InstantForum 2017-1 FinalLogViewPlus Supporthttps://www.logviewplus.com/forum/LogViewPlus SupportSat, 11 Apr 2026 06:05:16 GMT20https://www.logviewplus.com/forum/post/65Not sure if this is a bug report, feature request or me not being sure what should happen.<br/>In my situation, the log file is being monitored just fine.&nbsp; Then the application which generates the log file stops.&nbsp; When the application restarts, the existing log file is deleted and a new one recreated.<br/>I think I want Log Viewer keeps the old lines on the screen and starts to tail the new ones.&nbsp; What I want to happen is for it to reload and lose from the screen all the log messages that are no longer in the file.&nbsp; Does that make sense?<br/>Maybe I can already do this and just can't see the option.&nbsp; It's not a big deal, I can click the "reload file" button myself though.<br/>Mon, 01 Apr 2019 06:58:15 GMTMark Sunnuckshttps://www.logviewplus.com/forum/post/120Hi Mark,<br/><br/>I just wanted to let you know that I have added the configuration setting mentioned above to the latest BETA version of LogViewPlus - v2.3.4.&nbsp; The new setting is available under the 'Tail &amp; Scroll' settings.&nbsp; The setting works by refreshing the log file when a log file roll (or re-creation) is detected.<br/><br/>Thanks again for the suggestion!&nbsp; Please let me know if you have any further questions or issues.<br/><br/>TobyMon, 01 Apr 2019 06:58:15 GMTLogViewPlus Supporthttps://www.logviewplus.com/forum/post/66Hi Mark,<br/><br/>The expected behaviour here is that the existing log lines are kept and new log lines are added as they are written.&nbsp; The behaviour you are suggesting makes complete sense, but is unfortunately unsupported at the moment.&nbsp; I will look into adding a configuration setting for this into the next release.&nbsp; Thanks for the suggestion!<br/><br/>In the meantime, I recommend you use a session when starting and stopping your application&nbsp; &nbsp;This has the advantage of keeping a history of your application runs.<br/><a href="https://www.logviewplus.com/docs/use_a_session.html">https://www.logviewplus.com/docs/use_a_session.html</a><br/><br/>Hope that helps, <br/><br/>Toby Thu, 17 Jan 2019 17:45:55 GMTLogViewPlus Support