How to repeat one test sequence step?

Hi there,
I've been testing the NI TestStand 4.1 evaluation system to see does it fit our company needs. It's almost what I expected to do except that I didn't manage to repeat only one failed step from the sequence and correct the report result. It can be done through the LabView or .NET interface by selecting witch step to repeat before the sequence have finished, but I want to know if there is a integrated tool for this in TestStand.
Best regards,
Victor

victor,
Welcome to TestStand!! It's by far the best off the shelf test automation software out there.
Are you talking about immediately repeating the failed steps? Or are you talking about repeating the failed steps after the test has completed? If you want to immediately repeat on a fail there are a couple options. If you look at the Properties for a step you'll see the Post Actions. Basically this is anything that happens after the step has completed. There is a On Fail box in there and you can change that to Goto step and choose the same step. Or you can choose a sequence and create a sequence that will wait for the operator and then return and repeat the step. There is also an Engine Callback which you can add and modify if a step fails as well. You could do some manipulations in there.
Basically you'll find that in TestStand there are several (some better some worse) ways to accomplish what you want. Most of it is possible (either through callbacks, properties or code modules).
One good place to look is in the TestStand reference manual about step execution. There's a table in there with an exact layout of what exactly happens when a step executes. Understanding that can help you decide where you want to force the step to repeat.
Hope that helps. Let me know if you have any questions.
jigg
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