Specifying the Content of Logged Messages

When the JADE Web Application Monitor logging is turned on and the LogFileName parameter is specified in the [WebOptions] section of the JADE initialization file, the output includes the content of the Web message, which could include personal and privileged information; for example, user codes and passwords.

To control whether JADE logs the content of Web messages, use the LogMessageContent parameter in the [WebOptions] section of the JADE initialization file. Alternatively, you can specify the XML logmessagecontent parameter in the Web application configuration file; that is, the following configuration file parameter disables the logging of message content.

<logmessagecontent>false</logmessagecontent>

When the LogMessageContent parameter in the [WebOptions] section of the JADE initialization file or the XML logmessagecontent parameter in the Web application configuration file is set to true, any Web logging includes the Query String = content and Http String = content output. When the value of the LogMessageContent initialization file parameter or the XML logmessagecontent configuration file parameter is false, any Web logging does not include this message content.

When you initiate the Web Application monitor and tracing is on, a message is displayed indicating the status of the LogMessageContent parameter, as follows.

Message content logging is enabled|disabled

The message is also displayed if you turn logging on or off by toggling the Disable Logging|Enable Logging command in the View menu of the Web Application Monitor window.