Microsoft Access Log

General

Logging is a common task when developing frontends. The more information is written into logs, the better the frontend, the user and the developer can control and react on the processes carried out by the frontend and its underlying code.

Terms

Log Message

A log message is the smallest unit of information, which represents or describes an event.

Event Type

The event type has not only descriptive use but is also suitable

for controlling the verbosity of the logging. Examples

Task

A task is a set of actions that has to be executed.

By providing a task name in log messages it is easier to display or analyze a sub set of log messages.

Step

A step represents a single action.

Text

The text describes the reason why the message has been logged.

Detail

Details contain deeper complementary information, which will allow more specific analysis.

Reference

The reference specifies the object the message is related to.

ReferenceId

If the given reference provides means of identity, the identifying information can be provided here.

Example:

Log Facility

Log messages can be written into visual controls, tables and files. The decision where these messages are