Beginning with version 2 of dcsTools Event Log Viewer, the ability to save viewed event logs to a special binary format has been added. This feature might be used for a number of reasons:
•You loaded multiple event logs into a single viewer, in effect merging them, and don't want to have to go back and remember which ones you merged together the next time you want to review the data.
•You have bookmarked event records and want to keep them for the a future analysis of the event data.
•You have added notes to a number of event records and want to be able to go back at a later date and review the event data and associated notes.
You can save the event viewer contents to file at any time by using the [Save] button located on the files toolbar or the main menu item File | Save. You are prompted for a filename and as a default, dcsTools Event Log Viewer will assign a special file extension to differentiate between standard event log files and the special binary file format dcsTools Event Log Viewer uses when saving an event file.
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When you save event data, all event data is saved, including items that are are not visible as a result of filtering or hiding a data display column. |
Event files that are saved using dcsTools Event Log Viewer contain the following information:
1.All of the originally-loaded event data. If you loaded multiple event logs into a single viewer, the data from all source event logs is saved to a single file.
2.All user-entered notes are saved.
3.The state of all bookmarks is saved.
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Event data files saved in the dcsTools Event Log Viewer binary format are compressed and may be smaller than the original event log text files. |
When you open this file at a later time, the data and notes are reloaded and the bookmarks set to just the way they were when you saved the file.
