Hello, my log4net config gets to be a bit complicated. I have lot of appenders, which of them defines the same layout:
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout"> <conversionPattern value="%date [%thread] %-5level %-35.35logger [%-10.10property{NDC}] - %message%newline" /> </layout> When I must to change definition of layout, the multiple definition of the same layout is problem - I must change the same thing on several places. Is there any possibility to define "detached" layout in log4net config and in appender only set reference to it? Example: <layout name="MySharedLayout", type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout"> <conversionPattern value="%date [%thread] %-5level %-35.35logger [%-10.10property{NDC}] - %message%newline" /> </layout> <appender name="Global.FileAppender" yype="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender"> ... <layout-ref ref="MySharedLayout"> </appender> -- ___________________________________________________ Karel Kral, vyvojar ANETE, s.r.o. Prostredi: VB.NET, VS2005, XP Pro/P4 3GHz, 2GB RAM ___________________________________________________