TestStand Upgraded but lost search directories
Hi:
I just upgraded TestStand from 3.1 to 4.2. When I tried to run a sequence file, TestStand asked me where a vi was. it's clear that its TestStand asking.
How can I port over the list of Search Directories from 3.1 to 4.2.
Thanks,
Mike
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Mike,
The TestStand search directories are stored in TestExec.ini, one of the TestStand configuration files. If you wanted to move the search directories from one version to another, you could simply open the original file and copy the Search Directories section to the destination TestExec.ini file. There are many options contained inside TestExec.ini in addition to search directories and some of those may have changed between versions, so you don't want to copy over the entire file, just the pertinent information.
The TestExec.ini file is in an ASCII text format, however if you want to copy information inside any of the other .ini files, you may want to be aware of the fact that in TestStand 4.0 and later, some of these files aren't in ASCII format by default. You can refer to this help article for more information.
John B.
Applications Engineer
National Instruments
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