Reading Journal files for Errors

[mfiglarz]

Hello,

I am looking for help in understanding journal files and the error's in them... attached are some journal reports and dmp file.

I would love to be able to understand them better and know what I am looking for in these reports.

If someone knows of some good sites or articles out there that would be good too.

Cheers,

Martin

[L.Maas]

Not an expert in journal/dump files. I think dmp files are more relevant for Autodesk personnel (programmers). In there I expect information were they can trace at what position something went wrong so that they can relate this to a specific part of code.

In general I am only looking at the journal files when something goes wrong. Revit keeps track of everything it does and record it in journal files. If something goes wrong I look at the journal files and look for the term 'error' (often found at the end). Depending on what it says you can conclude the possible cause, do a search for a possible cause or upload it to a forum and see if somebody else know what the cause might be. The journal with the highest number is always the latest one and usually of the most interest

[mfiglarz]

Thanks Louis... I just believe that there must be some documentation out there about understanding that journal file better and knowing what you are looking for?!?!?
I don’t mind googling everything but I do want to understand it better and help out my users.

[L.Maas]

I think there is little information on Revit journals because they are used for troubleshooting by the programmers/helpdesk.

HERE is a PDF with little bit of information which might be of interest and give you a start.

[lpreferRUF2E]

Does anyone know a good place to find help reading the lines of code before the error message in the journal file?