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Praveen M.
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October 22, 2012
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InDesign CS5 Debug : Where do I get trace files?

  • October 22, 2012
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Hello folks,

I know trace files are created in QA folder which is under Applications folder. I want to trace all commands processed and I am using following steps

  • Started Adobe InDesign CS5 Debug application
  • Enabled "SpyOnCommand" and "SpyDebugLog" option which is available under Test->Spy->Spy Preferences...
  • Checked the option Test->TRACE->Diagnostics.
  • Selected Test->Diagnostics->Command->Trace All Commands->On

After doing all above steps I am expecting that traced log will be saved under QA/Logs/InDesign folder. I found there were only three files as "QueryGetUIObjectsInCmdCheck.txt", "WaxWorld.txt" and "PluginLoadLog.txt".

I didn't see any traced information in any of these files. Please let me know if someone knows how to generate trace logs?

Regards,

Praveen

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Correct answer Timothy_Brand-Spencer

In the Mac plug-in SDK there is a DebugWindow application at: <sdk>/devtools/bin/DebugWindow

Run DebugWindow and then open InDesign, you should see output.

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Timothy_Brand-SpencerCorrect answer
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October 22, 2012

In the Mac plug-in SDK there is a DebugWindow application at: <sdk>/devtools/bin/DebugWindow

Run DebugWindow and then open InDesign, you should see output.

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Praveen M.Author
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October 23, 2012

Thanks a lot Timothy

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IanDBrown
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October 22, 2012

You can choose where trace output goes from the menu. I guess you are on a mac in which case I normally use the app from the sdk (trace I think). On PC notepad works but must be loaded before indesign

Regards

Ian

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