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    Trace_User Files - What are these?

    Web App running version 8134-5644.

    I have tons of TXT files having something to do with "Trace_User". Just deleted over 10,000 of them. They're sitting in C:\ProgramData\Alpha Software\Alpha Anywhere Application Server Version 12\Installations\CProgramFilesx86a5V12ApplicationServer. This is actually a long time issue of mine spanning many many previous versions. I'd like to get to the bottom of this once and for all.

    Below is a sample of what's inside. Before I go and ask Alpha I thought I'd ask here first. What is this? How can I stop it?

    FIELD_SHEET|161
    FS_BILLING_row1|130

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    Mike Brown - Contact Me
    Programmatic Technologies, LLC
    Programmatic-Technologies.com
    Independent Developer & Consultant​​
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    I don't know what they are for but I get them too. The C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\Temp also fills up with tons of temp files.
    Generally, I think Alpha is not good at automatically cleaning up after itself. I have had Alpha temp files completely consume my C: drive space. I have a shortcut to this directory on my desktop, I check it frequently when using Alpha and delete the temp files often.
    Alpha Anywhere v12.4.6.5.2 Build 8867-5691 IIS v10.0 on Windows Server 2019 Std in Hyper-V

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      #3
      "Trace_User" files are logs that contain output from the Trace functions and methods.
      Sarah Mitchell
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        #4
        Originally posted by Sarah Mitchell View Post
        "Trace_User" files are logs that contain output from the Trace functions and methods.
        Thank you, Sarah. I'm not using these functions or methods. I believe Alpha has mistakenly left these in their own code some place. I'm still trying to narrow that done.
        Mike Brown - Contact Me
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          #5
          Originally posted by mikeallenbrown View Post

          Thank you, Sarah. I'm not using these functions or methods. I believe Alpha has mistakenly left these in their own code some place. I'm still trying to narrow that done.
          Hi Mike,

          If you can figure out what's causing it, we can definitely take a look. Be sure to check to make sure you didn't enable logging somewhere. E.g. AlphaDAO connection strings have an option to enable tracing that will log the queries for the connection string in the trace logs.
          Sarah Mitchell
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            #6
            Sarah,

            I know this one is a bit older, but I get all sorts of trace_user files also. I checked my connection strings and I am not doing a trace in there.

            I would also like to know how to turn these off. Can you give us documentation on things we might be doing that causes these to happen?

            I do have some logging turned on, but I'm certainly not asking for these!

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              For what it's worth I've never been able to track this down myself. I continue to pile up these files. I just delete them. I have no way of giving Alpha a test case since I can't seem to narrow down the cause myself.
              Mike Brown - Contact Me
              Programmatic Technologies, LLC
              Programmatic-Technologies.com
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