Pass data from configuration entry point

I have a need to post data from a Configuration Entry Point during a Test UUTs execution. I would like to update a parameter in my test sequence, using the configuration entrypoint if the test sequence is actively running in Test UUts. If it's not active, I would update a .ini file which gets read by the process model when a new Test UUTs entrypoint is started.
My first guess has been to determine if the TestUUTs sequence is active, and I have tried using the PropertyObject RunState.ProcessModelClient.IsExecuting, but I just realized the Configuration Entry Point is always running in the process model.
Everything I have read indicates that most Configuration Entry Points just write data to a file. Am I doing something fundamentally wrong?
How do i determine if my sequence file is being executed with TestUUts?
Thanks for your help. Woefully confused,
Brian

hi bce,
[ If I used a station global, how would my changes be saved? Can you do this programmatically? Is there a better way? ]
When Teststand closes, it automatically saves the StationGlobals. You would use PropertyObjectFile.SaveFileIfModified if you needed to force the save. But you shouldn't really need to do this as the latest value is available to all sequences and sequence files.
Regards
Ray Farmer
Regards
Ray Farmer

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