The Log Display

All messages sent by a host or generated by the MAINVIEW Data Server are logged to the workstations disk. They are kept in text files in the logs folder. The View→Log menu command opens the log viewer:

Each log entry has the following parts:

The message lines are color coded depending on their severity, ranging from white for informational messages to pink for severe errors.

Log Selector

To select the log file that you wish to view, use the pull-down list at the top of the window . The time of the last entry in that file is shown in the list. The MAINVIEW Data Selector keeps the last 7 log files, limiting each one to around 100KB of disk space. log0.log is always the current log file. When it gets full, all of the files are renamed and a new log0.log is started.

Buttons

The buttons at the bottom of the page have the following functions:

Copy - Copy selected lines from the log to the system clipboard. Lines are selected by dragging the mouse cursor through them or by clicking, then shift-clicking to define a range. From the clipboard, lines can be pasted into documents or e-mail. Note that even if the log entry does not fit in the display, the entire text is copied to the clipboard.

Done - Close the log viewer.