Deployment teststand error (labview test - sequence context)

Hello,
I need help by deploying my workspace to the deployment(target)computer. That is what I have done:
- i create a workspace, in this workspace are different sequence files and the vi´s which i have created.
- then i use the deployment tool (teststand) and deploy the workspace to a directory in the network.
- after that i copy the modified SequentialModel.seq to the target maschine.
- now if i want start the sequence file an error occured. Teststand can`t start my vi´s because it can`t find files like LabVIEW Test - Sequence Context, TestStand - Set Property Value (Boolean Array). Choosing the path of the file in the search directory doesn`t help.
Maybe i have made an error with the deployment tool?! How is the right way to deploy in a network without using an installer. Iám using teststand 3.0.
thankyou
Schwede

Hi Schwede
If you want to deploy your Sequence File and the Processmodell you have to copy first your original Processmodell from the NI folder to the user folder.
Than open the deploy-tool and load your workspacefile. Mark the point "deploy files in Teststand user directories" and define the image path. Don't mark the "create installer" field.
You will get and image folder with several subfolder.
In the target subfolder you can find your sequencefile. In the Teststand subfolder you can find your customized Processmodell or Operator Interfaces. Attention, please use relative paths when you create your workspacefile.
hope this helps
Manuel Wielander
National Instruments

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[1.) What about sharing of VIs and global variables between my teststand sequences and my generated labview exe? When I place my sequences in the workspace file for the teststand deployment tool, all referenced VIs are included in teststand. But Some of these VIs are also included in my generated labview ui. Will this generate a conflict?}
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