Capturing Output from Command Processor

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Hello, 
 I would like to inquire about the possibilities of capturing text output from the Command Processor. I know that the ListMessages ON command displays a log with all commands, but I'm wondering if there's a way to directly access this output - for example, by storing it in a variable or external file? 
 Thank you in advance for your responses and have a nice day. 
 Best regards, 
 Richard

rclement · Accepted Answer

You're looking for the Logging command; 
 LOGGING [SeverityLevel], [Filename], [ERASE] 
 Where SeverityLevel will set what is logged (7 being pretty much everything and 1 just messages - you can look it up in the Commands help file within ChemStation). You'll also want to check out the SetVerbose command, which increases the details; 
 SetVerbose VerboseLevel 
 I usually log at 7 with verbose set at 3 if I'm trying to get the most information. Just remember to set the verbose back to 0 after you're done logging, since it slows things down considerably by showing up in the command line.

rclement · Answer

Unfortunately, you will not be able to access the file while it is opened by ChemStation. I'm not exactly sure what it is you are trying to accomplish by trying to read the last logged line, but if you explain the goal, there might be a more elegant way to go about it.

rclement · Answer

I do not believe so. If you are looking mostly for the error messages and related, you could take a look at the error system variables; 
 _ERRMSG$ 
 _ERRCMD$ 
 _ERRMACRO$ 
 _ERRLINE 
 _ERROR

Capturing Output from Command Processor

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