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--- technote:log_file [2020/09/09 01:40] – created Scott Cunliffe
+++ technote:log_file [2025/01/21 22:07] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 There are a couple of methods available to set the location the log file saves to if you don't want to utilize the default location.
-==== Setting Log File via Lite ====
+==== Setting Log File Location via Lite ====
-==== Options ====
+When cycling through a main function in Lite (Scan-In, Scan-out, Send and Recall etc), after selecting the function and clicking Next you will be presented with the Options window.
-When cycling through a main function in Lite (Scan-In, Scan-out, Send and Recall), after selecting the function and clicking Next you will be presented with the Options window.
 To change the default directory, click in the field to the right of the Log File Folder and click on the (''...'') button and select the required directory to save the log file to.
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+==== Setting Log File Location via Lite Configuration File ====
+Setting the directory to write the log file to via the configuration file not only sets the write location but also removes the Option window from the Lite processes, removing the operators ability to alter the directory from within Lite.
+To set the directory via the configuration file, open TMSSLite.cfg with a text editor, such as Notepad, from the Lite installation directory.  Default location is C:\Program Files\TapeTrack\TapeTrack Lite\TMSSLite.cfg .
+Scroll down to the section
+<code>
+   //
+   // If you specify a valid logfile value the logfile dialog will not be displayed
+   //
+   // logfile="%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%\Documents";
+   </code>
+Remove the comments (<nowiki>//</nowiki>) from the line logfile="%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%\Documents"; and set the directory path to the folder you want the log files to save to. eg C:\Users\user_name\Documents\Lite Log Files.
+The code block in the cfg file should now look like this:
+<code>
+   //
+   // If you specify a valid logfile value the logfile dialog will not be displayed
+   //
+logfile="C:\Users\user_name\Documents\Lite Log Files";
+   </code>