A programmers tool for collecting and viewing programmer defined messages sent from a client application. Messages are organized in a 3 level hierarchy. Easy to use. Can be used in either build and release version of the client application. Direct support for Visual C++ and Delphi. Can be used from any programming environment which can load a DLL. Agent can save/load messages, print messages, perform autosave, work in online/offline mode, can load userdefined extension DLLs for enhancing functionality.