Portable ALV (Advanced Log Viewer)

Portable ALV (Advanced Log Viewer) is a software tool which lets individuals easily view, manage and edit LOG files.

This is the portable version of ALV (Advanced Log Viewer), meaning that the installation process can be easily bypassed. If you copy the program files to a portable storage unit (e.g. USB flash drive), you can use the utility on any computer you have access to, by simply clicking the executable.

Aside from that, another important aspect is that the Windows registry is not going to suffer any modifications, and there will be no leftover files after you remove it from the hard drive.

The interface presents many buttons and panels, in which you can view the contents of the uploaded file and details regarding them. In addition to that, it is accessible to any type of person, even those with little to no experience with computers. All uploaded LOGs are displayed, in the main window, as lists, along with information such as date, thread, type, class and message.

It is possible to launch multiple instances of Portable ALV, open LOG files in Notepad, add bookmarks and go to a particular item, by providing its number in the list or the date and time. You can also use an SQL filter, as well as a search function which enables you to look in messages, date, time, thread, type and class, by using regular expressions or case sensitive words.

To sum up, Portable ALV (Advanced Log Viewer) proves to be a good choice for people interested in analyzing and managing LOG files. It has a good response time, a feature-rich environment and it does not use many system resources.