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. >> > >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://old.nabble.com/I-am-trying-to-add-chainsaw-support-to-the-eXist-XML-Database-tp26548991p28622012.html >> Sent from the Log4j - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> >> >
