Clear Log action

[adhunkins]

I suggest an action to clear the log for a task (default to current task). It could be a new action in the "RoboTask Commands" section. Or it could be in the Settings tab of the task.

[Lana_K]

Sorry, I am just curious, why right-clicking on the log panel and selecting 'Clear Log' is not enough?

[adhunkins]

An example might be a trigger that records the size of a new window into the log. The log would get very long very quickly. Or, as you say, you'd need to open RoboTask all the time, find the task, and right-click to clear the log so that only the most recent window info shows in the log. If there was the ability to clear the log programmatically, you could just clear the log as a task step just before outputting the info to the log. (That's actually my use case for the feature request.)

[Oleg]

Log size has limit. Look at menu Options->Settings

[adhunkins]

True. But that setting applies to all tasks. And there's no way to know how many characters your task will dump to the log.

It would be nice if the log contained ONLY the log output from the last triggered event. IMHO.

As always, Oleg, thank you for your consideration.

[Irishman]

I agree with this suggestion. It would be a nice option to clear the log before running a task.
I've been a subscriber for many years and I use RoboTask daily. RoboTask is an EXCELLENT program and gets better with every new feature!

[felipe]

I already did a similar thing by creating my own task where it goes into the log file of the defined task and scans the list of lines by older dates
but it does not update in the panel view, you need to restart the program to load the updated log again

[OldGeek]

I already did a similar thing by creating my own task where it goes into the log file of the defined task and scans the list of lines by older dates
but it does not update in the panel view, you need to restart the program to load the updated log again

Any chance you would share this task, it sound better than clearing the whole log.

[felipe]

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Name=STRING|"clear_log"
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value1=STRING|"{GetTaskIdByExtName({current_task})}"

[Actions\Action3]
ActionID=STRING|"A_ROBOTASK_LOG"
Enabled=INTEGER|-1
Name=STRING|"Log Message"
Params=FOLDER

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Name=STRING|"Log Message"
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[Actions\Action8]
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Name=STRING|"End Loop"

[felipe]

I didn't add "Restart Robotask"
It is up to you when this will be done.