Log4Net implementation in Visual Studio

1.       Right click on Solution and select ‘Manage NuGet Packages for Solution…’.

2.       Click on Browse, search ‘log4net’ and install Log4net.

3.       Add [assembly: log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator(Watch = true)] after [assembly: AssemblyCulture("")] line in ‘AssemblyInfo.cs’ under Properties.

4.       Add  private static readonly ILog _log = LogManager.GetLogger(MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType); to the class where you want to add logging.

5.       Add below line to App.config under “Configuration” tag.

<configSections>

    <section name="log4net" type="log4net.Config.Log4NetConfigurationSectionHandler, log4net" />

  </configSections>

  <log4net>

    <root>

      <level value="ALL" />

      <appender-ref ref="MyAppender" />

      <appender-ref ref="MyFileAppender" />

    </root>

    <appender name="MyAppender" type="log4net.Appender.ConsoleAppender">

      <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">

        <conversionPattern value="%date %level %logger - %message%newline" />

      </layout>

    </appender>

    <appender name="MyFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.FileAppender">

      <file type="log4net.Util.PatternString" value="C:\\TestLog.log" />

      <appendToFile value="true" />

      <lockingModel type="log4net.Appender.FileAppender+MinimalLock" />

      <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">

        <conversionPattern value="%date %level %logger - %message%newline" />

      </layout>

    </appender>

  </log4net>

  <startup>

Enjoy logging……….