BarTender Suite: Messages Pane

When an application in the BarTender Suite generates a message, it stores information about the message as fields in the BarTender System Database. You can view this information by adding or removing columns in the BarTender Suite: Messages pane. The following information is stored about each message in the BarTender System Database:

• Application: Displays the name of the application that created the message.

• Application ID (PID): Displays the process identification number of the application that created the message.

• Application Version: Displays the version number of the application that created the message.

• Category: Displays the category of the message, such as Database, File, or Printing.

• Computer: Displays the name of the computer that created the message.

• ID: Displays the identification number of the message.

• Message: Displays the contents of the message. To display the entire message, click the arrow.

• Response: Displays how the application responded to the message.

• Severity: Displays the severity level of the message.

• Time: Displays the local date and time when the message was generated.

• Time (UTC): Displays the date and time when the message was generated in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

To configure column properties, right-click a column header to open the context menu. The options that are displayed vary depending on the pane in which the selected column is located and on the properties that are already configured.

The following options are available:

• Clear All Sorting: Clears all custom sorting and displays the contents of the pane in the default order. Available when the selected column is sorted in ascending or descending order.

• Group By This Column: Groups all records by the selected column.

• Hide/Show Group By Box: Hides or shows the Group By box.

• Hide This Column: Hides the selected column.

• Columns: Lists the available columns for the active pane. Use this option to hide a column or to show a previously hidden column.

• Best Fit: Resizes the selected column to a width that displays all of the text in that field.

• Best Fit (All Columns): Resizes all columns to a width that displays all of the text in each field of the column.

• Filter Editor: Opens the Filter Editor dialog, which you can use to create a conditional expression for your filter. Not available for all columns.

• Show/Hide Find Panel: Shows or hides the Find panel, which includes a search box that you can use to search for items in the result set.

• Show Auto Filter Row: Displays the Auto Filter row, which you can use to filter the items in the result set. Not available for all columns.

• Collapse/Expand All: Collapses or expands grouped data rows.

• Fit Columns to Window: Resizes all columns to expand to fill the active pane.

When you right-click a record, History Explorer displays the following options:

• Copy Row: Copies the data in the selected row to the Clipboard.

• Copy Cell: Copies the data in the selected cell to the Clipboard.

Use the navigation bar to quickly browse through the records in the pane.

  Moves to the previous record.

  Moves to the previous page of data.

  Moves to the first record.

  Moves to the next record.

  Moves to the next page of data.

  Moves to the last record.