This should work: // untested public class HostNameToUpperLayout : LayoutSkeleton { public override void ActivateOptions() { // empty }
public override void Format(TextWriter writer, LoggingEvent loggingEvent) { string hostName = (string)loggingEvent.LookupProperty("log4net:HostName"); writer.Write(hostName.ToUpper()); } } <parameter> <parameterName value="@message"/> <dbType value="String"/> <size value="4000"/> <layout type="Company.Application.HostNameToUpperLayout, Company.Application" /> </parameter> There are more clever ways of doing it but that should work. ________________________________ From: Cankut Eskin <cankutes...@gmail.com> To: Log4NET User <log4net-user@logging.apache.org> Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 9:09:37 AM Subject: How to make a part of log message uppercase Hello, I'm using AdoNetAppender to log messages. I've added %property{log4net:HostName} conversion pattern to the message parameter. <parameter> <parameterName value="@message"/> <dbType value="String"/> <size value="4000"/> <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout"> <conversionPattern value="[%property{log4net:HostName}] - %message"/> </layout> </parameter> Output is like [hostname] - foo bar. But i want the output like [HOSTNAME] - foo bar. How can i make the hostname uppercase using conversion patterns? Regards, Cankut