DOWNLOAD TMF FILES

TMF files are required to view CDF Traces. A CDF trace contains unformatted event data (like any .etl trace file), which requires format information to construct the trace data into useful messages for viewing. Without valid TMF files that represent the message format of the captured trace, CDFControl (amongst other applications) will not be able to display any trace messages, because it would not know how to format the message data. In the past, Citrix has offered public TMF files via manual FTP download. For convenience, CDFControl offers the ability to download public TMF files so they can be saved locally - or used dynamically while parsing!

1. Choose Download TMF files from the Tools menu
2. Select from the available product versions, using the dropdown under Select Product
3. This will prompt to specify a download directory, where the downloaded TMF files will be stored
4. Click OK to begin downloading
(If an error is encountered, a message box indicating the status will be displayed)


Next generation CDFControl



DYNAMIC TMF DOWNLOAD

CDFControl offers the ability to download TMF's dynamically as needed, during trace parsing. This feature works for real-time and when parsing from file (even when parsing the trace to a file).

To enable this feature:

1. Choose Download TMF Files from the Tools menu
2. Click to enable the checkbox for Enable dynamic TMF download
3. Click
Save


Then for any subsequent parsing, it will try to download the required TMF file if needed.

The TMF file is stored in the %Temp% location, and is deleted as soon as it is downloaded. This way, you don't have to worry about these TMF files remaining on the machine.

NOTE: You need a working internet connection for this feature to work. Data is read over HTTP.

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