If the second instance of your app is just displaying a message and then shutting down, why don't you delay configuring logging until after you have done your instance checks? Do this by calling XmlConfigurator.Configure instead of using the assembly attribute to configure logging.
Rob Prouse From: Karim Bourouba [mailto:kar...@hotmail.com] Sent: November-22-10 8:30 AM To: 'Log4NET User'; 'vikas manghani' Subject: RE: Error while starting second instance of application Hi, Do you think maybe that you should only use one instance of your application? Or try and generate a random named file that feeds a general log file on exit? You are probably getting this as you are specifying the same filename for each instance in either your code or you .config. Have a think about what it is you are actually trying to do right now. K From: vikas manghani [mailto:vikas.mangh...@datamatics.com] Sent: 22 November 2010 13:14 To: log4net-user@logging.apache.org Subject: Error while starting second instance of application Hi I am using log4net in my Windows CE application. I am getting the following error when I try to run a second instance of my application on the device: "Unable to acquire lock on file <File Path>. The process cannot access the file <File Path> because it is being used by another process". Its clear that log4net is unable to lock the log files when the second instance is started. The problem is that, this opens up in a notepad window and then stays there till the second instance ends. I want to prevent this error from being displayed to the user as I am showing an informational message to indicate that only one instance of the application can be started. Kindly let me know what can be done here to prevent the log4net error popping up in Notepad. Thanks and regards Vikas Manghani Disclaimer: The information contained in this e-mail and attachments if any are privileged and confidential and are intended for the individual(s) or entity(ies) named in this e-mail. If the reader or recipient is not the intended recipient, or employee or agent responsible for delivering to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication or attachments thereof is strictly prohibited. IF YOU RECEIVE this communication in error, please immediately notify the sender and return the original message.
