Dennis_Knutson wrote:
On the other hand, if you don't have anything in MAX, there is nothing for anyone to muck around with.
Very true. It is a trade-off between ease of integration and test system maintanence and security. A factor that must be considered within the enviornment of the intended use. A Highly regulated enviornment often requires having no means of changeing the test operation external to the application and the technique and method I discribed would be a place where an "installation qualification" is not easilly traceable. -Thanks Dennis for reminding me, I meant to point that out but had to go to a meeting and rushed though the other point. - Of Course, that makes fixing broken systems fair to middlin' painful. In those cases I do try to create an additional engineering console leveraging the project configuration that is not qualified for production purposes. It adds the the project cost and requires additional resources to code and train the users. Make sure the boss knows up front and budgets appropriately That maint console scope creep is fairly dangerous because the client allways wants more features added (at no cost to them, mind you) 