An error used to be generated for this, but so many people complained about this that it was reduced to a debug message.
If <add key="log4net.Internal.Debug" value="true"/> is set then the following debug message is reported: log4net: Logger: No appenders could be found for logger [TestConsoleApp.LoggingExample] repository [log4net-default-repository] log4net: Logger: Please initialize the log4net system properly. log4net: Logger: Current AppDomain context information: log4net: Logger: BaseDirectory : C:\work\cvs_root\apache\test\TestConsoleApp\build\debug\ log4net: Logger: FriendlyName : TestConsoleApp.exe log4net: Logger: DynamicDirectory: Nicko > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 09 June 2005 07:46 > To: log4net-user@logging.apache.org > Subject: log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator.ConfigureAndWatch() > > > Hi > > I would like to know what will happen if I get a logger using > LogManager and make a log call using the logger without first > calling the > log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator.ConfigureAndWatch(configFileInf > o). Will log4net log an error( assuming > log4net.internal.debug is set to true) or will it silently > ignore it? I tried it and it seems log4net is silently > ignoring it. Actually I would have expected some sort of > error/information logged by log4net to signal this condition. > Am I missing something? > > Thanks, > Hemant > >