Writing user messages to the log file

Debugging and Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting Resources : Logging in OpenEdge : Log files : Writing user messages to the log file

You can write user messages to the current log file by using the WRITE-MESSAGE( ) method on the LOG-MANAGER system handle.

Note: For interactive or batch clients, the WRITE-MESSAGE( ) method writes the log entries to the log file specified by the LOGFILE-NAME attribute or the Client Logging (-clientlog) startup parameter. For WebSpeed agents and AppServer agents, the WRITE-MESSAGE( ) method writes the log entries to the server log file.

The following table shows how to write messages to the log file.

Table 28. Writing messages to the log file
Method	General syntax	Example
LOG-MANAGER system handle	LOG-MANAGER:WRITE-MESSAGE( msg-exp[, subsys-expr] )	LOG-MANAGER:WRITE-MESSAGE("Got here: x=" + string(x), "DEBUG1").

The following line appears in the log file:

[06/10/31@13:19:19.742-0500] P-003616 T-001984 1 4GL DEBUG1 Got here: x=5

For a detailed description of the LOG-MANAGER system handle, see OpenEdge Development: ABL Reference.