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Old 11-18-2014, 09:08 AM
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Log level for console vs. log file

Hi Kinook,

I have searched around in the forums to look for more information about how logging works and haven't found much concrete info about it.

In general, i read these 2 links below and still a little confused.
http://www.kinook.com/VisBuildPro/Ma...ildlogging.htm
http://www.kinook.com/VisBuildPro/Ma...putuseropt.htm

Last week i started to mess around with logging by minimizing the amount of logs produced by the console with /loglevel and succeeded. However the side effects of it were loosing the ability to log to file. I log file by passing LOGFILE macro to child bld scripts.

Is there anywhere that specifically says, which loglevel will / will not log to file? Thanks.
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Old 11-18-2014, 10:18 AM
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http://www.kinook.com/VisBuildPro/Ma...elproperty.htm
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Old 11-19-2014, 02:35 AM
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Thanks. I used the link above for /loglevel. But how can i achieve /loglevel vbldLogLevelWarning + but still able to log with vbldLogLevelDetailed to LOGFILE?
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Old 11-19-2014, 07:13 AM
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Set Tools | Application Options | Logging (More) | Log level to Detailed and specify /loglevel 1 when calling visbuildcmd.
http://www.kinook.com/VisBuildPro/Ma...ingmoreopt.htm
http://www.kinook.com/VisBuildPro/Manual/consoleapp.htm
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Old 11-21-2014, 05:01 AM
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Thanks Kinook. This works but it requires me to parse /logfile _filename_.

Code:
visbuildcmd Test.bld /loglevel 1 /logfile Test.log
I wish to use the LOGFILE macro already defined in the bld script, also when i parse LOGFILE macro in the command line, but omitting the /logfile parameter:

Code:
visbuildcmd Test.bld /loglevel 1 LOGFILE=%PROJDIR%\BuildLogs\%PROJROOT%.log
Is it possible? Thanks.
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Old 11-21-2014, 05:59 AM
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/logfile filename and LOGFILE=filename are equivalent. Both have the effect of defining a LOGFILE temporary macro which is available in the build.
http://www.kinook.com/VisBuildPro/Ma...ildlogging.htm
http://www.kinook.com/VisBuildPro/Ma...stemmacros.htm
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Old 11-21-2014, 07:52 AM
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According to my tests, these 2 command lines gives different results:

Does not produce log file:
Code:
c:\Builds\Source\BuildScripts>visbuildcmd Test.bld /mta /loglevel 0 /config VisBuildPro.config LOGFILE=%PROJROOT%.log /nologo
21-11-2014 14:23:32: Starting Build: 'c:\Builds\Source\BuildScripts\Test.bld'
21-11-2014 14:23:32: Building project step 'Project steps'...
21-11-2014 14:23:32: Building project step 'Log Message'...
LOGFILE=
21-11-2014 14:23:32: Build successfully completed (elapsed = 00:00:00).
Produces log file:
Code:
c:\Builds\Source\BuildScripts>visbuildcmd Test.bld /mta /loglevel 0 /config VisBuildPro.config /LOGFILE %PROJROOT%.log /nologo
21-11-2014 14:24:28: Starting Build: 'c:\Builds\Source\BuildScripts\Test.bld'
21-11-2014 14:24:28: Building project step 'Project steps'...
21-11-2014 14:24:28: Building project step 'Log Message'...
LOGFILE=c:\Builds\Source\BuildScripts\Test.log
21-11-2014 14:24:28: Build successfully completed (elapsed = 00:00:00).
VisBuildPro.config used:
Code:
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<configuration>
	<option name='BuildFailureStepsOnCancel'>0</option>
	<option name='CaseSensitiveBuildRuleComparisons'>0</option>
	<option name='ConvertOutputDoubleQuotes'>0</option>
	<option name='DefaultScriptEngine'>VBScript</option>
	<option name='DelLogFileOnBuild'>0</option>
	<option name='DelTempMacrosAfterBuild'>1</option>
	<option name='DelTempMacrosOnRebuild'>0</option>
	<option name='EchoChainedConsoleOutput'>1</option>
	<option name='EnvVarsInSystemMacros'>1</option>
	<option name='EscapeSpecialCharactersInOutput'>1</option>
	<option name='FailBuildWhenDoneIfStepsFailed'>0</option>
	<option name='LogAllFailureStepOutput'>1</option>
	<option name='LogBuildRuleEval'>1</option>
	<option name='LogDefaultStepProperty'>0</option>
	<option name='LogFilename'></option>
	<option name='LogFormat'>Text</option>
	<option name='LogLevel'>3</option>
	<option name='PersistBuildStatus'>0</option>
	<option name='ReevaluateAllBuildRules'>0</option>
	<option name='SetProjectDirectory'>1</option>
	<option name='StripLogLinefeedChar'>0</option>
	<option name='TextLogSkippedSteps'>1</option>
	<option name='TextLogStepEvents'>1</option>
	<option name='TextLogStepNumbering'>0</option>
</configuration>
This was my question earlier, i prefer to use LOGFILE=%PROJROOT%.log macro which i can define it in the bld file instead of parsing /logfile %PROJROOT%.log.
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Old 11-21-2014, 08:46 AM
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You found a bug. If the /loglevel parameter was specified and /logfile was not, the LOGFILE=value parameter was ignored and the LOGFILE macro set to an empty string instead. This is fixed in the latest download (VisBuildCmd.exe 8.7.0.3 in Help | About after installing). Sorry for not noticing the issue when you first posted. Thanks.
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Old 11-24-2014, 04:01 AM
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Thanks for the quickfix. I had it installed and it creates log files. Yay.

I have another question regarding the difference i see.

The logfile is generated at the script directory, c:\Builds\Source\BuildScripts:
Code:
c:\Builds\Source>visbuildcmd BuildScripts\Test.bld /mta /loglevel 0 /config BuildScripts\VisBuildPro.config LOGFILE=%PROJROOT%.log /nologo
24-11-2014 10:54:36: Starting Build: 'c:\Builds\Source\BuildScripts\Test.bld'
24-11-2014 10:54:36: Building project step 'Project steps'...
24-11-2014 10:54:36: Building project step 'Log Message'...
LOGFILE=Test.log
24-11-2014 10:54:36: Build successfully completed (elapsed = 00:00:00).
The logfile is generated at my current directory, c:\Builds\Source:
Code:
c:\Builds\Source>visbuildcmd BuildScripts\Test.bld /mta /loglevel 0 /config BuildScripts\VisBuildPro.config /LOGFILE %PROJROOT%.log /nologo
24-11-2014 10:55:12: Starting Build: 'c:\Builds\Source\BuildScripts\Test.bld'
24-11-2014 10:55:12: Building project step 'Project steps'...
24-11-2014 10:55:12: Building project step 'Log Message'...
LOGFILE=c:\Builds\Source\Test.log
24-11-2014 10:55:12: Build successfully completed (elapsed = 00:00:00).
Since you said LOGFILE macro and /logfile param are equivalent, the generated logfile path is a little inconsistent.

Last edited by raistlin; 11-24-2014 at 04:26 AM.
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Old 11-24-2014, 06:30 AM
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True, they're not exactly equivalent. When LOGFILE=filename is used, the value provided is assigned to the macro value. When /logfile is used, it does convert relative paths (via the GetFullPathName API) as it also does for other file/path parameters (.bld filename, /configpath, etc.). It's probably best to specify an absolute path to remove any ambiguity (i.e., %PROJDIR% for the path of the .bld file, %~dp0 to use the calling command script's path, a hard-coded path, etc.).
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Old 11-24-2014, 08:45 AM
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Roger that. Thanks alot for the support!
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