Using Log text to file action

Use the Log text to file action in the Logging package to create a log file that records events when a Task Bot runs.

Procedure

Follow these steps to log text into a file:

  1. In the Actions palette, double-click or drag the Log text to file action from the Logging package.
  2. In the File path field, specify the file location or variable.
  3. In the Enter text to log field, enter the text to log in the file.
  4. Select the Append timestamp check box to add a timestamp.
    Note: This action does not support setting datetime format for the appended timestamp.
  5. In the When logging field, select Append to existing log file to append the log file or Overwrite existing log file to overwrite the content in the log file.
  6. Select the Encoding type.
    • ANSI: Used to encode Latin alphabet.
    • UNICODE: Supports multilingual text encoding.
    • UTF8: Can encode all possible characters.
    • UTF-16LE: Inserts a byte order mark (BOM) Unicode character at the beginning of the file.
    Note: Shift-JIS files must use ANSI as encoding to read text file content.
    If you selected the Append to existing log file option in previous step (Step 5), ensure that the selected encoding matches the encoding of the original file. Mismatched encoding might cause characters to be lost or corrupted.
  7. Click Save.
The Task Bot creates or updates the specified log file each time it runs, appending or overwriting content based on the option you selected.