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Question:
How to receive logs from DocuWare Desktop for printing and scanning?

Solution:
Location of these files by default:
C:\Program Files (x86)\DocuWare\Desktop  

Overview:
Desktop logging

Edit the DocuWare.Desktop.exe.config file
  • Create a backup of DocuWare.Desktop.exe.config so that you can disable logging when finished
  • Open DocuWare.Desktop.exe.config in Notepad
  • Under the appsettings section you need to modify the first three fields labeled: LogLevel, LogTarget, and LogDetail. (Note that if a log file is never created you should try a different path.)
  • LogLevel should be set to "Debug", LogTarget should be set to the desired log path. (IE:"C:\DesktopLogs\"), and LogDetail should be set to "Complete

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Desktop logging

Edit the DocuWare.DesktopService.exe.config file
  • Create a backup of DocuWare.DesktopService.exe.config so that you can disable logging when finished
  • Open DocuWare.DesktopService.exe.config in Notepad
  • Under the appsettings section you need to modify the first four fields labeled: StartDebugger, LogLevel, LogTarget, and LogDetail. (Note that if a log file is never created you should try a different path.)
  • StartDebugger should be set to "True", LogLevel should be set to "Debug", LogTarget should be set to the desired log path. (IE:"C:\DesktopLogs\"), and LogDetail should be set to "Complete" 

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Desktop logging

Now simply restart both DocuWare Desktop and DocuWare Desktop Service! Reproduce the problem and then check the logging destination you specified

For additional logging information modify the DocuWare.DesktopService.exe.config as follows:
Change value for key="RemoveTempFile" to value="KeepError" or "Never"

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Desktop logging
Each temp job folder contains on job file for the parent job, one or more child job files, a result file (contains additional information about the workflow execution), the PDF file created by DocuWare Printer or DocuWare Web Scan and the result file of the Recognition process.

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Desktop logging