Log Viewer - App Name or ID to help with troubleshooting

[appyface]

I have Ketarin set to use 5 threads. As a result, if I use the 'update now' button, Ketarin zooms ahead, resolving variables, and happily logging events as they are encountered, for my many many apps. :-)

 

However, the Log Viewer does not always include the name of the app entry in Ketarin, or any other ID which I could use to identify the associated app entry? This is not a huge deal but it does making troubleshooting somewhat interesting and a bit tedious at times.

 

Could we have every Log Viewer line contain the name of the Ketarin entry to which it belongs?

 

(Another idea, would be to assign a unique number, say 6 digits in length so as not to run out to each entry created in Ketarin, and just use that number in the Log Viewer instead. Just in case there are duplicate app entry names, which I believe Ketarin still allows?)

 

 

It's fine to me that the Log Viewer lines are generated in the order they occur. If each line identified the associated app somehow, I could simply copy out the log to text editor or other utility, then sort the log on app identification.

 

Thoughts? Thanks as always,

--appyface

 

Here's the first several lines from the Log Viewer. Some lines already identify the entry they are from, for others it is difficult to tell which entry they apply to.

 

Add to that, subsequent launch and 'update now' in Ketarin produces Log Viewer entries in a different order. Apps are still in sorted order by name, but it just depends on how fast the threads in Ketarin zoom ahead, as to what gets entered.

 

                             2/7/2009 10:57:05 AM: Update started with 68 application(s)
CCleaner:                     2/7/2009 10:57:05 AM: Replacing {majvers1} in '{majvers1}{majvers2}' with '2'
ATI catalyst driver:          2/7/2009 10:57:06 AM: Replacing {skimurl} in '{skimurl}' with 'https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/gamesite/9-1_xp32_dd_74230.exe'
CCleaner:                     2/7/2009 10:57:06 AM: Replacing {majvers2} in '2{majvers2}' with '16'
CCleaner:                     2/7/2009 10:57:06 AM: Replacing {majorvers} in 'http://download.piriform.com/ccsetup{majorvers}.exe' with '216'
ATI catalyst control center:  2/7/2009 10:57:06 AM: Replacing {skimurl} in '{skimurl}' with 'https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/gamesite/9-1_xp32-64_ccc_lang1_74232.exe'
(has ID already)              2/7/2009 10:57:06 AM: ATI catalyst driver: Checking if update is required...
(has ID already)              2/7/2009 10:57:06 AM: ATI catalyst driver: Update not required
(has ID already)              2/7/2009 10:57:06 AM: ATI catalyst control center: Checking if update is required...
(has ID already)              2/7/2009 10:57:06 AM: ATI catalyst control center: Update not required
Which one of the ATI entries? 2/7/2009 10:57:06 AM: Replacing {vers} in '{vers}' with '9.1'
The other ATI entry...        2/7/2009 10:57:06 AM: Replacing {vers} in '{vers}' with '9.1'
CCleaner:                     2/7/2009 10:57:06 AM: Replacing {vers} in 'D:\Stuff\filestore\Win_tips_and_tweaks\ccsetup216_{vers}.exe' with '2.16.830'
(has ID already)              2/7/2009 10:57:06 AM: CCleaner: Checking if update is required...
(has ID already)              2/7/2009 10:57:06 AM: CCleaner: Update not required

[appyface]

Thanks Flo for adding this one, and taking this bit guesswork out of using the log!