How to Use Re-View

Re-View is available to you whenever you are logged in to Microsoft Dynamics SL.

Filter/Sort Options
A number of filter and sorting options can be used to determine what logs are displayed for viewing. This top frame is used to set these various options. These settings (along with the window's height, width and position of the middle splitter bar) is saved when exiting Re-View and then restored when Re-View is next opened. These settings are saved by user.

Here is a description of the filter options and how they are used:

• Module - this combobox has all the unique modules that are represented by the current set of available event logs (any that are found in the PStatus table). Any one module can be selected or all modules. When one module is selected, then only those event logs for that module are displayed.

• Process - this combobox has all the unique screen names/processes that are represented by the current set of available event logs (any that are found in the PStatus table). Any one screen/process can be selected or all. When one screen/process is selected, then only those event logs for that screen are displayed.

• User - this combobox has all the unique user IDs (user who created the log) that are represented by the current set of available event logs (any that are found in the PStatus table). Any one user ID can be selected or all. When one user ID is selected, then only those event logs for that user are displayed.

• View Date - this set of filters controls which logs are displayed based on their view dates (logs marked or not marked as having been viewed). First a Date Type is entered - it determines the type of date range you want. There are many options available - all very self-descriptive. Use "Date Range" to indicate a specific date range - or leave the dates blank for all dates. "Blank Date" means a log file that has not been viewed. Only "Date Range" allows dates to be entered, all the other Date Types provide dynamically changing dates based on the Type. (eg. "This Month", in December, 2004 would automatically set the dates to 12/1/2004-12/31/2004, and then when January, 2005 comes it would automatically display 1/1/2005-1/31/2005).

• Create Date - this set of filters controls which logs are displayed based on their creation dates (the dates the logs were first created). First a Date Type is entered - it determines the type of date range you want. There are many options available - all very self-descriptive. Use "Date Range" to indicate a specific date range - or leave the dates blank for all dates. "Blank Date" should not be used with the Create Date as it would select logs that did not have a creation date (not possible). Only "Date Range" allows dates to be entered, all the other Date Types provide dynamically changing dates based on the Type. (eg. "This Month", in December, 2004 would automatically set the dates to 12/1/2004-12/31/2004, and then when January, 2005 comes it would automatically display 1/1/2005-1/31/2005).

When multiple filters are selected, then they are combined in an "AND" fashion. (eg. Module = GL and Create Date is this month 12/1/2004 - 12/31/2004, only logs that satisfy both of these conditions would be included).

• Order - after the filters there is a number field (initially 0, zero). This field can be used to select the relative order of the various filters. After the number field is an ascending "/\", or descending "\/" indicator to determine the sort directions. As an example, if you wanted to see all the logs created in the current month, ordered latest first and then within date by Process:
  • Create Date - "This Month" (it would display mm/1/yyyy - mm/31/yyyy), Order = 1, "\/" for descending.
  • Process field - enter Order = 2, "/\" for ascending.

 

• Reset to All button - puts all the filter controls to the "All" state and refreshes the log grid.

Navigating/Selecting in the Grid

• Displaying - The filtered and selected logs are shown in the grid at the left. As each log is highlighted, its text is displayed to the right. If the log is quite large, then the line count will scroll in the top status bar at the bottom of the screen. The maximum text that can be displayed is about 65K, and if that is exceeded then a tool-tip in the text area will display giving that information.

• Deleting - The checkboxes in the grid (Select) can be used to mark files for deletion. The selected logs can be deleted by checking the logs to be deleted and then pressing the "Delete selected..." button. An "Are You Sure?" prompt is given and the selected logs will then be deleted. You do not have to exit the application to have the selected logs to be deleted. This allows the user to use this app as a clean up tool - using various filters and deleting selected logs.

• Marking As Viewed - when on a grid row, the "Toggle As Viewed" button will toggle the view date (today's date, blank date). These updates only take effect upon exiting the screen. When the "Refresh" button is clicked, then any pending View Date changes are discarded, unless saved first.

• Viewing in Notepad - any highlighted log can be easily viewed in Notepad by clicking this button. This allows very large files to be viewed, searched and printed.

• Cancel Button/Escape Key - goes back to the last save .INI vales and restores and refreshes the log grid.

Status bars
At the bottom of the screen there are two status bars. The top bar displays information for the currently highlighted log. In the left panel of the top bar is the screen name for the current log, followed by the full path and filename of the log itself. The number of bytes in the log is displayed in parentheses after the log name. If the log is greater than 65K, then Notepad can be used to view the complete log file. The second panel in the top bar has the User-Date-Time of creation for the current log. And the rightmost panel shows the current version number of Re-View.

The bottom status bar, left panel shows the total number of Event Logs that are in the master log file. This number gets refreshed every few seconds. Next to the total number, the "Filtered Logs" number is the number of logs in the grid.

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