Configuring a custom event log for log4net

Question

Hi!

I'm using log4net for logging (duh!). Using the EventLogAppender, I can configure my application name, so that my events will show up in the Application/"My Application Name" event log. However, I'd like to log events to "Some other event log"/"My Application Name". How do I configure that?

Current config:

<appender name="EventLogAppender" type="log4net.Appender.EventLogAppender" >
      <applicationName value="My application Name" />
      <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
        <conversionPattern value="%date [%thread] %-5level %logger - %message%newline" />
      </layout>
    </appender>

For an EventLogInstaller, the code would look like this:

eventLogInstaller.Log = "Some other event log"; // Default "Application"
eventLogInstaller.Source = "My application name";

Answer 1

You control this with the LogName property.

E.g.:

<appender name="EventLogAppender" type="log4net.Appender.EventLogAppender" >
      <logName value="System" />
      <applicationName value="My application Name" />
      ...
</appender>