Re: Problem exchanging global values with an excutable vi

I think my problem is I don't have the choice between TS variables and LV globals. I am supporting someone else's program. He already has a working TS/LV program with a global vi named Global.vi. I developed operator interface program that initiate TS engine and call his sequence. When his

Problem exchanging global values with an excutable vi

I am using a global vi to exchange values between two vi's. One vi calls TestStand Engine and open and excute a sequence file. While running this sequence file, this vi updates panel display relecting changes in global vi. The sequence file calls the other VI that changes the value of the global

Re: Problem exchanging global values with an excutable vi

Globals are only global within one and the same executable, if you need two different applications to share a variable you'll need to set up a link between the two. You can use TCP/IP, DDE, a file or other ways to communicate between the two.