This selection from the main Platform Administration view lets you examine standard output from the host’s platform daemon (Figure 59), in real time. It is available for troubleshooting purposes.

Output is different from the output of a running station, as seen in the Application Director.

Depending on the log filter settings set in platform administration’s Daemon Output Settings dialog (Change Output Settings), the activity level in the output window will vary. Output is “non-modal,” meaning that you can leave this window open and still do other Workbench operations (including change output settings).

As needed, use the scroll bars to navigate through messages, which will have headings “TRACE,” “MESSAGE,” “WARNING,” or “ERROR,” depending on message type. Each message includes a timestamp and a thread id number.

Use the Windows copy shortcut (CTRL-C) to copy text of interest to the Windows clipboard.

Click Pause Output to freeze the output from updating further (no longer in real time). When you do that, note that the button changes to Load Output. This means that daemon messages are still collected. When you click Load Output, the display loads the collected messages and continues again in real time.

Click Clear Output to clear all collected messages from the current daemon output window. This not a “destructive clear,” as another (or new) daemon output window retains daemon messages.