AutoMate maintains a log file that documents various events and messages. These options set the frequency and verbosity of these events, and how they are formatted when written to the log file.
Log Events
To
Directs where events generated by AutoMate
will be logged to. This
setting is available only on Windows NT/2000/XP. On
Windows 98/ME/SE, events are always sent to a text file. Options
for Windows NT/2000/XP are :
Windows Event Log
Events are sent to the Windows
Event Log. The
event log can usually be found in the Administrative Tools Folder from
the Windows Control Panel.
Text File
Events are sent to a text file as defined
by the Task Log File Path (see below). Note
that this option is selected by default on Windows 98/ME/SE systems. The
text file log can be viewed by clicking the Log button from the AutoMate
Task Admnistrator,
Event Log and Text File
Events are sent to both the Windows Event
Log and the text file as defined by the Task Log File Path.
Log Errors
Errors will be written to the log file. This
includes errors caused by failed tasks, and system level errors.
Log Warnings
Log warning information to the log file. Warnings
usually indicate a setting or condition that should be brought to the
user's attention for some reason. However,
sometimes warnings offer superfluous information that can be safely ignored
once it has been examined.
Log Brief
Information
Log information when it is presented in "brief" format. Brief
messages include a events of an informational nature that may occur repeatedly
while AutoMate is running, such as a task starting or ending successfully.
Log Verbose
Information
Log extended events and information to the log. Usually
this is the same information that is sent to the Debug window of the Task
Builder. While
very helpful for debugging tasks in a runtime environment, this option
shoul be left off in most other situations as can result in a very large,
cluttered log file.
Add date-time
Adds a datetime stamp before each event indicating what day and time the
event occurred. When
selected, the datetime format can also be specified by the user, using
the following placeholders:
mm - month
dd - day
yy - year (in two digit format)
yyyy - year (in four digit format)
hh - hour
nn - minutes
ss - seconds
Task log
file path
The location of the task file. This
must be a valid path and filename.
Limit log
file size to:
When selected, the log file will never exceed the size (in kilobytes) specified.
If the
task file becomes larger than the maximum size, older events are removed
until enough room is made available for new events.