Output Window

The output window of the Battery Manager software shows the log messages generated by the running program which are also written to the log file in the configuration directory. The window is divided into tabs where the log file battman.log and also the log file derby.log are being displayed if the embedded database has been started. The log messages are interesting if you plan to contact the Leisenfels support since all relevant pieces of information concerning the running application are documented here precisely. For the daily work with the software this output is usually not important.

The tool bar at the right side of this window allows you to control the display. The scroll symbol (Latest Entry) can be selected so that the visible text area is automatically scrolled to the last row. So you can always see the latest log messages. You have to turn off this feature if you want to see the log messages at the beginning of the log file. This setting is stored when the application is terminated and restored the next time it is started.

The symbol with the empty sheet (Clear Text) clears the text in the text area but does not touch the log file contents. Use this function if a lot of log messages have been generated by the program and the scrolling becomes too imprecise. Click the clipboard icon (Copy to Clipboard) to copy the complete text into the clipboard of the operating system. This can be useful when forwarding log files to the Leisenfels support without the log file being attached to an e-mail. The button with the green arrow (Show Log File) shows the log file in the file system window.

As an alternative to the buttons, the corresponding functions are also provided by the context menus which you can activate with the right mouse button on the text area (see figure).

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