A separate log is created for each type of database utility operation, in the location specified by the
The log files that can be viewed are text files that contain progress and any error information about each activity. These log files should not be confused with the transaction journal files, which are used for database recovery. (Transaction journals are non-text files named dbnnnnnnnnnn.dump.txt, with the nnnnnnnnnn value being a number in the range 1 through 9999999999), and should not be tampered with.)
By default, the JADE Database utility provides an internal viewer to display the log files in the JADE Database utility window. However, you can specify your own external viewer utility; for example, Notepad. For more details, see "Setting Your JADE Database Utility Preferences", in the following section. Use the View Logs command from the View menu to open a message log file in the default internal Log File View viewer or your specified external viewer.
To open a new message log file
Select the View Logs command from the View menu. The common Open Activity Log dialog is then displayed. The initial directory that is displayed in the Look in combo box is one of the following values.
The value of the
The value of the
If neither of those directories exists, the default value is the last directory in which an activity log file was opened (for example, c:\jade\logs\).
Select the required message log file from the File name combo box and then click the Open button.
The selected log, shown in the following example of the Log File View of the Jade Database Utility window, is then displayed.
As there is one log file only for each operation, the current log is appended if you do not delete the log file between the same types of operation.
