log4net debug appender not working in VS2017 Community

Question

I've had an application with log4net working for years. Now, the debug appender that used to work is no longer working. I've recently upgraded to 2017 visual studio community. Don't know if this is related.

Here is the config to double check.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<log4net>

<root>
    <level value="Debug" />
    <appender-ref ref="RollingLogFileAppender" />
    <appender-ref ref="DebugAppender" />

</root>

<appender name="DebugAppender" type="log4net.Appender.DebugAppender">
    <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
        <conversionPattern value="[%thread] %-5level %message%newline"/>
    </layout>
</appender>
    <appender name="TraceAppender" type="log4net.Appender.TraceAppender">
        <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
        <conversionPattern value="%date [%thread] %level %logger - %message%newline%exception"/>
       </layout>
  </appender>

   <appender name="RollingLogFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender">
    <file value="${ApplicationRollingLogFile}" />       
    <lockingModel type="log4net.Appender.FileAppender+MinimalLock"/>
    <appendToFile value="false" />

    <rollingStyle value="Size" />
    <maxSizeRollBackups value="20" />
    <maximumFileSize value="10MB" />
            <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
        <conversionPattern value="~%logger|%thread|%-5level |%message |%date{s} |%newline"/>
    </layout>
</appender>

    <appender name="GlobalExceptionLogFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender">
        <file value="${GlobalExceptionLogFile}" />
        <lockingModel type="log4net.Appender.FileAppender+MinimalLock"/>
        <appendToFile value="true" />

        <rollingStyle value="Size" />
        <maxSizeRollBackups value="5" />
        <maximumFileSize value="10MB" />
        <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
            <conversionPattern value="~%logger|%thread|%-5level |%message |%date{s} |%newline"/>
       </layout>
  </appender> 





<!-- ===================================================================-->
<!-- General Loggers -->
<!-- ===================================================================-->

<!--by default, make all loggers INFO-->
<logger name="Common.NonVisual">
<level value="Info"/>
</logger>

<logger name="Common.Visuals">
<level value="Info"/>
</logger>

<logger name="Common.Visuals.Zooming">
<level value="Info"/>
</logger>

<logger name="UnitTests">
<level value="Debug"/>
</logger>

<logger name="Common.NonVisual.IoC">
<level value="Debug"/>
</logger>

 <!--don't want to see much of the spring logging statements-->
<logger name="Spring">
<level value="Info"/>
</logger>

<logger name="Tower.AppGui.PSwipe">
<level value="Info"/>
</logger>

<logger name="Tower.Services.SystemMonitorService">
<level value="Info"/>
</logger>

<logger name="Heartbeat">
<level value="Debug"/>
</logger>

<logger name="Common.Wpf.Visuals.ScreenSaver">
<level value="Info"/>
</logger>

<logger name="Common.Wpf.Visuals.ScreenSaverCanvas">
<level value="Info"/>
</logger>


<logger name="Tower.Services.ValveController.Drivers">
<level value="Debug"/>
</logger>

<logger name="Tower.Services.DisplayWatcher">
<level value="Info"/>
</logger>

<logger name="Tower.AppCommon.util.DbUtil">
<level value="Info"/>
</logger>

<logger name="Tower.AppCommon.Models.ButtonModel">
<level value="Info"/>
</logger>

<logger name="Tower.Services.Motherboard.MotherboardControllerService">
<level value="Info"/>
</logger>

<logger name="Common.Wpf.Visuals.Util.GlobalExceptionHandler">
<level value="Debug"/>
<appender-ref ref="GlobalExceptionLogFileAppender" />
</logger>

<logger name="Tower.Services.Rcm">
<level value="Debug"/>
</logger>

<logger name="Common.Wpf.Visuals">
<level value="Info"/>
</logger>

<logger name="Tower.AppGui.OneButtonPseudoDialogViewModel">
<level value="Info"/>
</logger>

<logger name="Tower.Services.PDM.ProductDataService">
<level value="Info"/>
</logger>

<logger name="Common.NonVisual.SettingsManager">
<level value="Info"/>
</logger>

<logger name="Tower.Services.Web">
<level value="Debug"/>
</logger>
</log4net>

Answer 1

Hmm... my mistake. right click and turn on program output. I usually turn these all of except for program output. I guess I got in a hurry and turned everything off.