Tim,

If I change the internal web server port in the IDE to anything other than 80 eg 8080, then it seems that any of my calls in code to logoutput are ignored and not displayed in the messages window.

All of the the standard IDE startup messages like emitted, copied and success are fine.

I'm not sure If this is standard behaviour or not...

cheers

On 27/07/15 10:02, Max Evans wrote:
> If I change the internal web server port in the IDE to anything other than 80 eg 8080, then it seems that any of my calls in code to logoutput are ignored and not displayed in the messages window.
>
> All of the the standard IDE startup messages like emitted, copied and success are fine.
>
> I'm not sure If this is standard behaviour or not...
>

My assumption is that LogOutput wants to send to port 80 by default. The
call syntax can be viewed here:

http://www.elevatesoft.com/manual?action=viewtopic&id=ewb2&topic=Debugging

The second parameter is a URL for the server to which the message is
sent. I use the following syntax for port 8080:

LogOutput('my message','http://localhost:8080/log');

and that seems to work.

--
Rick

I'm having the same issue using port 7781.
I have the WebHTTP in the uses line, and I'm calling it like this :
   LogOutput('preset changed','http://localhost:7781/log');

If I put a message box like this immediately before or after the LogOutput, I see the message box :
   ShowMessage('here');

but all I see in the Messages debug window is 3 lines, 2 emit and one "Success". My LogOutput does not show at all.

On 27/07/15 18:28, squiffy wrote:
> I'm having the same issue using port 7781.
> I have the WebHTTP in the uses line, and I'm calling it like this :
>      LogOutput('preset changed','http://localhost:7781/log');
>
> If I put a message box like this immediately before or after the LogOutput, I see the message box :
>      ShowMessage('here');
>
> but all I see in the Messages debug window is 3 lines, 2 emit and one "Success". My LogOutput does not show at all.
>

I added a button with an OnClick event containing the following:

ShowMessage('test');
LogOutput('My message','http://localhost:8080/log');

Clicking the button added the message to the Messages log and displayed
the ShowMessage. It seemed to work as expected.

Do you have some example code that doesn't work?

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Rick

Here's the procedure :

procedure TfrmPickADate.selectPreset(Sender: TObject);
begin
  ShowMessage(IntToStr(cmbPresetDate.ItemIndex));
  LogOutput('preset changed','http://localhost:7781/log');
end;

It's called from the onChange event of a tbuttoncombobox

ShowMessage works fine, but nothing in the log window.

On 27/07/15 20:14, squiffy wrote:
> Here's the procedure :
>
> procedure TfrmPickADate.selectPreset(Sender: TObject);
> begin
>     ShowMessage(IntToStr(cmbPresetDate.ItemIndex));
>     LogOutput('preset changed','http://localhost:7781/log');
> end;
>
> It's called from the onChange event of a tbuttoncombobox
>
> ShowMessage works fine, but nothing in the log window.
>

I set up a TButtomComboBox with associated OnChange just as you
described and both the ShowMessage and the Message window entry appeared
as expected. I even changed my internal web server to port 7781.

Can you confirm that your internal web server is running on the same
port you have specified in the LogOutput call? If the port numbers don't
match there won't be an error message, you just won't see anything.

--
Rick

Ok, fixed it. You were kind of right.

If you stop the internal web server (or just don't start it) and run the program (F9), the web server gets started but I see the issue I reported - the log doesn't log.

If you start the web server in the IDE before running the program, then it all works just fine - I see the log.

I'll stick it on my wall list of idiosyncrasies

Thanks for your help.

<< If you stop the internal web server (or just don't start it) and run the program (F9), the web server gets started but I see the issue I reported - the log doesn't log. >>

Per the documentation:

LogOutput Procedure
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For simple debugging needs, ******make sure that the internal web server is the selected web server in the IDE and that the internal web server is running (see Running a Project)******. Then, include the WebHTTP unit in the uses clause of the unit that you wish to debug. Finally, call the LogOutput procedure where necessary, passing any debug messages to the procedure as a single String parameter:

http://www.elevatesoft.com/manual?action=viewtopic&id=ewb2&topic=Debugging

Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com

Ah, nuts. Missed that little detail. Apologies.
Must drink less coffee...