You can use UNC paths. Couldn't remember if I ever had, so I just ran a test to try & voila. Only thing is you have to put quotations around any paths with spaces in the folder or file names, but I'm used to doing that in UNIX anyway so it doesn't bother me. I had copied tail.exe to a directory in the path on my local pc so I don't have to find it every time I want to use it.
--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, "Brian W. Spolarich " <bspolarich@...> wrote:
>
> I'm guessing tail.exe requires you to map a drive letter to work from a command prompt.
>
> BareTail is a real Windows app and deals with UNC paths, etc.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of kirstin.brandt
> Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 10:22 AM
> To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Vantage] Re: 4GL Debugging
>
> If you've installed the windows resource kit, you'll find tail.exe in the "Program Files\Windows Resource Kits\tools" directory. It also has the -f option.
>
> --- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, "Brian W. Spolarich " <bspolarich@> wrote:
> >
> > If you like to be able to "tail" logfiles, check out BareTail for Windows:
> >
> > http://www.baremetalsoft.com/baretail/
> >
> > They also have a 'grep'-like program. The pro version of baretail includes filtering.
> >
> > -bws
> >
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> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Thomas Rose
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 5:56 PM
> > To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: RE: [Vantage] 4GL Debugging
> >
> > Thank you to all who responded. Mike, this solution worked best for me. I now have my code working the way it should. Thanks!
> >
> > Thom Rose
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> > From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Mike Anstey
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 6:41 AM
> > To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: RE: [Vantage] 4GL Debugging
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I add message statements to my 4GL code.
> >
> > When you add a message statement it is written to the server.log file
> > for the database you are in. e.g. for live it would be
> > mfgsys803.server.log.
> >
> > As I am on unix this has been a great feature because I am able to view
> > the log live (with the tail -f command) without having to open and close
> > the file each time I want to see something.
> >
> > To use the message statement just do the following:
> >
> > Message "hello there ".
> >
> > To use it with a variable just add the variable name.
> >
> > Message "ttOrderDtl.Orderline " ttOrderDtl.Orderline.
> >
> > You can stick as many of these as you like in your code.
> >
> > Don't forget to end you statement with a period.
> >
> > ________________________________
> >
> > From: vantage@yahoogroups.com<mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com<mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>] On Behalf
> > Of Thomas Rose
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 10:30 AM
> > To: vantage@yahoogroups.com<mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: [Vantage] 4GL Debugging
> >
> > I have some code that is valid, and it seems to run without errors, but
> > it is not doing what I expect it to. Are there some things I can throw
> > into the code to show me the status of things (what value a variable
> > has, where in the code execution is happening, et. al.)? Is there any
> > detailed logging I can do, and, if so, how? I know I get great advice in
> > this forum, but using all y'all as my 4GL debugger would probably get
> > old after awhile, and, I really need to be able to figure some things
> > out on my own.
> >
> > Thom Rose
> > Controller
> > Electric Mirror LLC
> > HOTEL LUXURY
> >
> > "The World Leader in Back-lit Mirrors & Mirror TV Technology"
> >
> > T 425 776-4946
> > A 11831 Beverly Park Rd, Bldg D, Everett, WA 98204 USA
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