How can I export all expressions from a TestStand sequence file, or the whole file so I can search for expressions?

[bmihura]

Tools >> Import/Export Properties looks promising but I never get the acual expression no matter what I select.

[~jiggawax~]

You can search within TestStand.  Why do you need ot export them?

Go to Edit>>Find/Replace In Files...  Then you can set up the filter however you'd like.

[bmihura]

Good point, but I want to write software that parses a file with ALL the expression. And I just figured out how to do it; you can save the file as XML. That's not where it should logically be, in the File >> Save As... place, but a sequence file properties dialog box that I don't have the exact name right in front of me.

[~jiggawax~]

You can also go to Tools>>Sequence File Documentation.  This will print to either text or html.  This way you don't have to change the format of your file as you described.  

Hope this helps,

[bmihura]

This Tools>>Sequence File Documentation is certainly much faster and I'm glad I learned about it; but it doesn't capture the information I want which is the contents of expressions in a Numeric Limit Test.

Exporting the sequence file as XML gets absolutely everything including those expressions.

[suwoong.lee]

Hi bmihura
Thank for the helpful explanation,
by the way, I'd like to use it on command line using Ni.exe blabla ~SEQ file with option ".csv" or ".xml" like format setting.
Have you been trying this way or any methodology you heard about ?
If yes, please let me know how to opreate it.
Appreciate it.

[bmihura_esa]

I've never heard about the command line approach, but I know that TestStand's executable is "SeqEdit.exe" Doing an Internet search on "SeqEdit.exe command line" is probably the best way to keep looking.

[suwoong.lee]

yes exactly matched what I want to do for command-line approach.

As you mentioned, I found SeqEdit.exe in Bin sub-folder of TestStand.

also found interesting command "SequenceFileConverter".. 

it looks like, possible to support command line processing.

anyway, thanks for helpful comment. 

https://www.ni.com/docs/en-US/bundle/teststand-api-reference/page/tsref/sequence-file-converter.html...

[suwoong.lee]

Hello, bmihura_esa

finally i found some command-lie methodology to convert from "SEQ-binary" to "SEQ-XML", this could be readable in terminal.

thanks for your insight, seqedit.. was the triggering point to me to think about BIN folder with how to use..

Thanks, Have a great day !! 🙂

Command-Line Usage
SequenceFileConverter.exe [-Help] [-Recursive] [-Quiet] [-UpdateVersion] [-Unlock:<PasswordList>] [-Format:<Format>] [-Protect:<Mode>:<Password>] <file or directory path> [-env <environment path>]

Format:<Format>—Converts all files to the specified format. Possible values for <Format> are binary, INI, and XML.