Customizing status window content
Information in the Status window
The information in the Status window comes mostly from the log files, which are located in the \CCM\logs directory. The amount and types of information taken from the log files is configurable. Some information in the status window is written directly from the GUI and cannot be found in the log files.
Configuring the Status window
You can configure the status window from the Preferences menu. The parameters that can be modified are the following.
- The level of detail that is selected determines the amount and type of information that goes to the Status window from the log file. The default is "terminal."
- The capacity of the screen writes determines the number of characters written to the Status window before it is cleared. the default is 10,000.
- The frequency at which the screen is refreshed determines how often (in seconds) information is written to the Status window. The default is 30 seconds.
To Configure these parameters complete the following steps.
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From the main menu bar, select File > Preferences.
Result
The Preference screen appears
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Click the Status window tab.
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Select the desired level of detail from Level drop down menu.
The choices are as follows:
- Terminal displays only messages that warn of problems that could cause something to fail.
- Warning displays all of the terminal messages plus messages concerning non-critical problems.
- Info displays all of the terminal and warning messages as well as messages containing information such as the status of any job that is running.
- Debug displays all of the above messages as well as messages containing information needed by the program developers to troubleshoot a job.
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Click OK.
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Enter the buffer size in the buffer size field.
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Click OK.
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Enter the refresh rate in the refresh rate field.
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Click OK.
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Clearing the status window
ContentDirector writes to the Status window and to log files. You can clear the status window so that it only displays new data, starting with the next screen refresh.
To clear the status window manually, complete the following steps.
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From the main menu bar, click View.
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Click Clear Status Window.
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Disable autoscrolling in the status window
To make reading the logging text easier, you can disable autoscrolling in the status window.
To disable autoscrolling, complete the following steps:
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Right-click anywhere on the status window.
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Click Autoscroll Off.
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