I'd recommend turning on internal log4net logging. It may be because your
FileAppender is attempting to write to '\windows\system32\GenericInterface.log'
instead of where you really want it to. Adding this code to your App.Config
will tell log4net to log its internal errors to System.Diagnostics.Trace which
will be captured to a file:
<appSettings>
<add key="log4net.Internal.Debug" value="true" />
</appSettings>
<system.diagnostics>
<trace autoflush="true">
<listeners>
<add name="textWriterTraceListener"
type="System.Diagnostics.TextWriterTraceListener"
initializeData="C:\\log4net.txt" />
</listeners>
</trace>
</system.diagnostics>
----- Original Message ----
From: "Dahl, Scott (CMA Consulting)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 5:55:08 PM
Subject: Cannot create log from vb.net class library .dll
Here’s a stripped down version of the current class library dll code:
Imports System.IO
' We want this assembly to have a seperate logging repository to the
' rest of the application. We will configure this repository seperatly.
'<Assembly: log4net.Config.AliasRepository("trafficRouter.trafficRouter")>
'<Assembly: log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator(Watch:=True)>
Public Class trafficRouter
Private db As New dbConnection
' Create a logger for use in this class
Private Shared ReadOnly l As log4net.ILog =
log4net.LogManager.GetLogger("default")
Public Sub New()
Try
log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator.Configure()
'log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator.ConfigureAndWatch(New
FileInfo("c:\\ xyz.config"))
l.Info("Creating Traffic Router.")
dbConnect()
l.Info("Done creating Traffic Router.")
Catch ex As Exception
l.Error(ex)
End Try
End Sub
End Class
This is the web.config file for the web service which is logging correctly:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/.NetConfiguration/v2.0";;>
<configSections>
<section name="log4net"
type="log4net.Config.Log4NetConfigurationSectionHandler" />
</configSections>
<appSettings/>
<!-- This section contains the log4net configuration settings -->
<log4net>
<!-- Define some output appenders -->
<appender name="LogFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.FileAppender">
<file value=".\\GenericInterface.log" />
<appendToFile value="true" />
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
<conversionPattern value="%date [%thread] %-5level %logger -
%message%newline" />
</layout>
</appender>
<logger name="default">
<level value="ALL" />
<appender-ref ref="LogFileAppender" />
</logger>
</log4net>
<connectionStrings/>
<system.web>
<compilation debug="false" />
<authentication mode="Windows" />
</system.web>
</configuration>
Here is the “custom config” I tried using for the class library log:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<system.diagnostics>
<sources>
<!-- This section defines the logging configuration for
My.Application.Log -->
<source name="DefaultSource" switchName="DefaultSwitch">
</source>
</sources>
<switches>
<add name="DefaultSwitch" value="Information" />
</switches>
</system.diagnostics>
<!-- Register a section handler for the log4net section -->
<configSections>
<section name="log4net"
type="log4net.Config.Log4NetConfigurationSectionHandler, log4net" />
</configSections>
<!-- This section contains the log4net configuration settings -->
<log4net>
<!-- Define some output appenders -->
<appender name="LogFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.FileAppender">
<file value=".\\trafficRouter.log" />
<appendToFile value="true" />
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
<conversionPattern value="%date [%thread] %-5level %logger -
%message%newline" />
</layout>
</appender>
<logger name="default">
<level value="ALL" />
<appender-ref ref="LogFileAppender" />
</logger>
</log4net>
</configuration>
I’ve come across a few suggestions but none of those have helped at all.
This is what I’ve tried different from the current code:
1) Explicitly call the
log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator.ConfigureAndWatch function, passing my custom
configuration above, in the constructor.
2) Setting an alias repository using: Assembly:
log4net.Config.AliasRepository("trafficRouter.trafficRouter")> and Assembly:
log4net.Config.AliasRepository("trafficRouter")>
3) Uncommenting the other assembly line from the class.
I’m pretty new to .net and log4net so please excuse me if I’ve stumbled with
some terminology or overlooked the obvious.
Thanks,
Scott
