Create!form Bind Technical Note

2.5 Managing Log Files2. When sending original files to a directory location, the original file name is used.Choose how Duplicate Filenames should be handled if they are encountered:• Select Replace to update any existing file with the new document the nexttime an original of the same name occurs.• Select Make Unique to create a unique file name for each original document.The file name is determined by the original file name, followed by a random10-digit number and using the original extension.• For text files, you can also choose to Append new original documents withthe same name to the end of any existing original document, using the samefile-naming conventions. This option is not available for PDF file types.When you have finished making your choices for the Bind Instruction, click OK tosave your changes. To ensure Create!form Bind is updated with the new details, clickthe Save button in the main window.2.4.5 Running Create!form BindOnce you have defined your bind instructions, the Create!form Bind service willperform checks at the specified Update Interval to see if any instructions requireprocessing. When a scheduled time and/or trigger event occurs for an instruction, theprogram will automatically bind all documents beneath the defined Input RootDirectory and send the results to the nominated Output destination.2.5 Managing Log FilesCreate!form Bind records information in various log files to help you trouble-shooterrors and keep a record of activity.Trace LogsThe Create!form Bind trace logs record all Create!form Bind activity by maintainingseparate daily log files. By default, log files are stored in the \\Temp directory.• The current (today’s) log file has the default name Create!form Bind.log.• Previous log files have the default name Create!form Bindyyyymmdd.log, whereyyyymmdd represents the log file date.All log files can be viewed with a standard text editor such as Windows Notepad.Previous log files are automatically removed according to theCreate!stream server clean up options you have defined.Create!form Bind 19