I configure log4net in main service class constructor. What kind of
crash have you met - any exception (what?) ?
public class IPservice : ServiceBase
{ ...
public IPservice()
{
InitializeComponent();
this.CanPauseAndContinue = false;
this.CanShutdown = true;
this.CanHandleSessionChangeEvent = false;
this.AutoLog = false;
this.ServiceName = IPservice.SrvName;
XmlConfigurator.Configure();
log = LogManager.GetLogger(typeof(IPservice));
}
protected override void OnStart(string[] args){ ...}
protected override void OnStop() {...}
}
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From: Jeegnesh Sheth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 10:36 PM
To: Log4NET User
Subject: RE: Log4net in a windows service
Radovan,
Myservice.exe has the following:
Default cstor
A main entry point into process, named main
Onstart and onstop methods
If I place the XMlConfiguartor.configure() in any of the methods
above, my applications keeps crashing. Is there something I am missing?
I am trying to use your first solution.
Many thanks
From: Radovan Raszka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 3:58 PM
To: Log4NET User
Subject: RE: Log4net in a windows service
Ok, there is also dependency on where log4net is set up.
Examples in my last mail works, if log4net is configured from
Myservice.exe (not from DLL), and config is stored in
Myservice.exe.config (you add app.config to the project, but Visual
studio copies this file to the output folder as
<projectname>.exe.config, what is correct)
If configuration is done from DLL, then logutil.DLL.config
probably can not be used (at least it didn't work for me and I was told
that application file is always searched as <processname>.exe.config),
so save config into Myservice.exe.config or use second example.
Radovan
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From: Jeegnesh Sheth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 9:22 PM
To: Log4NET User
Subject: RE: Log4net in a windows service
Radovan,
This is how my application is set up
LogUtil.dll
This has some custom logging as well as log4net dll
reference and uses a custom appender to log
Myservice.exe has the following dll's that it uses
- Logutil.dll
- Dosomething.dl
- Myservice.exe.app.config
Dosomthing.dll instantiates logutil.dll to write the
logs.
I tried putting your xmlconfigurator.configure in
logutil.dll and that did not work
I then tried placing it in dosomething.dll which did not
work
Placing it in myservice.exe did not produce anything
Thoughts/ suggestions?
From: Radovan Raszka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 10:41 AM
To: Log4NET User
Subject: RE: Log4net in a windows service
there are 2 option:
1/ XmlConfigurator.Configure();
this configures log4net using app.config file, which
must be in this form:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<configSections>
<section name="log4net"
type="log4net.Config.Log4NetConfigurationSectionHandler, log4net" />
</configSections>
<appSettings>
....
</appSettings>
<log4net>
....
</log4net>
</configuration>
This is probably best solution as you have only one
config file for both application and log4net.
2/ configure log4net using extra XML file
XmlConfigurator.Configure(new
System.IO.FileInfo(GetAppPath() + "log4net.xml"))
.....
public string GetAppPath()
{
string myPath =
System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location;
int i = myPath.LastIndexOf('\\');
return myPath.Remove(i + 1);
}
Both solutions works well with service, but when log4net
config is changed, you must restart your service.
