DOMConfigurator.ConfigureAndWatch

[Adrian Walls]

Hi,
I am using the log4net 1.2 framework in my application.  I am using the 
DOMConfigurator.ConfigureAndWatch(FileInfo) to read and monitor an 
external configuration file.  See code below which I us to start my logger.

  Private Sub startLogger()
       Dim sr
       Try
           'Start Application Logger
           DOMConfigurator.ConfigureAndWatch(log4netConfig)
       Catch e As Exception
           sr = New StreamWriter("C:\Log4NetErrorStartLogger.log")
           sr.WriteLine("Exception: " + e.Message())
           sr.Close()
       End Try
However if there is an issue with the config file (if for example I 
remove a brace from one of the XML tags to throw an parsing exception) 
then log4net will simply not log anything.  But it does not throw an 
exception to indicate that there is something wrong,  should it not 
catch exceptions thrown by the DOMConfigurator and write it to the 
stream writer log file as configured as above.

Or is there some issue with my code above.  Any help which can shed some 
light on this issue will be greatly appriciated.

Regards,
Adrian