Using the teststand API from a C program

[maxueir]

Hello,

I want to create a teststand sequence from a csv file via a C script for example. I searched a lot on the forums, the docs trying to find a procedure to be able to create a teststand sequence from visual studio in C++ but I can't do it...
Could someone explain to me step by step how to do this?

thanks in advance

[santo_13]

TestStand uses ActiveX for its API. The limitation could be in the support for ActiveX in C.

[maxueir]

Hello,

I started with C++ so I can use ActiveX but from the little I found on the net you need the teststand.tlb file, the include and lib folder of teststand but I have to search, check and reinstall my teststand I still don't have them. Does anyone know how to do it?

Thanks

[bienieck]

I'm not the C++ guy, but if I were to do what you need, I would start with this example: %TestStandPublic%\Examples\TestStand API\Accessing Properties Using API\MFC\Accessing Properties Using API.seq. Optionally, you can also look at this example: %TestStandPublic%\Examples\TestStand API\Accessing Arrays Using API\MFC\Accessing Arrays Using API.seq.

If you learn how to access properties and call methods based on these examples, you should be able to do whatever you like using the TestStand API.

[maxueir]

Thank you for your suggestions, I finally succeeded using LabView...