Properties Tab

The Properties tab contains the following options when you select File from the Data Location ring control:

• Properties List Source —The name of the variable or property in which to store the property mappings the step performs. The variable or property must be a DatabasePropertyMapping array.
• Import to Run-time Sequence Only —When you enable this option, the imported properties affect only the invocation of the currently running sequence, or whether the imported properties affect all future invocations of one or more sequences in a selected sequence file. When you import properties to the currently running sequence, you typically place the Property Loader step in the Setup step group for the sequence the step updates. When the import operation applies to all future invocations of sequences, you typically execute the Property Loader step before calling the selected sequences multiple times.
  Note If you disable this option, you must specify a valid sequence file and sequence. When the sequence you specify is the current sequence or when you specify <ALL SEQUENCES> , the step also applies values to the run-time copy of the sequence.
  • Use Current Sequence File —Selects the file where the step is located.
  • Sequence File —The path of the sequence file into which to import variables and properties. Enable the Use Current Sequence File option to select the sequence file of the step. You must specify a valid sequence filename for the step to work properly.
  • Sequence —The name of the sequence into which to import variables and properties. The specified sequence must exist in the specified sequence file. Select the <ALL SEQUENCES> tag from the drop-down list to instruct TestStand to import variables and properties for all of the sequences in the specified sequence file. You must specify a valid sequence name for the step to work properly.
• Properties —The mapping of column names to variables or properties the step loads. The section contains two lists of variables and properties. The Variables pane contains the properties and variables available in the selected sequence file and sequence. The Selected list control contains the properties and variables you select.

  Click the Limits > button to add all limit properties to the Selected list control.

  To add one or more properties to the Selected list control, select items in the Available properties tree and click the single right arrow button (>). Click the double right arrow button (>>) to add all of the properties in the Available properties tree to the Selected list control.

  Click the Add button to add properties to the Selected list control when the expression in the Sequence File or Sequence options cannot be evaluated and the Available properties tree is empty.

  To deselect one or more properties, select them in the Selected list control and click the single left arrow button (<). The double left arrow button (<<) removes all of the properties from the Selected list control.

  • Import All Properties from Data Location —When you enable this option, TestStand ignores the selected property list and imports all properties from the file or clipboard instead. This option does not apply when importing from databases.
  • Property Name —The currently selected property in the Selected list control. When you select a container or array property, TestStand stores the contents of the property as an XML stream.
• Apply Imported Values to Related Executions —When you enable this option, related executions share the imported values. Related executions include the original execution that the application and all subsequent executions TestStand invokes using a Sequence Call step initiates. For example, when you use the Batch process model, related executions include the following: the controlling execution, all test socket executions, and any additional executions these executions invoke.