About Log Files

X-CAD Design Management creates Log files that allows you to analyze the various functions.

The following log files are created:

  • Applet debug log
  • Performance log
  • Background checkin success and failure logs

This page discusses:

Where Log Files are Stored

Log files are stored in the user's profile directory: 

C:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\ief\logs

Note that the user profile directory location is specific to each platform and may vary as per the platform used.

The above directory contains these files:

  • IEFAppletDebug.log
  • IEFPerformance.log
  • IEFLiveConnect.log

Each file is continuously updated.

Background log files are stored in this directory:

C:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\IEFBackgroundCheckin

Note that the user profile directory location is specific to each platform and may vary as per the platform used.

The above directory contains these files:

  • BackgroundCheckinSuccessLog<date>_<time>.htm
  • BackgroundCheckinFailureLog<date>_<time>.htm\

A separate log file is created using the date and time in the name for each background checkin done by this user.

IEFAppletDebug Log File

To diagnose problems, you can instruct a user to enable debugging.

When the user selects the Turn on Debugging check box in their Preferences, the debug log on the applet side writes debug statements to a file in the user's profile directory. The IEFAppletDebug.log file contains all debug statements related to current browser's session or the last browser session's debug statements.

The log file contains entries such as these:

[04/11/05 11:27:27]: [MCADApplet.init] Starting the MCADApplet.......

[04/11/05 11:27:27]: [MCADAppletController.initialize] IsOSWindows 
:true

[04/11/05 11:27:27]: [MCADAppletController.initialize] 
IsJVMVendorMicrosoft :false

[04/11/05 11:27:27]: [MCADApplet.init] Starting the MCADAppletServer 
with charset : UTF8

You can use the entries in this log file to track down a problem.

Remember to tell the user to disable debugging when the issue is resolved.

IEF Performance Log File

The Performance log allows you to analyze and calculate the time estimates for your operations.

The IEFPerformance.log file is always created. During an operation, log statements are written to this file at various check points. The information is used at the end of the operation to summarize the total time taken for different operations.

The log file contains entries such as these:

[1272015998158][04/23/10 15:16:38]: CHECKIN_SILENT_START

[1272015998283][04/23/10 15:16:38]: CHECKIN_TICKET_CREATION_START

[1272016001283][04/23/10 15:16:41]: CHECKIN_TICKET_CREATION_END

[1272016001283][04/23/10 15:16:41]: CHECKIN_META_DATA_START

[1272016001283][04/23/10 15:16:41]: CHECKIN_FILE_UPLOAD_START

[1272016003939][04/23/10 15:16:43]: CHECKIN_FILE_UPLOAD_END

[1272016016799][04/23/10 15:16:56]: CHECKIN_META_DATA_END

[1272016019346][04/23/10 15:16:59]: CHECKIN_END

[1272016019346][04/23/10 15:16:59]: CHECKIN_SILENT_END

Background Checkin Log Files

The background checkin in process creates success and failure logs, in html format, and writes them in the user's IEF-BackgroundCheckinDirectory.

The date and time of the checkin are added to the log file name to differentiate the files in the directory.

Users can change the location where the background checkin files are created and stored by changing the location in the Checkin section of Global Preferences page or from the Preferences page. See the X-CAD Design Management User's Guide for details.