On Sun, Mar 18, 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). > >
Logging block in EntLib is way worse! > > 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
