C# steps insertion in Teststand

Dear all.
I have some codes which are developed in C# but I would like to insert those C# codes onto Teststand sequencer as the steps in the sequence.
And then run the test sequence.
Kindly need experts to advise whether this can be done in this manner.
Thanks.
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uoi,
As Julien mentioned, you'll need to create a .NET assembly of your C# code, which you can then call from TestStand with the .NET Adapter. To see what this looks like, you could take a look at the .NET version of our Computer Motherboard Test example. It's located at <TestStand Public>\Examples\Demo\DotNet\computer.seq.
Let us know if we can do anything else to help out!
Daniel E.
TestStand Product Support Engineer
National Instruments

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