Hi forest demon,
It's fairly straightforward to create a messagebox appender, which is
probably why you haven't found a prefab one... The example below assumes
that you're putting the appender in a class library of it's own, and the
client code that will use the new appender is in a Windows form.
Basically, what you need to do is:
(a) create a new custom class library
(a) add log4net & System.Windows. Forms as new references to the new library
(b) inherit a new/custom appender class from log4net.Appende r.AppenderSkele ton
(c) override the Append event handler from the skeleton class, and in it
show the RenderedMessage , something like this:
using System;
using log4net;
using System.Windows. Forms;
namespace SomeCompany.Log ger.Appender
{
public class MessageBoxAppen der : log4net.Appende r.AppenderSkele ton
{
protected override void Append(log4net. spi.LoggingEven t log)
{
// Clearly, you can check out other properties on the log event
object to see what else you might want to display
MessageBox.Show ("Message Sent: " + log.RenderedMes sage);
}
}
}
(e) in your win forms app, create a new config file and call it something
like Log.config, and set it up so that log4net knows where/how to instantiate
your new appender):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuratio n>
<log4net>
<appender name="MessageBo xAppender"
type="SomeCompa ny.Logger.Appen der.MessageBoxA ppender,Message BoxAppender">
<threshold value="DEBUG"/>
</appender>
<root>
<level value="DEBUG" />
<appender-ref ref="MessageBox Appender" />
</root>
</log4net>
</configuration>
(f) In the c'tor for your win form (the code that will use the logger), set
up log4net to locate your Log.config file:
// Set up the logger, and configure - you'll need to change this
to point to wherever you end up putting the Log.config file
log4net.Config. DOMConfigurator .ConfigureAndWa tch(new
FileInfo(@"C:\t emp\MessageBoxL ogger\Log.confi g"));
log4net.Config. BasicConfigurat or.Configure();
(g) In your win form app, declare a logger class member, for example:
protected static readonly ILog logger =
LogManager.GetL ogger(typeof(Fo rm1));
(h) Now, anywhere you want to in your win forms app wherever you want to log
to the MessageBox, simply call:
logger.Debug("H ello world")
and you should find the message box popping up...
I have a working sample of exactly the above that I can mail you if you post
an email addr....
Hope this helps...
Kind regards
Patrick
"forest demon" wrote:
I need to be able to create an appender to direct output to a
MessageBox.
The API does not have a MessageBox appender like nLog does. What
would be the easiest way to do this. The examples supplied with the
source are anything but helpful.
Thanks for any input.
-fd
