Setting ThinApp Log Monitor Tracing Options

AdminStudio 2023 | 25.0 | ThinApp Assistant

ThinApp Log Monitor is an application in the ThinApp Suite that allows you to record detailed information about any application’s execution history for later review. The following events are recorded:

• API calls—Win32 API calls with parameter and result information made by applications running in the ThinApp virtual operating system
• Errors—A list of potential errors, exceptions, and security events within the application
• Loaded DLLs—A list of all DLLs loaded by the application and address ranges

Log Monitor is launched by selecting a shortcut in the ThinApp Suite group on the Windows Start menu.

ThinApp Log Monitor

Log Monitor displays the following information:

ThinApp Log Monitor Interface

#

Name

Description

1

Process List

Any new ThinApp process which has been started after Log Monitor begins will be listed. If you click on one of the processes, the Input Trace File and Output Report Filename fields are automatically populated.

Note:If the application was built with the Disable Log Monitor Tracing option on the Build Options page selected, it will not be listed.

2

Delete

Click to delete trace files for the selected processes in the Process List.

3

Kill

Click to kill currently running process that is selected in the Process List. You would do this to stop a process from logging additional entries once an error condition has been reached.

4

Input Trace File

Click Browse to manually browse for a trace file to convert.

5

Output Report File

The file listed in this field is generated when you click Generate text trace report. This report should be viewed with a text editor that supports UNIX-style line breaks such as Wordpad or Word (not Notepad).

Disabling Log Monitor Tracing

If you do not want to allow ThinApp Log Monitor tracing in a ThinApp application, select the Disable Log Monitor Tracing option on the Build Options page.

To disabling the ThinApp Log Monitor tracing capabilities:

1. Open the Build Options page.
2. Select the Disable Log Monitor Tracing option.
3. Build the ThinApp application.