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cgront
cgront

Reputation: 3

Issue using .net 2.0 Logger Class

I have been trying to use the class located here . But I have not been able to get this to work. I obviously do not understand something correctly, But I am curious how to get that example Logger class to work. My research has sent me towards using MSBuild but the use of MSBuild correctly is still baffeling me. Any pointers would be helpful. I have built the logger class into a .dll,and referenced it in the project as well, but that is where my research seemed to run dry with helpful information.

My goal currently is just to get the above noted logger class working so I can use my own logger class.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 133

Answers (2)

Mike Perrenoud
Mike Perrenoud

Reputation: 67898

Don't be afraid of using a library to do the work. In the tutorial here for log4net it's a simple seven step process to start using a fully functional and scalable logging library. I'm going to inline pieces of the tutorial just in case the link ever dies.

First you build a very simple configuration section in your App.config file:

<configuration>
  <configSections>
    <section name="log4net" type="log4net.Config.Log4NetConfigurationSectionHandler,Log4net"/>
  </configSections>
  <log4net>
    <root>
      <level value="DEBUG" />
      <appender-ref ref="LogFileAppender" />
    </root>
    <appender name="LogFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender" >
      <param name="File" value="log-file.txt" />
      <param name="AppendToFile" value="true" />
      <rollingStyle value="Size" />
      <maxSizeRollBackups value="10" />
      <maximumFileSize value="10MB" />
      <staticLogFileName value="true" />
      <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
        <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%date [%thread] %-5level %logger [%property{NDC}] - %message%newline" />
      </layout>
    </appender>
  </log4net>
</configuration>

For your needs you pretty much just need to change the value of the first param named File as it's already setup to append to a text file.

Next you'll need to run the configuration in some startup method, like Application_Start or the main method of your program.

log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator.Configure();

Finally, just use it by plugging in a couple of lines:

private static readonly ILog log = LogManager.GetLogger(typeof(Bar));
... (rest of class)
... (somewhere in a method) ... log.Debug("this is the first log message");

Upvotes: 0

D Stanley
D Stanley

Reputation: 152521

That class is specifically for logging MSBuild events. If you want a generic logger that has nothing to do with MSBuild look at some of these alternatives:

Upvotes: 2

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