View and Search Log Content

You can view and search log content using the Log Viewer page.  This page identifies the content for each log file you specified to view on the Log Files page. To access the Log Viewer, click Tools>Log Files, then on the Log Files page click the name of the log file you want to view.  The Log Viewer page appears. To filter the content on the Log Viewer page, click the Launch Filter button.

 



Description

  1. Log Message.  This message describes the error that occurred.

  2. Name of Log File(s).  Identifies the name of the log file(s) you are currently viewing.

  3. Date. Identifies the date the event occurred.

  4. Time. Identifies the time the event occurred.

  5. Severity. Identifies the  severity level of the event.

  6. ThreadID. Identifies the thread identification number for the event. Note that this number is only useful to Macromedia Technical Support personnel to track and troubleshoot problems.

  7. View Raw Data. Shows the actual content of the log file message including the HTML tags if they exists. Note that many error messages are formatted with html tags that are rendered by the browser. If an html tag exists the raw data will show the tag attributes <p>hello>/p>, where as not viewing the file using the raw data feature would show "hello".

  8. Application Name. If applicable,  the name of the application appears.

  9. Compact View. Trims the content of the error messages and increase the count of viewed log entries from 10 to 20 per page.

  10. Number of messages/events.  Total number of messages with links to view previous and next page.

  11. Launch Filter.  Launches the Filter dialog box.  Use the Filter dialog box to filter the content in the log file.

 

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