Text File Log Message Setup Dialog

The Text File Log Message Setup dialog, accessible from the Setup button next to Log Messages on the Log Setup dialog, allows you to configure the text files where BarTender records any messages it encounters while processing a print job.

Log File Options

• Log File Folder. Specifies the directory where log files will be saved. To specify a directory, simply type in the path or select the Browse button to navigate to the desired folder location.

• Organization. Defines how log files will be created and named.

  • One File. Specifies that all new messages will be appended to a single log file.

  • By Date. Specifies that all message logs will be saved according to the system date.

• Output Type. Specifies the format for the log files.

  • Tab Delimited. Specifies that tabs will separate the data contained in the log file.

  • Comma Delimited. Specifies that commas will separate the data contained in the log file.

  • Quote and Comma Delimited. Specifies that quotes and commas will separate the data contained in the log file.

• Encoding. Specifies the character set of the log file.

Log Files

• View. Allows you to open a previously generated log file in the default text editor.

• View Last. Opens the last log file created by BarTender.

• Delete All. Deletes all .txt and .htm files located in the folder specified in the Log File Folder option.

  The Delete All option will delete all files of these types. If you have other files of these types in the specified folder, do not use this option to delete them. Instead, use My Computer or the Windows Explorer.

Messages

• Select. Opens the Select Messages: Log To File dialog.

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