Log File Analysis Report

A log file is a text file that is updated with user "log on" and "log out" information related to the starting and ending of CAPITAL. This utility will examine the log on/log out count of each user recorded in the file and display the number of missing log outs. This is done by subtracting the log out count from the log on count. If the log out count is lower than the log on count, then the user did not correctly exit from CAPITAL or there was some other problem, such as a system crash.

Log information is stored in an ASCII text file called LOG.TXT in the main CAPITAL program directory.

To cause entries to be written in the log file, CAPITAL should be started as follows:

CAPWIN /L=USERNAME

Where "USERNAME" is the name of the user logging in. The user name should be different for each machine on your network. This can be useful for finding out which users are incorrectly logging out of the system or which computers on the network may be failing.

You do not need to specify USERNAME. If the name is not supplied the computer's system name is used. (Check your Window's Control Panel settings to check your computer's name.) The correct syntax for specifying the computer name is:

CAPWIN /L=

Do not forget to specify the equal (=) sign at the end.

Hints & Tips

You can also delete or archive the LOG.TXT file by removing it from the CAPITAL program directory. If the log file is not found, CAPITAL will automatically create a new one the next time a user logs into the system.

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