States are added to an object using the grid on the States panel. By default, objects have no states. As states are created, they can subsequently be used to limit test coverage (by enabling or disabling the appropriate states within test definitions). When a state is disabled for a test, propagation through that state's active functions ceases (unless another state that also includes those same output functions is enabled). Functions that are not listed for any of an object's defined states are considered to be always active. In other words, only those functions that are listed for at least one defined object state will be excluded from test coverage due to the state selections in a test's definition.
How To Create States
The States Context panel with Object Selected to which a state is to be manually added. Procedure defined below
On the Context States panel, enter the name of the state into the blank field marked by a green asterisk. Active Functions Panel will show all outputs with Auto checked.
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Define the Active Functions associated with the newly created state. Uncheck Auto to select Output functions active in the state.
