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Log

Writes the given values to the debug console.

Component Version macOS Windows Linux Server iOS SDK
Utility 2.2 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes
MBS( "Log"; Params... )   More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example
Params... Several parameters which are concated. "Test: ";$test

Description

Writes the given values to the debug console.
On Mac use Console.app in the Application Utilities folder. On Windows use DebugView application from Microsoft.

On Windows with a FileMaker Server, you can see debug messages in DebugView if you run DebugView application as admin and enable global Win32 listening.
For FileMaker Server on macOS you can see messages in /Library/FileMaker Server/Logs/stderr file.

This function takes variable number of parameters. Pass as much parameters as needed separated by the semicolon in FileMaker.
Please repeat Params parameter as often as you need.

Examples

Log a message:

Set Variable [ $r; Value: MBS( "Log"; "Test: "; $test ) ]

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This function is free to use.

Created 18th August 2014, last changed 15th July 2023


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