log4net

Configuring a custom event log for log4net

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="EventLog...

log4net - why would the same MyLog.Debug line not work at one point of startup, but work at another point???

Hi, During startup of my WinForms application I'm noting that there are a couple of points (before the MainForm renders) that do a "MyDataSet.GetInstance()". For the first one the MyLog.Debug line comes through in the VS2008 output window, but for a later one it does work and come through. What could explain this? What settings could...

Downloaded StructureMap but seems to be missing the Log4Net.Dll

I am currently following instructions in a book to develop an application. It asks me to download StructureMap and then move the StructureMap.Dll file and the Log4Net.dll into the bin files. The problem is there doesnt seem to be a Log4Net.dll file in the StructureMap files, the only other dll apart from the StructureMap.dll is the Rhino...

Can you pull the connectionString for a log4net AdoNetAppender from elsewhere in a web.config file?

Hey all. This is my first StackOverflow question. I'm already have a db connection string in my web.config file. I scanned the log4net docs, but can't seem to find a way to use it within the log4net section of my web.config file. Is is possible to do something like this? <connectionStrings> <add name="connStr" connectionString="...

Log4net: seperate log files for each class

hi.. i want to log messages from multiple classes. the problem is that currently i can log all messages into single file.i want to do this class A should log its messages into ALog.txt and class B should log its messages into BLog.txt please tell me the sample config file for these settings ...

How to configure log4net for WCF

On my asp webforms app I would do the log4net initialization; log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator.Configure(); on global.asax on Application_Start so that it is done once when the application starts. What is the right way of configuring log4net for IIS hosted WCF apps(asking specifically about where to place this line which event to use e...

When does log4net write or commit the log to file?

We use the log4net to log the winform application's event and error. Our customer want check the log file during the application running. But I can't find out when and how the log4net do the write(commit) operation. And how to meet the customer's requirement, except creating another logger by myself. Any help? Thanks. ...

Why isn't my log4net appender buffering?

I've created a custom log4net appender. It descends from log4net.Appender.SmtpAppender which descends from log4net.Appender.BufferingAppenderSkeleton. I programatically setup the following parameters in its constructor: this.Lossy = false; //don't drop any messages this.BufferSize = 3; //buffer up to 3 messages this.Threshold = log4ne...

log4net not logging with a mixture of .net 1.1 and .net 3.5

Hi All, I have an iis server on a windows 2003 production machine that will not log using log4net in the .net3.5 web application. Log4net works fine in the 1.1 apps using log4net version 1.2.9.0 and but not the 3.5 web app. The logging works fine in a development and staging environment but not in production. It does not error and I ...

unique log file with log4net

hi i'm using log4net for logging my website. Every day a new file is created like "filename.log24-06-2009" this is the code in the web.config file: <log4net> <appender name="RollingLogFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender"> <file value="App_Data\Missioni.log" /> <appendToFile value="true" /> <r...

NHibernate: How to show the generated SQL-statements in the windows console

return Fluently.Configure() .Database(MsSqlConfiguration.MsSql2008 .ConnectionString(c => c .Database(Database) .TrustedConnection() ...

.NET Reference "Copy Local" True / False Being Set Based on Contents of GAC

We had a very interesting problem with a Win Forms project. It's been resolved. We know what happened, but we want to understand why it happened. This may help other people out in the future who have a similar problem. The WinForms project failed on 2 of our client's PCs. The error was an obscure kernel.dll error. The project ran fine o...

RichTextBoxAppender using log4net

Is there a way to programatically create a RichTextBoxAppender using log4net? In other words no xml app.config? ...

Log4net RollingFileAppender doesn't roll over anymore after a couple of weeks

Hello, I'm using log4net (v1.2.9.0) in a web project. Everything works like a charm, but after a couple of weeks the RollingFileAppender stops to roll over. Instead every log message is appended to the same file which therefore has a giant size by now. Here is my log4net configuration: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <log4net> ...

Is there a way to move old log files, from a log4net RollingLogFileAppender into a different folder?

Hello, I have a rolling file appender configured with this: <appender name="RollingLogFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender"> <file value="appname" /> <appendToFile value="true" /> <rollingStyle value="Composite" /> <datePattern value="'.'yyyyMMdd'.log'" /> <maxSizeRollBackups value="30" /> <maximumFileSi...

How to add a blank line in the log file using log4net?

I used RollingFileAppender. And I want add a blank line to the log when my program launches. How to do that? Thanks. Edit: OK, thanks for you all. Sorry for the confused question I asked. Let me make some explanation. I config the log4net as follows: <log4net> <appender name="MyFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender...

Log4net - how to disable creation of empty log file on app start

Hi, I have configured log4net in my app successfully but one thing is a little bit annoying for me. The log file is created (empty) after my app start even if no error occurs. I would like to log file be created only after some error. Greetz! ...

Log4Net in App object?

I am getting started with Logging in a WPF desktop app, using Log4Net as the logging component. Here is my question: In a simple desktop app, is there any reason not to instantiate my logger as a property ov the App class (App.xaml.cs), like this? public partial class App : Application { private static readonly ILog p_Logger = ...

Logfile per Component Hierarchy

Hello I have the following problem: ComponentA with Unique Name ChildComponent ChildChild AnotherChild Everytime a new instance of ComponentA is created I want to redirect the output to a unique file named ComponentA-UniqueName including all child component log entries. How can this be achieved? Daniel ...

log4net - how do I set DEBUG for my Console output, and INFO for my FileAppender?

Hi, I haven't quite worked this one out yet - how do I set DEBUG for my Console output, and INFO for my FileAppender? That is, how would I change the configuration below so that I can get the ConsoleAppender pumping out all logging from DEBUG upwards? Note that both appenders need to cover all logging (i.e. I don't want to use a scop...