Hello,
I've been using LogView Plus for a few months now and I have to say it really is a wonderful, mature product.
I have two questions:

a) I almost always work with multiple log files merged into one (i.e. several large IIS log files from multiple servers). I adjust column order and width, and remove a few columns until I have the layout that allows me to analyse the file efficiently.
Unfortunately it seems LogView Plus is not able to save these adjustments to the Grid View Layout within my Workspace. This really is a mayor annoyance since I have to repeat the same tedious steps every time I load or refresh the results in the grid view pane.
Question: Would you consider implementing a mechanism that allows saving of the GridView Layout not only for individual but also for merged log files?

b) it seems when using the Pattern Parser I lose the ability to  change GridView or Message Size:

The Grid View and Message Size UI elements are disabled. This is not the case when using for example the JsonParser. This is particularly cumbersome because it makes it difficult to enable the horizontal scroll bar (have to go into Settings to achieve this).
Question: is this by design? Is there a way to change this behavior so that  the usual Grid View and Message Size options are also available in connection with the Pattern Parser?

Thanks in advance.

Thanks for the confirmation.  I will take a look at the merge file issue as well.

Toby

Hi Martin,

I just wanted to let you know that we have now released LogViewPlus 2.5.12 as BETA release.  This release resolves the issue you raised above regarding the 'Horizontal Scroll' issue.

I have also taken a look into the merge file issue.  A minor change was made in this release regarding some of the default columns, but basically the existing behavior appears to work as described above.  If you are having difficulty with merge file column settings, it may be because:
1.  The underlying log files have different column settings.
2.  You are using an older version of LogViewPlus.

Can you please try and recreate the issue with the latest BETA release?  If the issue persists, I may need a more detailed bug report (screenshots / sample log entries might help).

Hope that helps,

Toby

Hi Toby,
thanks for providing a fix so quickly and sorry for my belated response.
Regarding the 2.5.14 release:
- Horizontal scrollbar: can now be activated from the Context Menu - great.
- Merge file issue: on closer inspection it turned out, that some of the IIS log files hat an x-forwarded-for column, others did not. Once I removed the ones with the additional header from the merge collection the adjustments to the grid view were persisted across sessions.

Thanks again for you help! :-)
Martin

Glad to hear that helped Martin - thanks for letting me know!

Toby