Hi !!
I truely apologize for this late answer!
This works great for me !! Thanks so much for your help, log4net definitely
rocks !
Regards
michael
On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 2:06 AM, Ron Grabowski <rongrabow...@yahoo.com>wrote:
> This works for me:
>
> public partial class Form1 : Form
> {
> [DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
> [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
> static extern bool AllocConsole();
>
> [DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
> private static extern bool AttachConsole(int dwProcessId);
>
> public Form1()
> {
> InitializeComponent();
>
> if (AllocConsole())
> AttachConsole(-1);
>
> var appender = new ColoredConsoleAppender();
> var mapping = new ColoredConsoleAppender.LevelColors
> {
> Level = Level.Debug,
> ForeColor = ColoredConsoleAppender.Colors.Red,
> BackColor = ColoredConsoleAppender.Colors.Blue
> };
> appender.AddMapping(mapping);
> appender.ActivateOptions();
> appender.Layout = new SimpleLayout();
> BasicConfigurator.Configure(appender);
>
> ILog log = LogManager.GetLogger(typeof(Form1));
> log.Debug("Hello World");
> }
> }
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Michael SALOMON <michaelsalomo...@gmail.com>
> *To:* Log4NET User <log4net-user@logging.apache.org>
> *Sent:* Friday, June 26, 2009 1:18:49 PM
> *Subject:* Re: Problem using a ConsoleAppender in a Windows Form
> application
>
> 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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