Specifying settings for protocol files

1. From the Edit menu, choose User preferences.

The User preferences window opens.

2. In the navigator, select Files & protocols.

3. In the Message file (messages.txt) section, make the settings of your choice.

Element	Description
Write no file	Use this option if you do not want to save errors to a message file.
Create new file	Use this option if you want to save errors to a new message file. Note If there is already a message file during program start, it is overwritten. If this is not possible, then file Messages1.txt will be created.
Continue with file, if existing. Otherwise create new file	Click this option to save errors to an existing error file. Note If there already is an error file, it is updated during program start. Otherwise a new Messages.txt file is created.

4. Make the desired changes in the Log file (protocol.txt) section.

Element	Description
Write no file	Use this option if you do not want to save a log file.
Create new file	Use this option if you want to save a new log file. Note If there is already a log file during program start, it is overwritten. If this is not possible, then file Protocol1.txt will be created.
Continue with file, if existing. Otherwise create new file.	Use this option to specify that information is recorded to an existing log file. Note If there is already a log file during program start, it is overwritten. Otherwise a new Protocol.txt file is created.

Note: By default, the message file and log file are saved to the folder specified in the project directory file for the Log file (Editing the storage location of files). You can change this setting ( Starting Visum with different settings).

5. In the navigator, select Files & protocols > Activity protocol.

6. Make the desired changes.

Element	Description
Level	Via this selection list you decide whether the activity protocol is to be saved and which of the provided levels of detail is to be used. 0 - No protocol: Visum saves no activity protocol. 1 - Top Level activities: Any transactions, calculations, and operations that generate new networks will be recorded. 2 - all activities: Any top level activities and actions will be recorded. 3 - all activities in detail: Any top level activities and Edit actions will be recorded with attribute data (old and new values). 4 - all activities in max. detail: Any top level activities and delete actions will be recorded with all of the old attributes and values.
User	With the changes, the entered name will be saved to the activity protocol.
Watch size	Via this option you specify, whether Visum issues a security query as soon as the user-defined size of the protocol file is exceeded. Note When the security query is issued, you can decide to either continue or quit recording.

7. Confirm with OK.

The changes are applied and effective immediately.