LV modules. Nevertheless, I was surprised to discover that there is no TRIM string function in TestStand at all. I had to create a simple VI which just trimmed the whitespaces. I couldn't modify the previously created modules because they were used elsewhere and could affect the outcome of the other test systems. Why does TestStand lack this simple functionality?

 

Regards,

 

L_A_B

 

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Nossia

Print functionality addition

Status: Declined Submitted by Member on 01-27-2012 05:01 PM 2 Comment

Create option to print selected components (Script, variables, Step Settings etc) this would be useful on several levels, it would make tracing thru long scripts easier, would provide a quick means of providing feedback on errors and other situations which lend themselves to having more than a single screen of information available concurrently.

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paulmw

Enhance XML Packaging Utility

Status: Declined Submitted by Active Participant on 11-08-2011 12:42 PM 1 Comment

It would be nice to add these features to the XML Packaging Utility:

1. Allow the changing of the stylesheet.  Currently the utility packs the XML with the specified stylsheet within the XML;  in some cases I'd like to define a different stylesheet for distributions.  This would also allow distributing reports if the specified stylesheet within the XML is not found.

2. Allow an option to have the "packed" files maintain the "Date modified" file properties.  I quite often use Windows to sort a folder of reports on the date modified attribute.  After packing, that info is lost.

3. Incorporate a zip file as an output

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Shawn_S.

Explain Error in Teststand like LabVIEW

Status: Declined Submitted by on 05-20-2011 05:06 PM 3 Comment

I didn't see this suggestion yet, but could we add the explain error feature in TestStand that is available in LabVIEW under Help » Explain Error...?

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Matt_Cotton

Expand Remote Step Types to RT

Status: Declined Submitted by on 04-20-2011 05:49 PM 1 Comment

I wanted to gauge community interest in a set of step types for remotely setting up an RT Target.

 

1) RT Software Install

 

From a high level, we want to give our users the ability to specify:

  • RT Host
  • RT Target
  • RT Software to install

On a lower level, we have a few different ways to specify software to install. The first is to provide the user the ability to specify specific GUID's from the host or to install all available software from the host. The second is to allow the user to install all available, install selected software from a local file that maps distributions and GUID's, install a "Software Set" from a network location that matches a user-specified part number, or communicate to the RT Target and request a list of software that it can have installed.

 

2) RT Software Un-Install All

 

User specifies a Target Name (or IP), Password and whether to reboot the target after un-install

 

3) RT Reboot

 

User specifies a Target Name (or IP), Password and the target reboots

 

____________

 

 

We've heard interest in these or other remote automation Step Types before, so any feedback or questions would be really valuable!

 

Matt

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Mustanghipo65

Expression Checker for Sequence

Status: Completed Submitted by Member on 10-29-2010 11:56 AM 5 Comment

Having multiple engineers working on code is an issue for me when a person writing an expression doesn't check for errors. I myself am sometimes a culprit of this. The error doesn't show up until Teststand trys to evaluate it, some code will not show errors if the sequence flow doesn't access the step with errors.

 

It sure would be nice to have a tool that checks for expression errors either in the whole sequence file or a called sequence.

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WiMAX_Eng

New Idea Exchange?

Status: Completed Submitted by Member on 09-28-2010 07:03 AM 4 Comment

I'm bound to see backlash for this one but here goes!!

 

The idea exchange, forum and shipped examples are great for learning and resolving specific issues and requesting features and I use them a lot.  But as kind of a newbie what cool things can you actually do?  I'm talking about a different kind of idea exchange for the purpose of sharing what's possible or maybe how some API functions were used to create a particular feature.

 

Fire away !

 

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kekin

Ability to SELECT / INITIALIZE test resources for UUT before performing TEST.

Status: Declined Submitted by Member on 08-24-2010 06:32 AM 4 Comment

TESTSTAND is capable of interfacing so many devices & instrument to a UUT.

 

Incase of ATE(Automatic test equipment), where lot of resources are made available to test the UUT, not all the resources or instruments will be used through out the test for a particular UNIT. Hence there should be facility to select the resources required for particular test, which will be then only initialized & used.

 

For example a simple power device requires only POWER SUPPLY, LOAD & DMM. Where as a data acquisition system requires POWER SUPPLY, DIO & AIO cards & so on.

 

Thus one should only select the resources required for test & hence no need to have init function separately for each sequence. This may sound a bit complicated but It really helps for LARGE ATEs, where optimization is KEY. Same thing can be implemented for TERMINATING resources once test is done.