"Memory effect" when loading .xls file information using PropertyLoader

Question

I have a TestStand 3.1 application, in which the sequence start off loading a number of configuration settings embedded in different .xls files using the PropertyLoader.
Unfortunately, Teststand sometimes loads the previously used .xls files (same name, located elsewhere), rather than those it were supposed to. In particular, if a .xls file is missing, Teststand will often (always?) load a previously used file with the same name, but located elsewhere. VERY inconvinient when testing ...!
Is there any way to remove this unfortunate "memory effect"?

Answer 1

Where are your sequence files located? If the .xls files are relative to them you might want to use a more fully specified relative path to the files (for example: bin\config\filename.xls) rather than just filename.xls. Then becareful to remove search directories (especially recursive ones) that you might have added to find these files. It's very easy to get into problems with recursive search directories or by adding too many search directories if you have lots of files with the same names, by instead using paths relative to the sequence file you can avoid the need to add search directories in many cases.
Hope this helps,
-Doug