Setting up SmartPlant Markup Plus log files - SmartPlant Markup Plus - Version 2019 SP 2 (10.00.02.0022) - Help

You can set up a batch printing log and a SmartPlant Markup Plus error log for easier troubleshooting.

All SmartPlant Foundation batch printing jobs run as the SPFRemoteServices local user to access the system and its registry, even if you are logged on as a domain user.

1. Click Start, right-click This PC and click Properties.

2. Click Advanced system settings.

   If you are using Microsoft Windows XP (Windows Server 2003), click the Advanced tab.

3. From the Advanced tab, click Environment Variables to display the Environment Variables dialog box.

4. Click New under User variables to display the New User Variable dialog box.

5. Type SPMDBG in the Variable name box.

6. To set up the batch printing log, type 8 in the Variable value box. To set up the SmartPlant Markup Plus error log, type 4 in the Variable value box.

   If the SPMDBG environment variable is set to 8:

   • The SPMError.log file is not deleted after each separate dmredl process. All debug information is appended to SPMError.log.

   • SPMError.log will contain the module name and time stamp of failure.

   • If batch printing fails, the failed INI file and the StdErr output will not be deleted from the temporary directory (such as C:\temp).

   • If any printing job fails, SmartPlant Markup Plus will create spm*.tmp and spmerror.log in the user's and in the system's temporary directories.

7. Click OK on the New User Variable dialog box.

8. Click OK on the Environment Variables dialog box.

9. Click OK on the System Properties dialog box.

To locate a user's temporary directory, type %temp% in Windows Explorer.