Addition of new pane to Sequence Editor

[Mrm]

Hi,

I wish to add an additional pane (new tab) to TestStand 4.0 Sequence Editor. Is it possible to be done? If so how?

My use case: 

I wish to provide helper utilities for users of my project by building routines and tools that could be invoked by clicking on them.

If their is a possibility I would like them to be placed in a new pane, so as to provide clear visibility for these helpers.  Few of the helpers are Sequence files developed using TestStand 4.0 and others are .NET DLLs

Is this the best way or invoking an external application wheneverTestStand starts is a better idea, in that case, message passing and IPC should come into picture making the application difficult to maintain.

Any help would greatly be appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Manohar 

[Doiron]

Hello Manohar,

Let me try and clarify a few things: are you trying to do this at edit time or at run time?

If I am understanding correctly, you would like to create a new tab and put on it the option to run a number of different sequence files or .NET dll's.

Please let me know if this is correct so I can properly advise you.

[Mrm]

Hi Dr. Doiron,

The new  pane(tab) needs to be disaplayed at edit time, facilitating the developer of Sequence files to use the utilities available in the new pane.

Thanks,

Manohar 

[Doiron]

Hello Manohar,

See my response in your post here.