Gee thanks Ron! Its working absolutely fine now... All i needed to do was add the XMLConfigureAndWatch method call...
All the other stuff was preety much in place. Thanks, Piyush On 9/9/05, Ron Grabowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think more people could help you if you post questions like this to > the log4net-user list. > > --- Piyush Arya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Issue: My log4net configuration needs to be specified in a config > > other than my app.config. This, however is not happening. > > log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator.ConfigureAndWatch( _ > New FileInfo( _ > AppDomain.CurrentDomain.SetupInformation.ApplicationBase + _ > "log4net.config")) > > Since you're using a windows app, the log4net.config file needs to be > placed in the same directory where the .EXE file is launched from. > > > Description: I had earlier put in my config in the App.Config. This > > is > > not being read at all, apparently due to some appsettings parameters. > > Did you remember to add a configSection node in your App.Config so it > knows about log4net? > > <configuration> > <configSections> > <section name="log4net" > type="log4net.Config.Log4NetConfigurationSectionHandler, log4net" /> > </configSections> > <appSettings> > <add key="log4net.Internal.Debug" value="true" /> > </appSettings> > <log4net> > ... > </log4net> > </configuration> > > > Query: Is there anything specific I need to do to enable this? > > If not, then I'd like to move my configuration in some logging.config > > file. However, I have been unable to find in the documentation on how > > to actually set the file path and where to set it in the code. > > Would we need to do this in every function where we are using the > > log.debug etc methods? > > http://logging.apache.org/log4net/release/manual/configuration.html > > This link states that we can do it. But I'm stuck up on where to do > > this sort of stuff. > > Its more common for people to use the XmlConfigurator rather than the > BasicConfigurator: > > http://tinyurl.com/8bqlm > http://logging.apache.org/log4net/release/sdk/log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator.Configure_overloads.html > > > Code: > > Imports log4net > > Imports log4net.Appender > > Imports log4net.Config > > Public Class Logger > > Dim loggerError As log4net.ILog = LogManager.GetLogger("LogError") > > Private Sub logError(ByVal strMsg As String, ByVal e As > > System.Exception) > > If loggerError.IsErrorEnabled Then > > loggerError.Error("[" + DateTime.Now.ToString() + "] " + > > extractInfo(strMsg), e) > > End If > > End Sub > > End Class > > I don't know how familiar you are with the logging, but most people put > a line like this at the beginning of each class they use the logger in: > > Private Shared ReadOnly log As ILog = > LogManager.GetLogger(System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType) > > What does the extractInfo function do? > > > Config: > > <appender name="ErrorRollingFileAppender" > > I would start out with a very simple log4net config file: > > <log4net> > <appender name="FileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.FileAppender"> > <file value="log.txt" /> > <layout type="log4net.Layout.SimplyLayout" /> > </appender> > <root> > <appender-ref ref="FileAppender" /> > </root> > </log4net> > > Then add to it once you know its working. >
