About CIMPLICITY Log Files

CIMPLICITY software consists of a large number of interrelated programs. Not all programs are run interactively by users. The non-interactive programs, therefore, cannot report problems directly to a user's terminal. Instead, they use the various log files available on the system.

Project log files

You can find these log files in your project's log directory. All messages related to a project are logged to these files.

These files include:

CIMPLICITY Version File File Name
Lower t than CIMPLICITY v9.0 Status Log cor_recstat.clg
CIMPLICITY v9.0 and higher Status Log
All CIMPLICITY versions All CIMPLICITY processes other than user processes *.out and *.err
All CIMPLICITY versions Backup for all CIMPLICITY processes other than user processes *.out_<n> and *.err_<n> .
Note:
  • If a project has been upgraded from an earlier CIMPLICITY  version both the cor_recstat.clg and cor_recstat.cl2 files will be available.

If cor_recstat.cl2 was used a new file should be cor_recstat_1.cl2, etc.

cor_recstat.clg 80 characters
cor_recstat.cl2 1024 characters.
  • If a long point ID that is being used in CIMPLICITY applications is deleted, error messages displayed in a cor_recstat.cl2 log that are associated with that long point ID will display the internally generated short point ID (32 characters or less) instead of the long point ID created by the user.

Notes:

  • Examples of applications that might be using the long point ID  are CimView, Trend, an event in the Event Editor.
  • The message will report that there is a request for a nonexistent point; the reported point ID will be the short point ID.

System log files

You can find the system log files in the ..\<CIMPLICITY Installation>\log directory under your main CIMPLICITY directory. All system messages are logged to these files.

These files include:

CIMPLICITY Version File File Name
Lower t than CIMPLICITY v9.0 System Status Log cor_recstat.clg
CIMPLICITY v9.0 and higher System Status Log cor_recstat.cl2
All CIMPLICITY versions Router w32rtr.out and w32rtr.err

Use the following to view log files.

Use To view information in
Status Log Viewer Status Log files for projects or the system.
Notepad .out, .out_<n>, .err, and .ERR_<n> files for projects.