Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Development:
Debugging and Troubleshooting

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.

Table 5–6 shows how to write messages to the log file.

Table 5–6: 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: Progress 4GL Reference .