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From: ms on 24 Jul 2007 20:20 Need a viewer for files with extension log Tried LogViewer, it didn't. Need a small no-install app. Preferably work in both W2K and W98. Mike Sa
From: ms on 25 Jul 2007 10:59 me(a)tadyatam.invalid wrote in news:Xns9977E06B7D82Ametadyataminvalid(a)MR- BLACK: > ms <ms(a)invalid.com> wrote in > news:5gnjakF3hdsn2U1(a)mid.individual.net: > >> Need a viewer for files with extension log >> >> Tried LogViewer, it didn't. >> >> Need a small no-install app. Preferably work in both W2K >> and W98. >> >> Mike Sa >> > > Puzzled .. what's wrong with notepad.exe ? > > J Yes, the file in question did open in a text editor, may work with other log files. If so, puzzled as to why special log file viewers? Mike Sa
From: James on 25 Jul 2007 17:22 hummingbird wrote: > On 25 Jul 2007 14:59:07 GMT 'ms' > posted this onto alt.comp.freeware: > >> me(a)tadyatam.invalid wrote in news:Xns9977E06B7D82Ametadyataminvalid(a)MR- >> BLACK: >> >>> ms <ms(a)invalid.com> wrote in >>> news:5gnjakF3hdsn2U1(a)mid.individual.net: >>> >>>> Need a viewer for files with extension log >>>> >>>> Tried LogViewer, it didn't. >>>> >>>> Need a small no-install app. Preferably work in both W2K >>>> and W98. >>>> >>>> Mike Sa >>>> >>> Puzzled .. what's wrong with notepad.exe ? >>> >>> J >> Yes, the file in question did open in a text editor, may work with other >> log files. If so, puzzled as to why special log file viewers? >> >> Mike Sa > > Some logfiles are not in plain text format, although I doubt if they > conform to any other specific standard, which would make a log file > viewer very difficult. > Many are also designed to work with specific plain text log files, such as Apache web server logs for example. They may do a variety of things, such as colorize different types of log messages, highlight warning or error messages, etc. Some may also interpret the data in your log files and present you with data summaries. The Apollo log viewer (for web server logs) has a nice little Flash demonstration if you'd like something more visual. You can find the Flash demo at (Flash8 req.): http://www.kahunaburger.com/tmp/logviewer/logviewer.html James http://cronus.ath.cx
From: James on 26 Jul 2007 03:23 hummingbird wrote: [snip] >>>>> J >>>> Yes, the file in question did open in a text editor, may work with other >>>> log files. If so, puzzled as to why special log file viewers? [snip] >> >> The Apollo log viewer (for web server logs) has a nice little Flash >> demonstration if you'd like something more visual. >> >> You can find the Flash demo at (Flash8 req.): >> http://www.kahunaburger.com/tmp/logviewer/logviewer.html >> >> >> James http://cronus.ath.cx > > Yeah that's very pretty but I'm not sure it's what Mike Sa is after > as it appears to deal with a specific type of log file. I think there > are many different types of logfile - some are created in plain text > and can be viewed in any text editor, others are created by an app in > its own proprietary format and can only be viewed through that app. > > Afaik there's no standard for log format other than default plain > text. Some Windows logs are in MS formats of one kind or another. > > Very true - just illustrating a working example in regards to the "why?" posed above. I'm not sure exactly what type of log it is he's dealing with, he didn't say. I think he's looking for something similar to the "Kiwi Log Viewer," that would allow him to specify his own criteria for data highlighting/bolding/etc. using regular expressions. Kiwi advertises both freeware and payware versions and can be downloaded at: http://www.kiwisyslog.com/kiwi-log-viewer-downloads/ Kiwi however requires installation. I found an alternative that does not require installation called ABLogFile. It's not as pretty but it does give similar function. ABLogFile can be found at: http://www.codeproject.com/tools/ablogfile.asp And naturally if regex'ing the log file to highlight specific data isn't necessary...I'd just associate ".log" files with Notepad. James http://cronus.ath.cx
From: ms on 26 Jul 2007 10:25
ms <ms(a)invalid.com> wrote in news:5gnjakF3hdsn2U1(a)mid.individual.net: > Need a viewer for files with extension log > > Tried LogViewer, it didn't. > > Need a small no-install app. Preferably work in both W2K and W98. > > Mike Sa > Thanks to all Mike Sa |