I may change this to work the other way (if the command line arg is present,
use it instead of an auto-config url)...and I may change the mechanism to a
regular command line argument to Chainsaw instead of using a system
property..it could then be passed through more easily (say via shortcuts,
etc).

Scott


On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 9:19 AM, Scott Deboy <[email protected]> wrote:

> I just committed a change to Chainsaw svn trunk (rev 946685) which provides
> support for using the log4j.configuration system property on the command
> line to configure Chainsaw if the application-wide preferences field is not
> set (or cleared out and Chainsaw is restarted).
>
> The configuration.url must provide a URL
>
> java -classpath (classpath here)
> -Dlog4j.configuration=file:///c:/downloads/tools/log4j/config/log4j.xml
> org.apache.log4j.chainsaw.LogUI
>
> Scott
>
>
> On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 7:28 AM, mokader <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi Scott,
>>
>> Thanks for your quick reply.
>>
>> My application is executable and will be distributed to users, my users
>> also
>> view logs.
>> for example, if a user press "view log" button, I need to open chainsaw.
>>
>> As you said, I can configure in application-wide preferences screen, only
>> after launching the chainsaw.
>> I want to launch it pre-configured, like using command-line parameters
>> when
>> chainsaw main class is launched.
>>
>> Is there a way to send configuration file path as the command-line
>> arguments?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mohammed
>>
>>
>> Scott Deboy wrote:
>> >
>> > you can specify the URL to the configuration file in the
>> application-wide
>> > preferences screen - specifying the URL to your configuration will cause
>> > the
>> > configuration to be used each time Chainsaw is started.
>> >
>>
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