How to store a relative path in a global variable

[engfpe]

Hi,

I'm using Teststand 2013 and Labview 2013

Is it possible to define a relative path for a global variable in the Teststand? Ex. "..\vector1.hws"

Or I should use the Labview functions to solve this issue?

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Thanks,

[crossrulz · Accepted solution]

Paths are so much easier to manipulate in LabVIEW.  So you could store the relative path as a string and then use LabVIEW to make the absolute path.

I typically store a folder in a global variable and then I can just concatinate the strings to build the absolute path.  For example:

FileGlobals.Folder = "C:\\foo\\bar\\",
Locals.Path = FileGlobals.Folder + "blah.txt"

[~jiggawax~]

If the file exists within your search directories you can use Engine.FindFile.

Also, you can use Engine.GetTestStandPath to get a base TS path and then make relative additions as crossrulz suggested.

Regards,

[engfpe]

Yes. It seems that it is easier to manipulate a file path in Labview.

I will store the file name in the TestStand variable and use the Labview to find the absolute path.

Thanks