Date parsed: 4/27/1999 9:03:20 PM
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 20:03:20 +0200

Hello Martin,

I'm sorry but SL4NT does not support fixed width columns in its current
version (1.2). I will think about implementing this feature in the next
version but as of now I can't give you a date for the release of the =
next
version.

If you have scripting experience, I can only recommend that you take a =
look
at my new product System Scripting Host. It includes a syslog receiver =
and
by using scripting code you have complete control about the output =
format.
The product includes a simple syslog daemon sample script, which may =
serve
as a starting point for your purposes.

Best regards,
Franz Krainer



Martin Proulx <mproulx@okiok.com> wrote in message
news:3725C676.13972E39@okiok.com...
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm currently evaluating your product, and I find it a very fine
> product.
>
> The only complain that I have about it is that with your current log
> format options, it was a pain for me to achieve an easilly readeable
> output. Which is thinking about it, a fairly big problem.
>
> What I want is a clean file log with separate fixed width columns for
> each fields.
> I was hoping to use the <TAB> separator to help me achieve this, but
> sadly, when you realize that most of the fields are fairly variable in
> width, you have to be very lucky in order to have a correctly looking
> output when you look at the file.
>
> The only way I've been able to achieve a readeable output was to use =
an
> editor that has configurable tab width and try all tab widths until =
the
> magic appeared.
>
> Is there some sort of workaround with the current 1.2 version in order
> to get fixed width fields?
>
> Are you planning to add fixed-width fields in a later revision? When
> would that be?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Martin Proulx