Creating the TestStand Engine

When writing an application using the TestStand API, you must create a TestStand Engine object. Because you can create the TestStand Engine as either an ActiveX control or as an ActiveX automation server, you can use it from a variety of software development environments. If you use a development environment that supports ActiveX controls with events, such as Microsoft Visual Basic or Microsoft Visual C/C++, create the TestStand Engine object by adding the TestStand Engine control to the main form of your application. If your development environment does not support ActiveX controls, you can create the TestStand Engine object as an in-process automation server.

LabWindows/CVI

CAObjHandle engineObj = 0;
TS_NewEngine(NULL, &engineObj);

Visual Basic

Just add TestStand Engine as an ActiveX control on your main form.

Visual C++

Using the TestStand MFC Wrapper:

Engine engineObj;
engineObj.CreateDispatch("TestStand.Engine");

Using Compiler COM support:

TS::IEnginePtr m_engine;
HRESULT res = m_engine.CreateInstance("TestStand.Engine");

LabVIEW

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