Yes, I want exactly that facility too. Any chance of it getting into a released version? Paul. Anders Kristensen wrote: I can imagine cases where what you're proposing would be useful. In particular where an admin console connects to a running server and wants to retrieve the current configuration, maybe so that it can modify it or replicate it locally or elsewhere. It's a small and straightforward change so I'm for it. Cheers, Anders Richard Trevor wrote: > > I see that one can configure an Appender using setOption(String key, > String value). > I see that one can retrieve the set of option keys supported by an > Appender using getOptionStrings() > But I don't see where the values of any particular option can be > retrieved (as a String would be just fine). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- Paul Drage ICL, West Avenue, Kidsgrove, Stoke-on-Trent, ST7 1TL Tel: 01782 781580 Fax: 01782 787120 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]