Installation and first use

DLT-Logs is a Visual Studio Code(tm) extension available at the marketplace: .

Install

At first you do need to have Visual Studio Code installed. It's available for free from here: https://code.visualstudio.com . It works well under Windows, macOS and Linux.

Then you can install DLT-Logs like any other extension for Visual Studio Code, e.g. via command "Extensions: Install Extensions" and then enter DLT-Logs and click "Install".

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First use

After installation you can open DLT files via

Windows

Use F1 or Ctrl+Shift+P and enter/select command "Open DLT file...".

macOS

Use ⇧⌘P and enter/select command "Open DLT file...".

Linux

Use Ctrl+Shift+P and enter/select command "Open DLT file...".

and select the DLT file to open from the opened file selection dialog.

Opening multiple files

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You can open multiple DLT files one after the other and they will appear in different views.

If you want to open multiple DLT files into the same view you can simply select multiple files in the "Open DLT file..." dialog. They will be sorted by the first valid DLT message recorded time and then opened.

Search function

To use the search panel 'DLT-LOGS SEARCH' if not visible yet use the command:

Windows

Use F1 or Ctrl+Shift+P and enter/select command "search dlt logs".

macOS

Use ⇧⌘P and enter/select command "search dlt logs".

Linux

Use Ctrl+Shift+P and enter/select command "search dlt logs".

For details on how to use the search panel see Search function.

Adding filters

To add filters you can use the 'add new filter...' button from the tree view:

or add a filter config to the dlt-logs.filters:[...] json array in your preferences via

Windows

Use F1 or Ctrl+Shift+P and enter/select command "Preferences: Open User Settings (JSON)".

macOS

Use ⇧⌘P and enter/select command "Preferences: Open User Settings (JSON)".

Linux

Use Ctrl+Shift+P and enter/select command "Preferences: Open User Settings (JSON)".

You can add filters from the search panel as well.