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Logging Application Messages

When you encounter a message, BarTender has the ability to log the message content and relevant information about the occurrence to a text file or to the BarTender System Database. Examples of these messages might include:

These messages may be purely informational, while others require that you make some sort of modification to your document. When a message is logged, BarTender also saves relevant information about the message, such as the time it occurred, the user's response, the message's severity, and the computer in use. These logs can be viewed and audited at a later time to evaluate BarTender's performance, or to identify common user error within the application.

ClosedTo log application messages to the BarTender System Database

  1. From the Administer menu, select Log Setup to open the corresponding dialog.

  2. On the Database Log tab, enable Log To BarTender System Database.

  3. If you are not currently connected to a BarTender System Database, click Setup to connect to an existing one or to create a new one.

  4. Under Information To Log, enable Application Messages.

  5. From the Severity dropdown list, select the severity level of the messages you wish to log. If you wish to manually select the messages to log, select Custom, then Select. Check the messages you want, then click OK to return to the Log Setup dialog.

  6. Click OK to close the Log Setup dialog.

You can view all messages logged to the BarTender System Database in History Explorer, one of the companion applications included with the Automation and Enterprise Automation editions.

ClosedTo log application messages to a text file

  1. From the Administer menu, select Log Setup to open the corresponding dialog.

  2. On the Text File Log tab, enable Log Messages.

  3. Click the Setup button to open the Text File Log Message Setup dialog.

  4. For Log File Folder, enter the location where you want to save the log file.

  5. To manually select the messages to log, click the Select button. Check the messages you want, then click OK to return to the Text File Log Message Setup dialog.

  6. Click OK to close both dialogs.

You can view the message log at any time from the Text File Log Message Setup or by browsing to the location where the file is saved.