Modify xml reports

Question

I would like to modify the xml report files of TestStand in the following way:
< p>
< xml version="1.0" encoding=UTF-8"?>
< report>
< product_number>xxxx< /product_number>
< serial_number>xxxxx< /serial_number>
< spec_info>< /spec_info>
< options>< /options>
< workstation>< /workstation>
< operator>< /operator>
< test>
< name>< /name>
< /test>
< /report>
< /p>
So the xml file looks totally different like the xml files produced by TestStand.
Is there any way to make this change - and how could it be done?
Thanks in advance
nicole e.Message Edited by Support on 06-17-2005 10:21 AM

Answer 1

Nicole -
It all depends as to whether you want to just update the GetXML calls or you want to control the format of the entire XML file.
Internally GetXML recursively traverses a generic property object structure by going to its children and so on. It generates a list of strings that are eventually all concatinated together before returning.
The default XML report schema contains the output from multiple calls to a GetXML all concatinated together. Separate calls are made to generate XML for various pieces of typed data like UUT, ReportOptions, StartTime, StartDate, StationInfo, and the result from the MainSequence call step in the Single Pass or the Test UUTs sequence.
Since all the above components are built by the GetXML stream and you wish to simplify the entire schema, trying to make a single change to replace the GetXML calls in the XML sequence might not be possible.
If you are only going to be doing post UUT results and not on-the-fly, you could write your own routine that replaces the Test Report sequence in the SequentialModel.seq. This sequence generates the report for a single UUT. You may want to consider writing your own routine using the parameters to the sequence which include UUT, ReportOptions, StartTime, StartDate, StationInfo, and the main sequence results. This way you can create the schema that you want.
Scott Richardson
National Instruments