Steps Pane Context Menu

To access the context menu, right-click the Steps pane. The items in the context menu vary depending on whether you right-click a step or the background area of the pane.

The Steps pane context menu can contain the following items:

• Insert Step —Selects the type of step you want to insert into the sequence. You can use many of the steps types in the Insert Step submenu to call code modules . Of these step types, some can work with all module adapters, while others require a specific module adapter. Each module adapter calls a category of code modules, such as LabVIEW VIs, LabWindows/CVI source or object modules, or DLLs. Some module adapters also know how to control the ADEs in which you build these types of code modules. Before you insert a step that can call a code module using any adapter, you must select the appropriate module adapter for the type of code module you want the step to call. Select the adapter icon from the Insertion Palette . If a step type in the Insert Step submenu can work with any adapter, the icon for the module adapter currently selected in the toolbar appears beside the step type. When you insert a step, the adapter icon also appears beside the step name. When a step type in the Insert Step submenu works with only one specific module adapter, the icon for the module adapter appears beside the step type. After you insert a step using one of these step types, the adapter icon also appears beside the step name. When you insert a step that does not call a code module, such as a Goto or Label step, the currently selected adapter has no effect. These step types have unique icons. These icons appear next to the step types in the Insert Step submenu and next to the steps you create using these step types.
• Adapter —Selects the module adapter to use for inserting new steps.
• Edit Menu —The full name of the Edit Menu item varies according to the type of the selected step. For example, the menu item name is Edit Message Settings for a Message Popup step, Edit Limits for a Numeric List Test step, and Edit Destination for a Goto step. For each step, the menu item invokes a dialog box in which you edit the settings unique to the type of the step. Some step types, such as the Label step and the Action step, do not have step-type-specific settings. For these step types, this menu item is disabled. When a step type has more than one Edit substep, the step type may provide more than one Edit menu item.
• Specify Module —Launches the Specify Module dialog box for the selected step, according to the module adapter for the step. Use the Specify Module dialog box to specify the code module the step calls. You can also specify options TestStand uses when it calls the step.
• Edit Code —Displays the source code for the code module the step calls. TestStand uses the module adapter for the step to determine the appropriate application in which to display the source code.
• Preconditions —Launches the Preconditions dialog box, in which you can specify the conditions that must be true for each step in the sequence to run. When you launch this dialog box from the General tab of the Step Properties dialog box, it applies only to a particular step. When you launch the dialog box from the General tab of the Sequence Properties dialog box, you can view and edit the preconditions for each step in the sequence.
• Breakpoint —Launches a submenu that contains the following options for modifying the breakpoint settings:
  • Toggle Breakpoint —Sets or clears the breakpoint state for the selected steps.
  • Breakpoint Settings —Launches the Breakpoint Settings dialog box for the selected step.
• Run Mode —Displays a submenu from which you can set the following run mode values for the selected steps:
  • Force to Pass —TestStand does not execute the step. Instead, TestStand automatically sets the status of the step to Passed .
  • Force to Fail —TestStand does not execute the step. Instead, TestStand automatically sets the status of the step to Failed .
  • Skip —TestStand does not execute the step. Instead, TestStand automatically sets the status of the step to Skipped .
  • Normal —The step executes normally.
    Note TestStand does not load the code module when the Run Mode for the step is set to Force to Pass, Force to Fail, or Skip.
• Cut —Removes the selected steps and places them onto the clipboard. The TestStand Sequence Editor maintains the unique IDs for the steps for the first paste operation and generates new unique IDs for the steps in subsequent paste operations.
• Copy —Copies the selected steps and places the steps into the clipboard. The sequence editor does not maintain the unique IDs for the steps.
• Paste —Inserts the steps from the clipboard below the currently selected step or at the end of the sequence. The sequence editor maintains the unique IDs for the steps for the first paste operation and generates new unique IDs for the steps in subsequent paste operations.
• Delete —Removes the selected steps from the step list.
• Rename —Edit the name of the selected step. The sequence editor does not alter unique IDs for the step.
• Run Selected Steps —Runs the selected steps in interactive mode .
• Run Selected Steps Using —Executes the selected steps using the process model entry point you select. When you loop on steps with an entry point such as Single Pass, the process model can generate a report and log the results to a database.
• Loop on Selected Steps —Loops on the selected steps in interactive mode. Before running the steps, this command launches the Loop On Selected Steps dialog box, in which you can specify how many times to loop.
• Loop on Selected Steps Using —Interactively loops on the selected steps using the process model entry point you select. When you loop on steps with an entry point such as Single Pass, the process model can generate a report and log the results to a database.
• Step List Configurations —Lists the layouts the Edit Step List Configurations dialog box defines.
  • <Default> —The default layout for the sequence editor.
  • Edit Step List Configuration —Launches the Edit Step List Configurations dialog box, in which you can create and modify layouts and settings for the Steps pane of the user interface.
• Step Properties —Launches the Step Properties dialog box, in which you can examine and modify the values of built-in properties of a step.

See Also

Breakpoint Settings dialog box

Edit Step List Configurations dialog box

Insertion Palette Pane

Loop On Selected Steps dialog box

Preconditions dialog box

Sequence Properties dialog box

Specify Module Tabs and Dialog Boxes

Step Properties dialog box