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Easily find a string in a Lotus Domino server log


Felipe Cardoso
08.29.2006
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Finding specific error messages or monitoring for a particular event in your Lotus Domino server log is almost impossible, given the size of most Lotus Domino server log files.

This code is similar to a script that would be used to find strings on a Lotus Domino server log. It works with Lotus Domino 6.5 in two different views -- Miscellaneous and Mail events. The result will be a .TXT file with the results of the search. To accomplish this, simply follow these steps.

  1. Create a form with the following fields:

    • Server: Text, which is for the name of the server. You can use a dialog list with a view from Domino Directory here.

    • String: Text, which will be the string to be searched.

    • View: Text, where we'll use a dialog list with the options: MailRoutingEvents and MiscEvents.

    • Day: Date, only with documents more recent than that date.

  2. In the form, create a button with the following code:

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