I've been using NLog recently Greg. It's got a nuget package and is pretty simple to use. I've used log4net in the past but it was a while ago. I remember it being a bit frustrating at times but I haven't had the same issues with NLog. I'm sure they're all much of a muchness but it's working for me at the moment.
Greg On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 6:42 PM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > You're probably right, in my experience log4net silently fails if there is > anything wrong with the configuration. I don't have anything at hand but I > have configurations for email and database appenders, I think both in XML > and code, that I'll pass in later. > > Sent from my iPod > > On 18/03/2012, at 6:34 PM, "Greg Keogh" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Does anyone here use log4net? I used it several years ago but found it to > be huge overkill because all I ever wanted to do was write everything to > rolling files. I eventually wrote my own lightweight ‘RollingFile’ class > and have used it for years. Now my logging needs have become a bit more > complicated and I see that the latest log4net has expanded greatly to have > all sorts of fancy appenders and filters. I quite like the idea that I can > send severe error messages via email and boring stuff to a database (or > lots of other interesting combinations like UDP and the event log).**** > > ** ** > > I’ve spent some spare time over the last few days trying to get the > simplest example of writing to the TraceAppender or ConsoleAppender, but no > matter what I do with config files and code I get no output. I have pasted > lines out of dozens of examples and web searched until my eyes bleed > without hope. Stepping deep inside tells me that the library “is not > configured” and it does nothing.**** > > ** ** > > Could any kind person give me a minimal example of some code and a config > file that writes “Hello” to a TraceAppender so it appears in the output > window of VS2010? I am utterly stumped and at wits end.**** > > ** ** > > Thanks, Greg**** > >
