The IP Log Step Tool is used in conjunction with the IP Log Manager Tool to record into a specific file any images that contain errors. The user gives the tool's the images and the tool will log them into a file according to the parameters that the user has set within the tool. The IP Log Manager tool gives the user the ability to set the destination of the images, how many images it will save, and what extension to give the images. The IP Log Step Tool gives communication between the IP Log Manager and the image containing the error. It will also record the name of the image as well as the date and time the image was saved.
This tool is useful when running a sequence. For example if the user is testing an image to ensure that a circle is a circle instead of an oval and the results come back that the image has failed (so it is indeed an oval and not a circle...) then the user would use the IP Log to log the error. This can be used in any circumstance of an image error for many different types of errors. This is an easy way for the user to keep track of the errors occurring.