Does an if condition should work via RunSelectedSteps?

Question

Hallo,
I start a part of the Sequence via RunSelectedSteps and between the steps there is a condition like this:
if (Locals.Count == 5)
    { do something }
End
Although the variable locals.count isn't equal to 5, it seems that TS handles the if condition as true and execute the steps. Is this a correct behavior? If you don't know this, it might confuse the debuging process a little bit.
Regards
Carsten

Answer 1

Carsten -
There are two options on the Execution tab of the Station Options dialog box that you should look at: "Branch Mode" and "Evaluate Preconditions". The one that will affect your question is "Branch Mode". Basically the If will be ignored if the setting is "Ignore All Branching" or "Ignore Branches to Unselected Steps" and you do not select the End step. Try setting this to "Allow All Branching" to see if the behavior is what you want.
"Propagate Failures and Errors from Nested Interactive Execution to Calling Execution" is another useful setting to be aware of.
Scott Richardson
National Instruments