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Set Variable Step

Description

The Set Variable step will prompt the operator to input a value to a variable. Variables are defined in the Variable Editor, found under Tools -> Variable Editor in the top menu.

Variable

Attributes

AttributeValue
NameVariable
DescriptionSet variable
Variable
Timeout0 s
Load from file

Name

Name specifies the name of the step.

Description

Description is an optional description of the step. The text written here will be visible in the measurement log.

Timeout

If the operator is prompted, the prompt will close after this timeout and the test will be aborted. If the value is 0 the prompt will never timeout.

Load from file

The path to the file that the step should load automatically. This property has one sub-property.

AttributeValue
Always show OperatorNo

If Always show Operator is Yes then the operator will be prompted after the file has been loaded. If No the Operator will not be prompted.

The file for loading variables automatically should be a .txt file with content like in the example below.

var0=3
var1=42