Assuming the filter MyTrace has a pattern Trace (?<AGENT_KIND>[a-zA-Z_0-9]+) (?<INSTANCE>[a-zA-Z_0-9]+) .* which contains 2 groups tagged <AGENT_KIND> and <INSTANCE>, DVT will randomly assign a color for each unique combination (AGENT_KIND_match, INSTANCE_match).
You'll get different colors for:
You can manually assign colors by editing the .dvt/.dvt_log_styles file:
PATTERN_NAME=MyTrace, AGENT_KIND=Master, INSTANCE=M1, COLOR=#FF8000, FONT_STYLE=BOLD, BORDER_STYLE=NONE
PATTERN_NAME=MyTrace, AGENT_KIND=Master, INSTANCE=M2, COLOR=#008000, FONT_STYLE=BOLD, BORDER_STYLE=NONE
PATTERN_NAME=MyTrace, AGENT_KIND=Slave, INSTANCE=S1, COLOR=#800080, FONT_STYLE=BOLD, BORDER_STYLE=NONE
PATTERN_NAME=MyTrace, AGENT_KIND=Slave, INSTANCE=S2, COLOR=#8080FF, FONT_STYLE=BOLD, BORDER_STYLE=NONE
For example the first line means "If pattern MyTrace matched and AGENT_KIND is 'Master' and INSTANCE is 'M1' set color to ...".
You can use regular expressions, for example AGENT_KIND=M*.
You can specify the COLOR, the FONT_STYLE (BOLD or ITALIC), and the BORDER_STYLE (DOT or SOLID or NONE).
