Running Message Browser

You may run the Message Browser for a selected error log-file, which may contain error and event messages from any number of applications.

You may run the Message Browser when you have installed ODABA and downloaded the database package, which contains the MessageBrowser.dev resource database as well as the ode.sys system database, which both are required for running the message browser. The Message Browser is platform independent and can be used under Windows, LINUX and several UNIX platforms.

In order to update (cut) the error log-file, the user should have write access to the error log-file to be displayed.

The Message Browser can be called from a command line in DOS or UNIX.

.../odaba/ode90.exe ini_file [ options ]

ode90.exe is the generic GUI framework, which is called as entry point for all ODABA applications. In order to call the proper application, the PROJECT option has to be set to MessageBrowser , which might be defined in the configuration or ini-file or as additional option passed on a command line.

Options for the Message Browser might be set from within the Message Browser or by calling the Option Browser with the Message Browser's application database.

The ini-file refers to the database location and can be provided as configuration or ini-file. An example for an ini-file is shown below. The DATDB option refers to the Message Browser's application database location, which is used for storing temporary data, only.

The location for the error log-file is taken from the TRACE option, which might be set in the ini-file or passed as option to the program call. The error.lst file displayed in the Message Browser must be available in the directory defined in the TRACE option.