Hello BMarlborough, This sounds great!! I know Chainsaw recently was chosen as the "official" log4j gui, but LogFactor is way more mature and has many more features which Chainsaw only has begun considering to do.
The "only" problem I can see is that last time I checked LogFactor5 one should use a custom LogFactor-appender. This might be necessary, but it would be great if it also "just" could be used with a standard SocketAppender - but I would guess that would be a "simple" addition :) Max Thursday, April 11, 2002, 1:46:05 AM, you wrote: BMarlborough> Greetings Log4j developers, BMarlborough> In case you hadn't heard, Servidium Inc, creators of LogFactor5, was BMarlborough> acquired by Chicago based ThoughtWorks Inc. this past October. While we BMarlborough> enjoyed developing LogFactor5, product development and sales are not part BMarlborough> of ThoughtWorks business model. That said, we are considering open BMarlborough> sourcing the product on Source Forge or donating the product to the Log4j BMarlborough> team. We would love to donate LogFactor5 to the Log4j development team BMarlborough> since it's one of our favorite tools. BMarlborough> Product Background: BMarlborough> - LogFactor5 - GUI Appender/Console for Log4j BMarlborough> - In development since April 2001 BMarlborough> - Current version of LogFactor5 - 1.2 (Version 1.3 has been tested but has BMarlborough> yet to be released) BMarlborough> - 1600 downloads as of March 1st, 2002 BMarlborough> Features include: BMarlborough> - Real-time category and log level filtering. BMarlborough> - Read log files from a file. BMarlborough> - Read log files from a URL. BMarlborough> - Customizable Log Table view. BMarlborough> - Category level tree navigation. BMarlborough> - NDC record filtering. BMarlborough> - Full text searching on logged messages. BMarlborough> - Save configuration, filtering, and view settings for later sessions. BMarlborough> - Configure the number of log records to be displayed. BMarlborough> - Customizable record colors. BMarlborough> - Configurable font face and size. BMarlborough> - Customizable Log Table column layout. BMarlborough> - Full support for all Log4j priority levels. BMarlborough> - Full support for custom priority levels. BMarlborough> - Dynamic message counting. BMarlborough> - Also works in standalone mode (i.e. not an appender) for use with a BMarlborough> socket appender and loading files from a URL or the file system. BMarlborough> - 8 fully documented and working examples, user's guide, quick start guide BMarlborough> and product tour BMarlborough> For more information on the product, please see BMarlborough> http://www.servidium.com/site/logfactor5/index.html BMarlborough> In addition, if it is decided that LF5 is to become part of the Log4j BMarlborough> distribution, we would be happy to remove the licensing logic, reformat the BMarlborough> source to Log4j standards, update the documentation and graphics, BMarlborough> rename/repackage, etc. BMarlborough> Looking forward to your thoughts. BMarlborough> Cheers, BMarlborough> Brad Marlborough BMarlborough> ThoughtWorks, Inc. -- The art of heavy lifting(SM) BMarlborough> http://www.thoughtworks.com BMarlborough> -- BMarlborough> To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> BMarlborough> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Best regards, Max mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
