Progress
Database Administration
Guide and Reference


Event Logging On Windows

In addition to the Progress event log, the Progress Server writes events to the Windows Event Log. The Event Log is the object that enables Windows users to view the status of application, security, and system processes, and to view their associated events. The Progress database is an application process that writes events to the Application Event Log. You use the Event Viewer to see the Event Log’s contents. You can customize the Event Viewer so that it displays only the event types that you want to view. You access the Event Viewer through the Administrative Tools program group. For a list of Windows operating systems currently supported by Progress, see the Progress Installation and Configuration Guide Version 9 for Windows .

The components that enable the Progress service to log messages to the Application event log database are described in Table 16–1.

Table 16–1: The Progress Event Logging Components 
This component . . .
performs this function . . .
The Event Viewer
Enables users to view the Event Log.
The Event Log
Records event information.
PROMSGS.DLL
Contains Progress database messages for the event log.
CATEGORY.DLL
Contains the 14 categories into which Progress database messages might fall.
PROMSGS file
Contains the full set of the Progress database messages including translated versions. The PROMSGS file is installed to the directory with the Progress executable.


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