Accessing FileGlobals variable using GetValNumber in C#

[JeffC]

When attempting to access a FileGlobals variable with the following line of code in a C# GUI, I encounter an "Unknown variable or property name" exception.

double tm2 = axExecutionViewMgr.Execution.AsProperteryObject().GetValNumber("FileGlobals.TM2", 0);

The exception can be duplicated using the "Simple Test Executive Operator Interface Example" supplied with TestStand 2010 SP1, add a Windows Form button, and a button_Click  event handler with the code above in it; Then run a TestStand sequence from the interface that contains a FileGlobals.TM2 variable and click the button.

[dug9000 · Accepted solution]

File globals are per sequence file. You need to do this instead:

PropertyObject mySequencesFileGlobals = axExecutionViewMgr.Execution.GetFileGlobals(mySequenceFile);

double myval = mySequencesFileGlobals.GetValNumber("TM2", 0);

See the API help for more details for these APIs.

Hope this helps,

-Doug