GeneXus Log

It is possible to trace GeneXus activity, registering the build and general output in a file, named GXLogging.log

Log info Example

2013-08-28 11:30:56,225 [6220] INFO  GeneXus - == Database Creation Analysis started ==
2013-08-28 11:30:56,594 [6220] INFO  GeneXus - Processing ...
2013-08-28 11:30:56,614 [6220] INFO  GeneXus - Searching for new or changed tables ...
2013-08-28 11:30:56,809 [6220] INFO  GeneXus - Analyzing   DatetimesTrn ...
2013-08-28 11:30:56,809 [6220] INFO  GeneXus - Removing specification files ...
2013-08-28 11:30:56,809 [6220] INFO  GeneXus - Specification files removed.arte
2013-08-28 11:30:56,878 [6220] INFO  GeneXus - Generating messages for English ...
2013-08-28 11:30:57,061 [6220] INFO  GeneXus - Generators messages generated.
2013-08-28 11:30:57,498 [6220] INFO  GeneXus - Analyzing   ImageTrn ...
...
2013-08-28 11:30:57,818 [6220] INFO  GeneXus - Analyzing   TrnD ...
2013-08-28 11:30:57,857 [6220] INFO  GeneXus - Analyzing   ABC2nivLevel1 ...
2013-08-28 11:30:57,902 [6220] INFO  GeneXus - Analyzing   ABC ...
2013-08-28 11:30:57,960 [6220] INFO  GeneXus - Searching for deleted tables ...
2013-08-28 11:30:57,967 [6220] INFO  GeneXus - Searching redundancy in ABC
2013-08-28 11:30:57,967 [6220] INFO  GeneXus - Updating redundancy in ABC
...
2013-08-28 11:30:58,050 [6220] INFO  GeneXus - Loading table and attribute properties ...
...
2013-08-28 11:30:58,107 [6220] INFO  GeneXus - Saving specifications.
2013-08-28 11:30:58,123 [6220] INFO  GeneXus - == Database Creation Analysis ended successfully ==
2013-08-28 11:31:49,822 [6220] INFO  GeneXus - == Specification started ==
2013-08-28 11:31:50,032 [6220] INFO  GeneXus - Processing enumerated domains...
2013-08-28 11:31:50,536 [6220] INFO  GeneXus - Searching redundancy in ABC
2013-08-28 11:31:50,536 [6220] INFO  GeneXus - Updating redundancy in ABC
2013-08-28 11:31:50,555 [6220] INFO  GeneXus - Searching redundancy in ABC2nivLevel1
2013-08-28 11:31:50,556 [6220] INFO  GeneXus - Updating redundancy in ABC2nivLevel1
2013-08-28 11:31:50,557 [6220] INFO  GeneXus - Searching redundancy in TrnD
2013-08-28 11:31:50,557 [6220] INFO  GeneXus - Updating redundancy in TrnD
2013-08-28 11:31:50,563 [6220] INFO  GeneXus - Searching redundancy in TrnTestAskRule

How to enable this trace?

GeneXus Menu -> Tools -> Options -> Trace -> Log = On

At previous versions of GeneXus, this option was not available. See how to enable in GeneXus X Evolution I and GenXus X Evolution 2 here

Note: GXLogging.log will be created under %APPDATA%\Artech\GeneXus\<GXVersion> for Evolution 3 and will be created under %APPDATA%\GeneXus\GeneXus\<GXVersion> for V15.

Tip: adding the following line to environment.config file (available under the previously mentioned folder>) inside tag <General>, processId will be shown at GeneXus' output window:

<add key="ShowProcessId" value="True" />

What log files are generated?

By default, GXLogging.log file is generated. When it reaches 9 Megabytes it's renamed as GXLogging.1 and Gxlogging.log is created. This process is repeated four times.

To change these values (i.e. to increase the size limit or the quantity of files) you can change gxlogging.config (file located under GeneXus installation folder):

<maximumFileSize value="9000KB" />
<maxSizeRollBackups value="4" />