WorksOnMyMachine class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { LogLog.InternalDebugging = true; LogLog.EmitInternalMessages = true;
XmlDocument log4netConfig = new XmlDocument(); log4netConfig.LoadXml(@" <log4net> <appender name='LogServiceAppender' type='log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender'> <file value='c:\\LogServiceAppender.log' /> <appendToFile value='true'/> <maxSizeRollBackups value='10'/> <maximumFileSize value='1MB'/> <rollingStyle value='Size'/> <staticLogFileName value='true'/> <layout type='log4net.Layout.PatternLayout'> <conversionPattern value='%d{yyyy MMM dd HH:mm:ss} [%t] %-5p - %m%n' /> </layout> </appender> <root> <level value='ALL' /> <appender-ref ref='LogServiceAppender' /> </root> </log4net>"); ILoggerRepository rep = LogManager.CreateRepository(Guid.NewGuid().ToString()); XmlConfigurator.Configure(rep, log4netConfig["log4net"]); ILog log = LogManager.GetLogger(rep.Name, "Program"); log.Debug("Hello World"); } } ________________________________ From: Eric Chamberlain <eric.chamberl...@stratagen.com> To: log4net-user@logging.apache.org Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 6:41:51 PM Subject: Mystery concerning configuration Greetings all, I have an appender which works fine if specified with generic XML but not when specified with conventional log4net terms in the configuration. Examples should help: The following works: <appendername="LogServiceAppender" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender"> <paramname="File" value="myfile.log"/> <paramname="AppendToFile" value="true"/> <paramname="MaxSizeRollBackups" value="10"/> <paramname="MaximumFileSize" value="1MB"/> <paramname="RollingStyle" value="Size"/> <paramname="StaticLogFileName" value="true"/> <layouttype="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout"> <paramname="ConversionPattern" value="%d{yyyy MMM dd HH:mm:ss} [%t] %-5p - %m%n"/> </layout> </appender> But the following does *not* work. It fails to initialize (I turned on the log4net debugging to see it). <appendername="LogServiceAppender" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender"> <filevalue="myfile.log"/> <appendToFilevalue="true"/> <maxSizeRollBackupsvalue="10"/> <maximumFileSizevalue="1MB"/> <rollingStylevalue="Size"/> <staticLogFileNamevalue="true"/> <layouttype="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout"> <conversionPatternvalue="%d{yyyy MMM dd HH:mm:ss} [%t] %-5p - %m%n"/> </layout> </appender> It appears that log4net initialization does not recognized its own XML schema. How is that possible? ______________________________________________________________________ Eric Chamberlain