Turning on Watcher
About this topic
This topic assumes that you have VWorks administrator or technician privileges.
Data integrity risk! The Watcher feature may not meet the compliance requirements of your organization. Agilent advises impacted customers not to use the Watcher. The VWorks software does not log an audit trail or provide tamper detection for the Watcher configuration file (.ini). This file type cannot be secured in the Secure Storage Repository. About monitoring new files
The first time you turn on Watcher, the program runs the specified JavaScript for the existing files in the folder that is configured for monitoring. Subsequently, Watcher processes only the new files that appear in the folder.
Watcher will not process existing files whose contents were modified. For example, if a new file replaces an existing file with the same file name, Watcher does not reprocess the file. If you rename an existing file, Watcher processes the renamed file as a new file.
Turning on and turning off Watcher
You can turn on Watcher manually or automatically every time you log in to the VWorks software. You can turn off Watcher manually.
To turn on Watcher manually:
1 Select Tools > Watcher is OFF. The menu command changes to Watcher is On.
To turn on Watcher automatically every time you log in:
1 Select Tools > Options. The Options dialog box opens.
2 In the Watcher Options area, select Start watching when user logs in.
The next time a user logs into the VWorks software, Watcher will turn on automatically and remain on after the user logs out.
To turn off Watcher:
1 Select Tools > Watcher is On. The menu command changes to Watcher is Off.
To prevent Watcher from turning on automatically when a user logs in:
1 Select Tools > Options. The Options dialog box opens.
2 In the Watcher Options area, clear the Start watching when user logs in check box.
Figure Options dialog box showing the Watcher Options area
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