How can I easily log a message to a file for debugging purposes?

re: How can I easily log a message to a file for debugging purposes?

Paul Fullhouse — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 18:42:27 GMT

Shouldn't you be recommending people use the Event Log for this purpose? Developers should create an event message source and use the application log or create a custom event log. Our applications typically implement the System.Configuration.Install.Installer interface in order to add the source to the log.

re: How can I easily log a message to a file for debugging purposes?

Doogal — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 18:39:05 GMT

I've always liked the TraceListener infrastructure, since you can turn them on or off and you can redirect them to the Event Log, text file, debugger output etc. And you can write your own trace listener to log to whatever you like.

re: How can I easily log a message to a file for debugging purposes?

Jani Järvinen — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 07:42:32 GMT

Paul, Doogal: Thank you for your comments. Indeed, there are many ways to support logging in .NET applications, trace listeners and the Windows Event Log being two choices. This FAQ entry was not meant to answer the question, “Which logging method should I choose for my application?”

Instead, I wanted to show with a simple and short example of functionality that is often asked by beginning programmers. I also prefer trace listeners, but sometimes one just needs something very simple. As for the Event Log, that is one choice, but often debugging events are highly frequent and verbose, and thus unsuitable to be added to the Event Log.

I’m working on further FAQ entries relating debugging, so stay tuned for a more complete picture of logging tips. Thanks!

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LogFiles in C# erstellen

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Der einfachste Weg, meiner Meinung nach, um ein LogFile für ein Applikation in C# zu erstellen: public static void Log(String logMessage) { using (StreamWriter w = File.AppendText("log.txt")) { w.Write("\r\n{0} {1}&qu

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How can I easily log a message to a file for debugging purposes?

Honest Illusion — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:07:45 GMT

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re: How can I easily log a message to a file for debugging purposes?

Slightly cleaner with File.AppendAllText — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:47:50 GMT

private static readonly string LOG_FILENAME = Path.GetTempPath() + "My Log File.txt";

public static void LogMessageToFile(string msg)

{

msg = string.Format("{0:G}: {1}\r\n", DateTime.Now, msg);

File.AppendAllText(LOG_FILENAME, msg);

}