mysterious import.log file

[aharown07]

Recently starting working on a file I positioned on my XP desktop... and noticed that periodically, an "import.log" file appears sort of magically even though I didn't do any importing.

The contents vary but it always refers to "import operations started" and usually mentions clipboard...

Here's a sample

[color:blue]11/28/2005 4:50:26 PM, SPARK2.fp7, 0, Import operations started

11/28/2005 4:50:26 PM, SPARK2.fp7, 0, Import operations started

11/28/2005 4:50:26 PM, SPARK2.fp7, 0, Import of script steps from clipboard started

11/28/2005 4:50:26 PM, Rpt_CallSumByCode, 0, script steps imported 1

11/28/2005 4:50:26 PM, SPARK2.fp7, 0, Import completed

11/28/2005 4:50:34 PM, SPARK2.fp7, 0, Import of script steps from clipboard started

11/28/2005 4:50:34 PM, Rpt_CallSumByCode, 0, script steps imported 1

11/28/2005 4:50:34 PM, SPARK2.fp7, 0, Import completed

11/28/2005 4:50:47 PM, SPARK2.fp7, 0, Import of script steps from clipboard started

11/28/2005 4:50:47 PM, Rpt_CallSumByCode, 0, script steps imported : 1

11/28/2005 4:50:47 PM, SPARK2.fp7, 0, Import completed

11/28/2005 4:55:48 PM, SPARK2.fp7, 0, Import operations committed

11/28/2005 4:55:50 PM, SPARK2.fp7, 0, Import operations committed

11/28/2005 4:55:50 PM, SPARK2.fp7, 0,

Anyway, try as I might, I can't seem to catch the creation of this file right when it happens so I don't know what's doing it.

Anyone know of a detailed article or something somewhere that unveils the great secrets of the import.log? I'm just concerned that I may have some automation going haywire and doing imports willy nilly when I don't want them to happen!

[Zero Tolerence]

Are you perhaps importing scripts or copy/pasting script steps when this happens?

[aharown07]

I think I may have cut/pasted script steps within a script ... I know I wasn't doing any importing from the menu, that's why I'm surpised to keep seeing the log appear.

[BrentHedden]

Seems kinda weird at first, but when you copy/paste tables, fields, or scripts - it's technically importing/exporting these things. Hence the log file. Mine is getting very long now : The only real way to clear it is to delete the file. Next time you perform such tasks, it'll just create another one.

[aharown07]

Thanks for the info. That's exactly what's happening.

Someone at FM should add an entry to the help file under the heading "import.log"!

Save a few of us some wasted anxiety.