EQ2 Logcleaner
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What is EQ2 Logcleaner?

EQ2 Logcleaner is an filter for your Everquest II log files. It strips
out the numeric date and all link information and copies the text to
a new file. It will filter on chat type and on date and time. It has
the option to set your favourite viewer or text editor and to open the
resulting file.
What does EQ2 Logcleaner do for me?

Have you ever wanted to post a group or tell conversation to a forum
or mail it to a friend? EQ2 Logcleaner will filter out all the other
conversations and battlespam, leaving you just what you need.

Do you want to see what you sold and at what price? Simply tick the
Sales box and you will get a list of all your broker transactions.

Under the File menu, click Set Viewer and navigate to your preferred text
viewer or text editor. The default is Notepad but I recommend changing
this as Notepad copes very badly with large files. Personally I use gvim
which can load a 300 Mb file in about 6 seconds. Having set the viewer,
File -> View File will display it or, even easier, click on the link
near the bottom of the form.

You may wish to see everything but if you are looking for something
specific, you can narrow it down to a specific time period. Who was it
who was selling masters in the tradeskill channel yesterday? Set your
start and end date and tick channels and you will have a minimal amount
of data to look through.

Finally, you can search on key words. If the Keywords box is ticked,
only lines containing the words chosen will be output.

Where can I get EQ2 Logcleaner?

The EQ2 Logcleaner application can be downloaded here:
LogcleanerInstaller.exe. It simply downloads and runs.

The installer checks that you have .NET version 2.0 installed and, if
not, it will download it from Microsoft's site. It will then install
Logcleaner.exe. It makes use of Microsoft's new ClickOnce technology
and will appear in your Start Menu under May.BE -> EQ2Logcleaner.

Every time you run the program, it will check this server for updates
and install the latest version. No information is uploaded to the server.

The current version is 0.4.0.1 and should currently be considered to be
in beta. I would be very grateful for any feedback you may have. Expect
to see new features being added as time goes on.

Where does EQLogin store my personal data?

The only data stored is in the registry under HKEY_CURRENT_USER ->
Software -> May.BE -> Logcleaner. Only your last-used options are stored
so that they become your default settings for next time you run the
program. No information is sent onto the Internet.

Source Code

May.BE runs a Subversion Server with public access for the code to
this project. The current source to EQ2 Logcleaner can be found at
http://svn.may.be/svn/Cleanlog/trunk/. If you make any changes, please
feed these back to me via email.

Contact Details

If you like EQ2 Logcleaner, please let me know. Ditto if you hate it or
find a bug in it or want to make a suggestion for it. I'm Cliff Stanford
and you can mail me as cliff@may.be. On EQ2 I'm Sixes on Blackburrow,
a member of Britannic Lore and you can mail me there in-game or as
sixes@britlore.co.uk.
