Obsolete Engine Methods

The following methods are now obsolete. National Instruments supports these methods but recommends that you update files to reflect these changes to ensure compatibility with future versions of TestStand.

Obsolete Method Preferred Property or Method
CallFrontEndCallback Engine.CallFrontEndCallbackEx method
ConstructToolMenus Engine.GetEditTimeToolMenuItems method Engine.GetRunTimeToolMenuItems method
DisplayBrowseExprDialog Engine.DisplayBrowseExprDialogEx method
DisplayEditNumericFormatDialogEx PropertyObject.DisplayEditNumericFormatDialog method
DisplayEditNumericFormatDialog PropertyObject.DisplayEditNumericFormatDialog method
DisplayOpenFileDialog Engine.DisplayFileDialog method
DisplayRunTimeErrorDialog Engine.DisplayRunTimeErrorDialogEx method
DisplayStepTypeMenuEditor Engine.DisplayStepTypeMenuEditorEx method
EvalToolMenuItemExprs Engine.GetEditTimeToolMenuItems method Engine.GetRunTimeToolMenuItems method
GetNumToolMenuItems
GetNumToolMenus
GetOutputMessages OutputMessages.CopyMessagesToCollection method
GetSequenceFile Engine.GetSequenceFileEx method
GetToolMenuItemInfo Engine.GetEditTimeToolMenuItems method Engine.GetRunTimeToolMenuItems method
GetToolMenuItemInfoEx
GetToolMenuItemInfoWithID
GetToolMenuItemInfoWithIDEx
GetToolMenuStructure
GetUserProfile Engine.GetUserGroup method
InvokeToolMenuItem Engine.GetEditTimeToolMenuItems method Engine.GetRunTimeToolMenuItems method
InvokeToolMenuItemWithID
LoadTypePaletteFiles Engine.LoadTypePaletteFilesEx method
NotifyStartOfModalDialog Engine.NotifyStartOfModalDialogEx method
ReleaseSequenceFile Engine.ReleaseSequenceFileEx method