Hi all, and good evening ceki (you will probably be the only one to answer this), I am using log4j and it meets almost all my requirements. However I have two questions (1) How do I turn all logging off from the CONFIG file ? What do I need to set ? If the user does not want to log anything how should he configure the config file ? (2) I have created my own layout class (to output in xml) and I would like to set an appropriate xml header (I subclasses layout and overridden the getHeader() method) public String getHeader() { StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer(); buf.append("<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n"); return buf.toString(); } while everything in the layout is ok, this header never appears anywhere in the log file. The same can be said if you try to set a footer. Why ? (I am using fileappender)... ANy Ideas Please anyone ? Thanks JP --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]