Globals Context Menu

To access the Globals context menu, right-click a global variable, subproperty, or the background area of the window. The Globals context menu can contain the following items:

• Insert Station Global —A submenu from which you select the data type for the global variable you want to insert.

  If you want to insert a global variable with a custom data type, you must create a named data type first. You can create a named data type in the Types window. After you create the named data type, it appears in the Types submenu of the Insert Globals submenu.

• Cut —Removes the selected variable and places it on the clipboard.
• Copy —Copies the selected variable to the clipboard.
• Paste —Inserts the variable from the clipboard.
• Delete —Deletes the variable.
• Rename —Displays a control for renaming the selected global variable or subproperty.
• Advanced —Displays a submenu with the following items:
  • Edit Flags —Launches the Edit Flags dialog box, in which you can modify the flags for the global variable or subproperty.
  • Edit Attributes —Launches the Attributes dialog box, in which you can create and edit attributes for the global variable or subproperty.
• Reload Station Globals —Discards the current station global variables and reloads the station global variables from disk. Use this command to discard edits you make to the station global variables. If you do not reload the station global variables, the edits are saved when you exit the TestStand Sequence Editor .
  Note You can only select this command when no executions are running.

See Also

Attributes dialog box

Edit Flags dialog box

Types Window