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RE: chat logs - history
First you need to know that there are settings in Plus! preferences which determines how the logs are physically stored on your disk:
Plus! > Preferences & Options > Logs > Chat Logging > Organize in: 'One folder per month' or 'One folder per contact'

With 'One folder per month' all the logs of all contacts are stored in folders like "January 2011", "Februari 2011", "March 2011", etc...

With 'One folder per contact' all the logs of all dates and times are stored in folders like "contact1@mail.com",  "contact2@mail.com", etc...

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Second, in the Log Viewer itself you can reorder (visually) the logs in three ways by selecting the appropiate option in the 'Type of View' dropdown list:
1) 'As stored on disk'
    Thus as how you've set them in the preferences.
2) 'Grouped per contact'
    This will reorder all the logs of every date and group them per contact.
    You will see folders with contact names in the 'Log Folders' list.
    Clicking on a contact name and you will see all the logs ever made for that particular contact in the 'Log Files' list.
3) 'Grouped per date'
    This will reorder all the logs of all contacts according to the date and time of the chats.
    You will see folders with dates in the 'Log Folders' list.
    Clicking on a date folder and you will see all the logs made for that particular month for each contact in the 'Log Files' list.

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Thus depending on what you choose in the Log Viewer's Type of View and how you've set the physical storage of the chat logs in the preferences of Plus!, you will see the list of the logs grouped in different ways.

So, nothing has been removed in comparison with previous versions. In fact, you have now even more ways to sort and/or view them.

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Originally posted by tiptopweb
when i want to select all history (any date, any year..) now its impossible.
Thus, like explained, in the preferences set the physical storage to "One folder per month" and/or in the Log Viewer's Type of View select "Grouped per date".

Also note that the above setting is actually the default setting when you install Plus! for the first time if I'm not mistaken.

And make also sure the storage path to your logs is correctly set in the preferences though!!! If it isn't set correctly, the Log Viewer wont be able to find and list the folders.

This post was edited on 10-01-2011 at 08:54 PM by CookieRevised.
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chat logs - history - by tiptopweb on 06-25-2011 at 04:27 PM
RE: chat logs - history - by CookieRevised on 06-26-2011 at 12:54 PM
RE: chat logs - history - by CookieRevised on 10-01-2011 at 08:38 PM
RE: chat logs - history - by tiptopweb on 10-01-2011 at 09:14 PM
RE: chat logs - history - by CookieRevised on 10-08-2011 at 09:03 AM
RE: chat logs - history - by tiptopweb on 10-08-2011 at 01:24 PM
RE: malware/spyware inside ??? - by tiptopweb on 10-01-2011 at 06:20 PM


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