How to call a variable named "PI"

[JICH]

I have a typedef that contains a variable named "PI" like the constant 3.1416... but it's an acronym for "Program Information".... I can't rename it since it's a corporate typedef...

If I need to call it from an expression, TestStand takes it as the constant, but returns a syntax error due to variable notation... example "Step.Result.PI"

Is there a way to call it?

Thanks

Jim

[RayFarmer]

Hi,

This type def called PI, you dont say what is made of, lets say its just a string containing information about your program. To use it you would insert it as a Local, FileGlobal, Parameter or StationGlobal in your Sequence/SequenceFile/Station Globals.

eg Insert into Locals of MainSequence, Locals.my_pi (this is avariable of type PI) and you would enter some inital value.

How this helps

Regards

Ray Farmer

[JICH · Accepted solution]

Finally we found a solution,

Locals.PI_Get = ThisContext.AsPropertyObject.GetValNumber("Step.Result.PI",0)

[Scott_Richardson]

Jim -

Just to let you know that we are aware of this and we have an open issue, 131253, on this limitation.

[JICH]

Hi Scott,

do you mean http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=330&thread.id=131253 ?

because it doesn't seem to work.

Thanks

[Doiron]

Hello,

What Scott means is that you can call in to NI Support to find out the status using that ID or check the readme for a release to see if that ID was fixed.