Does Validate Write to a Data Log if No Errors Found?

Posted by Rick Hess on August 21, 2009, 11:09 am

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I'm using Q2008 H&B. When I run Validate, the routine seems to run to
completion but doesn't report any information (errors found or no errors
found). When I look in the data_log.txt or OLD_LOGS.TXT files, they contain
no data except the results of converting from Q2002 to Q2008 last year.

I'm almost certain that Q2002 (and earlier) Validate always wrote to the
data log files even if no errors were found. Can someone confirm that Q2008
does NOT report to the data log files unless errors are found?

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Posted by John Pollard on August 21, 2009, 3:44 pm

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Rick Hess wrote:

> I'm using Q2008 H&B. When I run Validate, the routine seems to run to

> completion but doesn't report any information (errors found or no

> errors found). When I look in the data_log.txt or OLD_LOGS.TXT

> files, they contain no data except the results of converting from

> Q2002 to Q2008 last year.

> I'm almost certain that Q2002 (and earlier) Validate always wrote to

> the data log files even if no errors were found. Can someone confirm

> that Q2008 does NOT report to the data log files unless errors are

> found?

Hi Rick,

Earlier versions of Quicken (Q2004, for example) wrote to DATA_LOG.TXT in
the same folder where the Quicken data file resided.

Newer versions of Quicken (Q2008, for example) write to DATA_LOG.TXT in

:Documents and SettingsYourWindowsUserNameApplication
DataIntuitQuickenLog

And, yes, Quicken writes to the log file even if there are no errors
found.

[The above applies to Windows XP; I believe Windows Vista would have a
somewhat different path to the log file; though I suspect it would be
conceptually similar.]

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Posted by R. C. White on August 21, 2009, 4:15 pm

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Hi, John.

I see that Rick posted using OE, which means he's running WinXP. But, for
others who may be running Vista or Win7, I found that file in Win7 in this
folder:
C:Users<username>AppDataRoamingIntuitQuickenLog

RC
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> Rick Hess wrote:

>> I'm using Q2008 H&B. When I run Validate, the routine seems to run to

>> completion but doesn't report any information (errors found or no

>> errors found). When I look in the data_log.txt or OLD_LOGS.TXT

>> files, they contain no data except the results of converting from

>> Q2002 to Q2008 last year.

>> I'm almost certain that Q2002 (and earlier) Validate always wrote to

>> the data log files even if no errors were found. Can someone confirm

>> that Q2008 does NOT report to the data log files unless errors are

>> found?

> Hi Rick,

> Earlier versions of Quicken (Q2004, for example) wrote to DATA_LOG.TXT in

> the same folder where the Quicken data file resided.

> Newer versions of Quicken (Q2008, for example) write to DATA_LOG.TXT in

> :Documents and SettingsYourWindowsUserNameApplication

> DataIntuitQuickenLog

> And, yes, Quicken writes to the log file even if there are no errors

> found.

> [The above applies to Windows XP; I believe Windows Vista would have a

> somewhat different path to the log file; though I suspect it would be

> conceptually similar.]

> --

> John Pollard

Posted by Rick Hess on August 21, 2009, 5:17 pm

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> Earlier versions of Quicken (Q2004, for example) wrote to DATA_LOG.TXT in

> the same folder where the Quicken data file resided.

> Newer versions of Quicken (Q2008, for example) write to DATA_LOG.TXT in

> :Documents and SettingsYourWindowsUserNameApplication

> DataIntuitQuickenLog

(snip)

Hi John & R. C.

Thanks for replying. You're correct: I'm running XP and found the
DATA_LOG.TXT file in the path you specified. And the file reported no
errors after Validate.

The thing that really confused me is that I DO have a DATA_LOG.TXT file in
the directory where the Q data file is located. And Q2008 is the only Q I
have ever installed on this machine. I guess the purpose of that file is to
report the success or failure of conversion from an older data file.

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