Adding A Memory Appender at Runtime

[Dean Fiala]

I'm trying to add a memory appender to root via code, like so...

 

Private Sub SetUpLogging()

  Dim RootLog As ILog = LogManager.GetLogger("root")
  Dim connectionAppender As IAppenderAttachable = RootLog.Logger

  Dim MemoryApp As MemoryAppender = New MemoryAppender()
  MemoryApp.Name = "ThanksForTheMemories"
  MemoryApp.ActivateOptions()
  connectionAppender.AddAppender(MemoryApp)

End Sub

 

The code adds the appender fine (it shows up in RootLog.Logger.Repository.GetAppenders()), but after running some code that generates events,  MemoryApp.GetEvents() returns 0 events. 

 

If I create a memory appender via the config file like so...

    <appender name="ConfigFileMemoryAppender" type="log4net.Appender.MemoryAppender">
      <level value="ERROR" />
    </appender>

.GetEvents() returns the expected number of events.  So obviously I am forgetting something in the setup code. Any hints or pointers would be appreciated.

 

Thanks,

Dean Fiala

Chief Technology Officer
Celadon Laboratories, Inc.
http://www.celadonlabs.com
301-395-1129

Microsoft MVP