Obtaining step number in the report of teststand

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when we make  a sequence which has more than hundred steps for testing. After execution it becomes some what difficult to know in the report where we are i.e, at which step we are and which step condition we are checking.What i wanted to know is that is there any way that step numbers are obatined along with the steps in the report when ever we run the sequence.
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Hello,
 I think the easiest thing to do if you are ok with the step index showing up in the Report Text area would be to use a post step callback to add the step index to the report text.  Since you already have sequences written you can modify the process model to do this for every sequence.  
This is what you'll want to do:
 If you are using an NI process model, copy it to the Users folder if you have not done so already so you have a backup. TestStand will then use the process model in the Users directory.
Open your process model (ie. SequentialModel.seq)
Go to Edit>>Sequence File Callbacks...
Add ProcessModelPostStep - This callback will be called after every step in every sequence that uses this process model
In this ProcessModelPostStep sequence we need to do two things:
Get the step indexPut down and ActiveX Action Step and fill out the module options:
Object Reference: Parameters.Step
Automation Server: NI TestStand API 3.5
Object Class: Step
Action: Get Property
Property: StepIndex
Create a local numeric to save the output value of the step index
Set the report text
Put down a Statement Step
Set the expression to: Parameters.Step.Result.ReportText = "Step Index = " + Str(Locals.StepIndex)where Locals.StepIndex is the index we got in the previous step
That is all you need to do.  Save the process model and now when you run a sequence that uses that process model you will be able to see your step index displayed in the report text area of each step.
Here's a little background information on Post Step callbacks:
"How Can I Perform the Same Action After Every Step Executes?"
http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/94149BA16C1E1C86862572A4008221FF?OpenDocument
And here is some information on callbacks:
"What is the Difference Between Using a "SequenceFile..." callback and a "ProcessModel..." callback?"
http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/websearch/41FCAF4E61233DF086256BC900545466?OpenDocument
Please let me know if you have any questions, or run into any problems doing this.
Kristen
National Instruments