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    The TRACE() and ATLTRACE() macros have saved me a lot of time trying to find out what my programs do, but they are not an option when writing for example network server applications. I have some log classes that can log to a file but I haven't found an application yet that will keep an eye on a file and continuously show the last couple of lines, much like tail -f with a GUI. Maybe even a taskbar app that pops up a balloon when it detects new lines or so? Anyway, what do you people use? This must be a very common problem... Thanks...

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      The TRACE() and ATLTRACE() macros have saved me a lot of time trying to find out what my programs do, but they are not an option when writing for example network server applications. I have some log classes that can log to a file but I haven't found an application yet that will keep an eye on a file and continuously show the last couple of lines, much like tail -f with a GUI. Maybe even a taskbar app that pops up a balloon when it detects new lines or so? Anyway, what do you people use? This must be a very common problem... Thanks...

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      Ryan Roberts
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      I se dbgview from Sysinternals.com. Does the job for me. Ryan.

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        The TRACE() and ATLTRACE() macros have saved me a lot of time trying to find out what my programs do, but they are not an option when writing for example network server applications. I have some log classes that can log to a file but I haven't found an application yet that will keep an eye on a file and continuously show the last couple of lines, much like tail -f with a GUI. Maybe even a taskbar app that pops up a balloon when it detects new lines or so? Anyway, what do you people use? This must be a very common problem... Thanks...

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        Hans Dietrich
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        I use HPS WinTail[^].

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          The TRACE() and ATLTRACE() macros have saved me a lot of time trying to find out what my programs do, but they are not an option when writing for example network server applications. I have some log classes that can log to a file but I haven't found an application yet that will keep an eye on a file and continuously show the last couple of lines, much like tail -f with a GUI. Maybe even a taskbar app that pops up a balloon when it detects new lines or so? Anyway, what do you people use? This must be a very common problem... Thanks...

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          feline_dracoform
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          tail -f at code project here[^] i have never used it myself, but it sounded useful enough to bookmark :)

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            tail -f at code project here[^] i have never used it myself, but it sounded useful enough to bookmark :)

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            Well what do you know, it's right here under my nose :) Thanks, it looks like it's exactly what I need!

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