MsEnterpriseLibrary

Logging

• Introduction to Logging by Piers Lawson. Slightly dated, but still useful.

• David Hayden has some good ideas on wrappers around logging to save some parameters/typing. Also decouples your app from the enterprise block - always a good idea.

Logging Quickstart

1. Add the following references

   • Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Logging.dll

   • Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Common.dll

   • Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.ObjectBuilder.dll

2. Add the following using statements (assumes C#)

   • using Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Logging;
     using Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Logging.ExtraInformation;
     using System.Diagnostics;

3. Make the call to add a log entry (use intellisence to see all method overloads)

   • Logger.Write("Sample message", "UI Events", 5, 300, TraceEventType.Information);

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