Programmatically selecting Test UUT as entry point from LabVIEW

Hi,
Anne here. I am currently develping a user interface in LabVIEW that call the TestStand sequence. Is there a way for me to programaticallys set the entry point to be Test UUT? I used the Run method from the IseequenceFileViewMgr class but it says there that it runs the sequence without a process model entry point. My sequence will always run as Test UUT mode. Is there a way for me to do this? I saw in the help files that there is a EntryPoint Class in Teststand with a Run Method, but I can't seem to find this method in LabVIEW.
How can I automatically execute my sequence to run in Test UUT once I call and run the sequence in LabVIEW?
Thanks for the help!
Cheers!
Anne
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Hi Roderic,
Thanks so much for the help! It worked.
Cheers!
Anne

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