how to view journal file without closing model

[Anonymous]

Hello, I am working on Revit 2017 and more concerned about Journal
files. When we are working on a model in Revit, it creates a journal
file for the same but give the permission to access it only after
closing the model. Isn't it possible to access it without closing the
file? Sometimes to built a model it takes 12 hours or 16 or more than
that and so to have a look over journal for errors, we need to wait till the end.
So is there any way to look the journal before closing the model at
periodic intervals say 5 mins? Thanking you.

[jeremytammik]

On my system I have read access and can examine the contents of the journal file all the time, after every Revit command. The update shows me all the logged information about the last command executed. No permission trouble at all.

[Anonymous]

I am using Revit 2017. And when I try to open the journal file for the same model while working, I am getting the message as 'can not be accessed'. Have a look over screenshot 

[jeremytammik · Accepted solution]

I have no problem reading the file.

I used the DOS dir and copy commands, and a Unix look-alike diff to see the differences.

You are attempting to open the journal file  in Wordpad.

You might try some other, simpler, application.

Alternatively, read it using some API, in which you can explicitly set the access permissions.

Cheers,

Jeremy

[Anonymous]

Thank you for answer. Do you suggest any API for doing that? As a civil engineer its new to me.

Thanking you

[jeremytammik]

The standard .NET API will work just fine and can be used both within a Revit add-in or in a stand-alone external application.

[Anonymous]

Can you please explain it in detail How to add add-in to revit or which one will be better? And what type of stand-alone applications? How to install them?