Well, I tried this and it still does not work:
if (AllocConsole())
AttachConsole(-1);
// this file exists....
XmlConfigurator.ConfigureAndWatch(new
System.IO.FileInfo("./Log4Net.config"));
LogManager.GetLogger("DebugLogger").Debug("message");
My config file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<log4net>
<appender name="DebugConsoleAppender"
type="log4net.Appender.ColoredConsoleAppender">
<threshold value="ALL"/>
<mapping>
<level value="FATAL" />
<foreColor value="White" />
<backColor value="Red, HighIntensity" />
</mapping>
<mapping>
<level value="ERROR" />
<backColor value="Red, HighIntensity" />
</mapping>
<mapping>
<level value="WARN" />
<backColor value="Yellow, HighIntensity" />
</mapping>
<mapping>
<level value="DEBUG" />
<backColor value="Green" />
</mapping>
<mapping>
<level value="INFO" />
<foreColor value="White" />
</mapping>
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
<conversionPattern value="%ndc %date %-4timestamp %-5level - %message
%newline%exception " />
</layout>
</appender>
<root>
<level value="ALL" />
</root>
<logger name="DebugLogger">
<level value="ALL"/>
<appender-ref ref="DebugConsoleAppender"/>
</logger>
</log4net>
Thanks for your help !
Michael
2009/6/26 Michael SALOMON <michaelsalomo...@gmail.com>
> thx for your answer ! i'll try that but then I need to change my approach.
>
> Originally I wanted to attach a console depending on log4net config, so now
> i will try to detach the console depending on the config ;)
>
> I don't mind doing that
>
> I'll let you know if it works.
>
> 2009/6/26 Radovan Raszka <ras...@hasam.cz>
>
> Hello,
>> try to allocate your console _before_ log4net is configured.
>> Radovan
>> ------------------------------
>> *Od:* Michael SALOMON [mailto:michaelsalomo...@gmail.com]
>> *Odesláno:* 26. června 2009 15:22
>> *Komu:* log4net-user@logging.apache.org
>> *Předmět:* Problem using a ConsoleAppender in a Windows Form application
>>
>> Hi !
>>
>> I'm using log4net 1.2.10.0 and .NET 2.0
>>
>> I wrote a Windows Form application and I want to be able to log debug
>> messages in a ColoredConsoleAppender (or whatever type of Console appender).
>>
>> If I compile my application as a Console Application, this works fine...
>> If I compile it as a Windows Forms application, then I understand that no
>> console is attached to my application, fair enough..
>>
>> In this case I programmaticaly attach a brand new console by using this
>> piece of code :
>>
>> [DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
>> [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
>> static extern bool AllocConsole();
>>
>> [DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
>> [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
>> static extern bool FreeConsole();
>>
>> [DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
>> private static extern bool AttachConsole(int dwProcessId);
>>
>> public static void SetConsole()
>> {
>> foreach (log4net.Appender.IAppender appender in
>> log4net.LogManager.GetRepository().GetAppenders())
>> {
>> System.Type type = appender.GetType();
>>
>> if ((type ==
>> typeof(log4net.Appender.ColoredConsoleAppender))
>> || (type == typeof(log4net.Appender.ConsoleAppender)))
>> {
>> if (AllocConsole())
>> AttachConsole(-1);
>>
>> return;
>> }
>> }
>>
>> So at startup, if any console appender is found, I attach a console...
>>
>> At this stage, I can do things like : Console.WriteLine() , and it works
>> very fine, I can see the messages in my new console...
>>
>> But for some reason, the Console Appenders do not forward their messages
>> to this console...
>>
>> Do I miss something or do something wrong ?
>>
>> I tried to create a custom appender that inherits ConsoleAppender and do
>> something like:
>>
>> protected override void Append (LoggingEvent loggingEvent)
>> {
>> Console.WriteLine (RenderLoggingEvent(loggingEvent);
>> }
>>
>> This works fine with my attached console, but I loose all the nice colored
>> features... And fact is I do want them :)
>>
>> Thanks a lot for your help
>>
>> Michael
>>
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