MessageModal> To Log File???

[kriemer]

Is it possible to save the output of "MessageModal>" to a log file.csv (or something like that)?

Many thanks

k

[sarver311]

Hi Kriemer,

I don't know that there is a way to capture the output for messagemodal but what you could do is in addition to your messagemodal line just put a writeln command below that has the same text.

Here is an example

let>mymessage=This is my message!
messagemodal>mymessage
writeln>c:\log.txt,result,mymessage

[kriemer]

I have found a solution to my question. It is not exactly what I asked but it is mostly what I want.

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//Set Variable
  Let>Missing=Missing:%CRLF%

//Error Window & Log File Message
  Let>LogFile=c:\Reuters Log.txt
  GetDate>vToday
  Timestamp>LogFile,%vToday%,%Missing%

Of course this opens the next question, Is there any way to limit log file size. I expect the simplest way would be to delete the file based on file size.

Any additional ideas to enhance log files?

Regards

k

[JRL]

Is it possible to save the output of "MessageModal>" to a log file.csv (or something like that)?

I agree with sarver311 that if it is your script you should be able to write the same data you displayed to a file. However, there are times when you're dealing with messages from an old script or a compiled script or someone else's script. In those instances try the technique in this post from jpuziano.

http://www.mjtnet.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5848

Is there any way to limit log file size. I expect the simplest way would be to delete the file based on file size.

Or maintain a set number of lines in the log by deleting old lines. You'd have to:

- write to the log file
- then read into the script the entire log file
- then write out line by line a fixed number of lines to a temporary file
- then delete the old log file
- then rename the temporary file to the log file name

[Bob Hansen]

You can also use the MS variable to enable/disable the Macro Scheduler log file. Change the value anywhere in your script.

_WRITE_LOG_FILE

Set to 0 to temporarily disable logging. Set to 1 to enable.

[kriemer]

JRL,

Way too much effort to deal with a simple log file. In my case I will delete the file on the 1st of every month (or something like that).

Bob,

I'll give that a try.

As always, much thanks for the help.

k