SendLog

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How do I attach a text file when performing a SendLog

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Hi Jim, The SendLog API method can't send a text file directly: you will have to read the content of the file and send that as a byte-array, preferably including a matching mime-type (plain text, jpeg image, or what have you). See also http://api.eqatec.com/analytics/dotnet/html/M_EQATEC_Analytics_Monitor_IAnalyticsMonitor_SendLog_1.htm best regards, Richard Flamsholt EQATEC Team

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OK I've attached log files as required (I think) example code byte[] dataToSend = File.ReadAllBytes(files[0].ToString()); Program.monitor.SendLog("Activity log file", dataToSend.Length, "text/XML"); How do I access the log file from Dashbard?

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Hi Jim, There's a small typo in your example, because obviously you want to send the byte array itself and not just the length of it: Program.monitor.SendLog("Activity log file", dataToSend, "text/XML"); In answer to your question: there will be a small paperclip-icon prefixed to the log text when you view a Log Messages that has an attachment. When you click it, you can save the attached text to a file. Unfortunately we don't have any built-in viewers yet, so you will have to save it to file in order to view it. best regards, Richard Flamsholt EQATEC Team

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Yip copy & paste error :-( Got that working now. Next question - can you attach multiple files?

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Hi Jim, No, unfortunately not. We chose to keep the SendLog method as simple as possible, so it can just transfer one binary chunk at a time. If you need to transfer multiple files then you should either submit multiple log-lines, each with it's own file content attached, or concatenate the file contents in some way, e.g. by zipping them together programatically and submitting that instead. I can recommend the open-source SharpZipLib, which works really well - we've used it for years ourselves. best regards, Richard Flamsholt EQATEC Team

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OK fair enough.