Using the afp2pdf tracing and logging facility

Parameters to control settings for the tracing and logging facility of afp2pdf transform are specified in a configuration file. By default, the name of the file is tracer.cfg. The tracing facility can provide a large amount of information about how the transform performed the operations and also how the code was run.

The new tracing/logging facility uses a hierarchical model with nine levels of details:

OFF
All traces are not logged.
SEVERE
Only severe errors are logged.
WARNING
The severe errors and warnings are logged.
CONFIG
All above and also the configuration information are logged.
INFO
All above and general information messages are logged.
FINE
All above and fine debugging messages are logged.
FINER
All above and finer debugging messages are logged.
FINEST
All above and finest debugging messages are logged.
ALL
All messages are logged.

By default, all traces are off and no messages are logged in the trace file. To start