TestStand'​s container type from LabVIEW

Question

Hi,
With a LabVIEW's VI, I'd would like to set a TestStand cointainer as a TDMS file properties.
So i tried to get all the elements of my container using PropertyObject Class (ThisContext.AsPropertyObject)
with this method :PropertyObject.GetValVariant
( lookupString, options)
But i get an error because of Set TDMSproperty method doesn't accept the variant type i got.
So I'd like to get the type (string, number....) of each elements of this container to setting them as TDMS properties one by one through a for loop.
How can i do that?
Alex

Answer 1

I have a TestStand sequence. In this sequence i have defined a container (filesGlobals) who contains some results of the current Sequence execution. At the end of the sequence execution (in the cleanup) i want to get all the container's values to set them in a TDMS file.
So i have made a VI who gets all these datas using ActiveX properties. This VI will be called as a TS step.
But i don't know what are the types (string, number, boolean, array of...) of the varaibles of my container, so i use a method to get Variant. When i want to set my TDMS with this variant an error appears because the variant type is not allowed for TDMS files. So i need to make a VI who could get the type of each variable of my container to convert it in this type and so send it in my TDMS.
TestStand  FileGlobals                                                                             LabVIEW
MyContainer{}                                     ​                  TabName                  TabValue                        TabType
    Name (string)                                          ​              (0) Name                  (0) AlexString                  String
    Reference (Number)                     ==>>                  (1) Reference            (1) 1003214                     Number
    ResultOfTest (Boolean)                                          (2) ResultOfTest        (2) True                           Boolean
    Errors (Arrays of string)                                          (3) Errors                  (3)                                  String
    ....                                              ​                               [0]                            ErrorA
                                                  ​                                   [1]                            ErrorB
With this 3 tabs i could send each varaibles of my TS container elements by elements usisng a for loop as define here:
for (i=0, i++, i<sizeof(TabName))
     if (Tabtype(i) == String)
          {TabValue(i) = getStringVal}
     if (Tabtype(i) == Number)
          {TabValue(i) = getStringVal}
     if (Tabtype(i) == Boolean)
          {TabValue(i) = getStringVal}
     Set TDMSNameProperty
     Set TDMSValue
So i need to get the type of all my container's varaibles.
Like that i will not obliged to get only Variant and could get the correct type to send to the TMDS...
Alex