Verifying teststand installation before initializing applicationMgr

Question

Hi,
I'm having an issue with my custom .NET console when it is deployed on a station and TestStand is not installed.
It seems to crash in the MainForm class when InitializeComponents() function is called.
It crashes on the line in bold:
            // MainForm
            this.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(((int)(((byte)(191)))), ((int)(((byte)(219)))), ((int)(((byte)(255)))));
            this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(1014, 732);           
            this.Controls.Add(this.axApplicationMgr);
            this.Controls.Add(this.mainSplitContainer);
            this.Controls.Add(this.statusStrip1);
            this.Controls.Add(this.menuStrip);
            this.Font = new System.Drawing.Font("Tahoma", 8.25F, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, ((byte)(0)));
            this.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(((int)(((byte)(54)))), ((int)(((byte)(60)))), ((int)(((byte)(146)))));
            this.FormBorderStyle = System.Windows.Forms.FormBorderStyle.Fixed3D;
            this.Icon = ((System.Drawing.Icon)(resources.GetObject("$this.Icon")));
            this.MaximumSize = new System.Drawing.Size(1440, 900);
            this.Name = "MainForm";
            this.StartPosition = System.Windows.Forms.FormStartPosition.CenterScreen;
            this.Text = "GEMINI - Alstom Montreal";
            this.Load += new System.EventHandler(this.MainForm_Load);
            this.Closing += new System.ComponentModel.CancelEventHandler(this.MainForm_Closing);
            this.menuStrip.ResumeLayout(false);
            this.menuStrip.PerformLayout();
            this.statusStrip1.ResumeLayout(false);
            this.statusStrip1.PerformLayout();
            this.mainSplitContainer.ResumeLayout(false);
            ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.axApplicationMgr)).EndInit();
            this.ResumeLayout(false);
            this.PerformLayout();
When I deploy the console, the following TestStand dlls are deployed with the console executable:
NationalInstruments.TestStand.Utility.dll
Interop.TSSyncLib.dll
NationalInstruments.TestStand.Interop.API.dll
NationalInstruments.TestStand.Interop.UI.dll
NationalInstruments.TestStand.Interop.UI.Support.dll
NationalInstruments.TestStand.Interop.UI.AxControls.dll
Is this an expected behavior or a bug?
Is there a way using the TS API to check if TestStand is currently installed (with or without valid license) on the station?
Thanks for your help.

Answer 1

I've add a try-catch in the InitializeComponents() function of the form.
I believe, correct me if I'm wrong, that the error is in the activeX, so not easy to debug since I can't trace in it.
I've attached the error pop-up with stack trace.
The dlls are from TS 4.2.
Thanks.
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