Changing station options programmatically

Question

Hi
I am trying to change the Station Options programmatically (in a TestStand seq) rather than via the dialog. In particular, I want to change the "Immediately Goto Cleanup on Sequence Failure", although I will probably also want to change other options later. 
I have succeeded in:
Getting the ConfigFile (PropertyObjectFile) using the Runstate.Engine reference
Getting the Data (PropertyObject) using the Configfile reference.
Setting "StopOnSequenceFailure" using SetValBoolean with the Data reference.
Saving the changes to TestExec.ini, using SaveFileIfModified with the ConfigFile reference.
However, the change only takes effect when TestStand is restarted, and does not show up in the StationOptions dialog (until a restart). Using the dialog, I can change the setting while stepping through a sequence, and it takes effect immediately, so there must be a way to do this from within a sequence.
How do I "refresh" TestStand's "copy" of the variable?
Thanks
(I am using TestStand 2.0.1.)
Message Edited by Jan0 on 09-30-2005 02:50 AM

Answer 1

Jan,
What Version of TestStand are you using?
I assume you are using the TestStand API.
You can get a reference to the StaionOptions Object from the Engine.
StationOptions Property (Read Only)
Syntax
Engine.StationOptions
Data Type
StationOptions
Purpose
Gets a reference to the StationOptions object.
Remarks
Use the StationOptions object to set preferences for your TestStand station. Station option settings affect all sequence editor and operator interface sessions that you run on your computer.
See Also
StationOptions
Check TestStand Help.
Usin this reference you can access most of the options present in the station options dialog.
I hope this helps.