MET/CAL Tip "Repeat vs Cancel"

[CalLabSolutions]

If you know this Tip/Trick please don't beat me.  But it is something I have told just about every MET/CAL user my company has worked with..

One of the comments I get from (newer) MET/CAL user is the results are all wacked up showing that a test point failed several times then finally passed as they repeated the test, usually reading the connection message the second time.

So when you fail a test point, you get the Post Test Window.. In that window there are several buttons:
   Advance - Logs the failure and keep on trucking
   Repeat - Logs the failure and re-tests the test point..
   Cancel - DOES NOT LOG FAILUER, and re-test the test point.

So if you don't want MET/CAL to report failures on repeated test points press the CANCEL button not the Repeat button.

[measure]

Mike is correct. However, the choice to "Cancel" in the Post Test Dialog box does not appear unless:
    o ASK+ X is specified at the procedure level
    o The parameter/value, "ask_x_default         = yes" is specified in the metcal.ini file