LOG/NLOG Dialog Logging

Notes:

In a connection the LOG command can be used in both Line Mode as well as Mask Mode. With a mask, the LOG command should be entered in the first overwriteable field. An exception to this is in EDT, where the LOG command should be entered in the 24th line (command line). No other field may be modified in the same mask.

With screen masks whose first overwriteable field is too short to hold the full LOG command, the screen can be cleared before entering the LOG command with the LSP key.

When replaying a dialog captured with the S option, the generated input steps cannot be displayed on the screen. When replaying a dialog captured with the I option (Standard option), both input and output steps will be displayed on the screen. The S option has the effect of capturing pure input to the LOG file without any additional information for the internal use of CFS.

The M option (preModify) only has effect when capturing Mask or Formatted input (SAW: "read modified fields"). The M option causes the contents of all overwriteable fields, including those not modified by the user, to be written to the LOG file. The M option has no effect in Line Mode entry.

Example: EDT session in F mode. If a screen is made overwriteable by pressing the F2 key, the contents of all displayed data lines will be captured to the LOG file. The effect is thus the same as if the user had modified all data lines.

The commands LOG and NLOG will still take effect in a DO procedure if the statements /WR-T 'LOG...', or /WR-T 'NLOG' respectively are displayed on the screen as comment.

By setting an option, the system administrator can generate CFS such that all commands destined for the Connection Handler must be preceded by the escape symbol. The activating and deactivating of Logging will in this case be done by ^LOG and ^NLOG respectively. To check if the ^ option is set, display the CRD mask (CRD command).