Event Viewer Vista

Use the Event Viewer to view messages that are logged during an AutoCAD Civil 3D session.

Menu and Toolbar

Action menu

Contains general Event Viewer commands, including commands for working with log files, exporting an event list, and listing event properties. Click a command on the menu.

View menu

Contains commands that control what events are displayed in the event list and how they are displayed. Click a command on the menu.

Returns to a previously selected collection in the event tree.

Moves forward to a previously selected collection in the event tree.

Makes the Event Viewer collection in the event tree active, displaying all events in the event list.

Shows or hides the event tree.

Displays the Event Properties dialog box for the selected event.

Refreshes the Event Viewer.

Exports the event list to a file. For more information, see Exporting An Event List to a Text File.

Event Tree

Tree

Controls the events that are listed in the event list. Expand the tree and select a collection to list the events in the collection.

Event List

Type

Specifies the type of event: either Information, Warning, or Error.

Date

Specifies the date the event was logged to the Event Viewer.

Time

Specifies the time the event was logged to the Event Viewer.

Source

Specifies the feature that logged the event to the Event Viewer.

User

Specifies the user who performed the action that caused the event to be logged to the Event Viewer.

Description

Describes the event.

Note: You can control the columns and the events that are displayed in the event list.