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  • 05-21-2008, 11:10 AM In reply to

    • lizardlabs
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    Re: New GUI tool for MS Log Parser, Log Parser Lizard

    I have created a small web site to support my products (includeing Log Parser Lizard).

    Now you can find latest versions of Log Parser Lizard (GUI for MS Log Parser) on this link www.lizardl.com

    Thank you all.

  • 05-24-2008, 5:23 PM In reply to

    • kcornwell
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    Can't get the Lizard working on Server2008

     Can't get the Lizard working on Server2008 x64.  I have installed LogParser from MS (if that matters). 

     

    When I try to run the app I get the following...

     

    Description:
      Stopped working

    Problem signature:
      Problem Event Name:    APPCRASH
      Application Name:    Log Parser Lizard.exe
      Application Version:    1.0.0.0
      Application Timestamp:    4756832e
      Fault Module Name:    KERNEL32.dll
      Fault Module Version:    6.0.6001.18000
      Fault Module Timestamp:    4791ada5
      Exception Code:    e0434f4d
      Exception Offset:    000000000002649d
      OS Version:    6.0.6001.2.1.0.272.7
      Locale ID:    1033
     

     

    Any suggestions? 

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  • 06-05-2008, 2:30 PM In reply to

    • Nolty
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    Re: New GUI tool for MS Log Parser, Log Parser Lizard

    lizardlabs:

    juststeve:
    IMO, what we really need is a way to prompt the user for input.

    Did you mean something like this. If you, enter query like (for example) ‘select * from <1> where Date = (@MyDate as date)', when you run it, the program will show dialog box for entering parameter @MyDate and pass it to the LogParser? Or you have somethin else in mind?

     

    Has anything like this been added by any chance?  I really like the tool, but I need a way for my users to be asked for parameters or I may have to pass on using this great tool.  Thanks in advance.

  • 06-18-2008, 3:56 AM In reply to

    • lizardlabs
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    Re: New GUI tool for MS Log Parser, Log Parser Lizard

    Nolty:

    Has anything like this been added by any chance?  I really like the tool, but I need a way for my users to be asked for parameters or I may have to pass on using this great tool.  Thanks in advance.

    This and some other features (like better GUI, more properties for graphs, query parameters...) will be added in the next release of the application (probably by the end of summer).  If someone has some ideas and special needs please be free to contact me and I will see what can be done.

  • 07-16-2008, 1:49 PM In reply to

    • Wanabe
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    • Wanabe

    Re: New GUI tool for MS Log Parser, Log Parser Lizard

    Hello,

    I noticed that there is a pop-up query box that appears below the log entries in the GUI.  Can this be used to modify the query on the fly for the log file?  Not sure what it's pupose is and/or how to use it?

    On that same note, is it possible to pull in an entire log and be able to filter the results as needed?

     Thanks!

  • 07-16-2008, 3:19 PM In reply to

    • Wanabe
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    • Wanabe

    Re: New GUI tool for MS Log Parser, Log Parser Lizard

    Scratch that.  Just figured it out.  New user and just installed today.  Nice tool!

  • 07-17-2008, 10:08 AM In reply to

    • Rovastar
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    • Rovastar

    Re: New GUI tool for MS Log Parser, Log Parser Lizard

     Thanks for this tool. Just started using it. It comes in very handy. :)

     I drop by some suggestions for the new version soon.

    Most overused word in IT is 'should' as in 'That should work!?!'
  • 07-18-2008, 5:32 AM In reply to

    • Rovastar
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    • Rovastar

    Re: New GUI tool for MS Log Parser, Log Parser Lizard

    Again what a nice tool. Here is some feedback.

    a) When you open a query up in the main generating window and then edit the query it does not refresh the setting.

    Say a query is to look for a specfic IP address I run it ok if then I want to edit the query to look for anotehr IP address. Hitting 'generate' doesn't make run teh new query it runs the old (cached) one.

    You need to close down the window and re-open the query. It is a real a pain.

    Could you have the changes realtime please.

    b) Change the display order of the queries and groups. 

    I cannot find a why to change the display order. I have have created several groups one for each webserver/farm. Now I want to more the display order of these. At the moment they are in the same order as generated. When I have many groups and queries within the groups this can look a little messy.

    c) Copy setting for queries/groups

    I want to be able to copy groups and queries. E.g. I have designed several a group with many queries and I want the same group but with me just editing a few settings like the logfiel location, etc  a copy would make this soooo much easier.

    ---

    Thanks for the default queries too there are a few nice ones in there. I intend a publishing several useful ones myself as I am creating a whole load of them for the support team to use.

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  • 07-18-2008, 7:06 AM In reply to

    • lizardlabs
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    Re: New GUI tool for MS Log Parser, Log Parser Lizard

    Rovastar:

    Again what a nice tool. Here is some feedback.

    a) When you open a query up in the main generating window and then edit the query it does not refresh the setting.

    Say a query is to look for a specfic IP address I run it ok if then I want to edit the query to look for anotehr IP address. Hitting 'generate' doesn't make run teh new query it runs the old (cached) one.

    You need to close down the window and re-open the query. It is a real a pain.

    Could you have the changes realtime please.

    b) Change the display order of the queries and groups. 

    I cannot find a why to change the display order. I have have created several groups one for each webserver/farm. Now I want to more the display order of these. At the moment they are in the same order as generated. When I have many groups and queries within the groups this can look a little messy.

    c) Copy setting for queries/groups

    I want to be able to copy groups and queries. E.g. I have designed several a group with many queries and I want the same group but with me just editing a few settings like the logfiel location, etc  a copy would make this soooo much easier.

    ---

    Thanks for the default queries too there are a few nice ones in there. I intend a publishing several useful ones myself as I am creating a whole load of them for the support team to use.

    Hi, thnx for the compliment and feedback:

    a) Did you change the query in the Popup Query Window (it appears in the bottom of the main Window) or from Queries dialog box (from toolbar)? If you changed it from the dialog box the changes won’t take effect immediately but on the next load of a query, but if you change it in the popup query window they should  take effect  temporarily, and generate results with new query parameters (if you want, you can save changes on the query). This is not a bug, it is a feature :)

    b) and c) Hmmmm.... Oooook, I get it. I’ll put more query management options in the next release of Log Parser Lizard. Also it will be possible to change groups for a query and much much more ;) As a workaround try to manually edit Queries.xml (a file in an installation dir) with Notepad.

    Any other feedbacks :) ?

  • 07-18-2008, 10:01 AM In reply to

    • Rovastar
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    • Rovastar

    Re: New GUI tool for MS Log Parser, Log Parser Lizard

    Thanks for the reply.

    a) Aha I see the query button for the popup now at the bottom of the main window - I missed that before. I was changing the 'query dialog box windows for all the queries) before and as you know that doesn't refresh. Even if I save the query it the 'query dialog box'  still doesn't reflect the new values. I can reopen the 'query dialog box' and see the changes that have been made but hitting 'generate' does not reflect these changes.

    It would be nice if it did though.

    For b) above I was trying to do all the changes in the 'queries' window (titled Log Parser queries) I realise you can do reorder the individual queries in a group in the main window 'navigation' panels. So that is ok.

    But ordering the groups.

    And I thought you could do the ordering versions of the groups in the main navigate panel as there is a 'Navigate Pane Option' and in there is says 'Display buttons in this order' but.....it just has tick boxes. So it is not displaying buttons in this order just 'display these buttons'. You cannot 'order' them at all from what I can see. I just don't understand what this is for as you also have "Add or remove buttons" option that does the same thing as this but with a nicer GUI. *shrug*

    A new one or two

    d) This is trivial but I would like a simple counter in second when it is runnig the query so I know how long it has been running for. I could go on the status bar [input records:x, Output Records:x ; Rows in table:x; Querying runnig time: x and (running)  or (completed)  ] 

    So i know it is still running and I know how long a query takes to complete. I have several millions IIS log file rows a days for some farms.

    e) Change the priority of Log Parser Lizard (I am going to call it LPL for short).

    I don't know how easy this is to do but by defualt the LPL process runs on Normal Priority. When running a long queries it is slow  and I cannot click on other windows/etc as it obviously takes up rtesources doing lots of work.

    I was wondering if you could have an option of making LPL run in low priorty. Then I can do stuff.

    I am a little worried about the effect on performance of the machine. I doubt it will do much but I feel more comfortable running it on Low priorty as my machines testing and staging servers (as they are the only ones that have access to the live production boxes logs through the firewall) are still used and I want them as responsive as possibel as log are not .

    Cheers for this again. Don't worry about not getting feedback from me worry about getting too much! ;)

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  • 07-21-2008, 8:01 AM In reply to

    • joelangley
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    Re: New GUI tool for MS Log Parser, Log Parser Lizard

    Great tool...I have used it for a bit now and it is really good...author is helpful as well! Thanks for sharing this tool with all of us.

  • 09-03-2008, 4:07 AM In reply to

    • tuantomy
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