17306 Error accessing item 'Locals'.

Question

I have a sequence called "ProgramAssetData" in the same file as it is being called in.  The first time I call ProgramAssetData, it works fine.  The second time I call ProgramAssetData as part of a loop, I get the error below. The "Run-Time Error" window pops up and I select "Retry" and that always works.
I do not beleive it to be a timing error because stepping through the code does not help.
How can a property name 'Locals' be unknown?   ... and always work in Retry?
What does "Retry" do that is different from normal running?
How do I get rid of this error? 
FYI- A CVI call in in the previous step.
Details:
Error calling sequence ProgramAssetData.
Unknown variable or property name 'Locals'.
Error accessing item 'Locals'.
Error Code:
-17306; Unknown variable or property name.
Handle Current Error
    Retry
                                              OK
17306 = TS_Err_UnknownVariableOrProperty

Answer 1

I'm not sure why retry wasn't giving you the error again. All it's doing is running the step again, so you should get another error if the property still does not exist.
Also, not sure why the error is referring to Locals as missing, you should instead be getting an error about Locals.name missing if that is what is the problem.
Also normally teststand will show the runtime error dialog (station option setting) on runtime error at the location in the sequence where the error occurs. Not sure what settings you are using or where you are seeing the error. If you are seeing it just in the report, then perhaps the station options were changed to not show the dialog. I'd recommend changing the settings to show the dialog while you are debugging.
Without looking at your code, it's hard for me to know for sure, but the experience you had is likely due to something the sequence you are executing is doing  (or some other customization of TestStand - perhaps a custom error handling dialog) and is not a normal behavior of TestStand.
Hope this helps,
-Doug