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Targets

Configuration

NuLog comes with a number of built-in targets. Targets are configured within the <targets> section of the NuLog configuration:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
    <configSections>
        <section name="nulog" type="NuLog.Configuration.ConfigurationSectionHandler, NuLog" />
    </configSections>
    <nulog>
        <!-- ... -->
        <targets>
            <target name="mytarget" type="NuLog.Targets.TraceTarget" />
        </targets>
        <!-- ... -->
    </nulog>
</configuration>

All targets must have a name and a type:

  • name - The name identifies the target to the various rules.
  • type - The type indicates the concrete type of the target. When referencing the built-in NuLog targets, you can omit the assembly name from the type string; but if you are referencing a third party, or custom target, you’ll need to include the assembly, as is standard when identifying a type: “Some.Assembly.Namespace.Path.ToATarget, Some.Assembly”.

Trace Target

NuLog.Targets.TraceTarget

The trace target writes log events to Trace:

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         <target name="mytrace" type="NuLog.Targets.TraceTarget"
                 layout="${DateTime:'{0:MM/dd/yyyy}'} | ${Message}\r\n" />

The trace target has the following properties:

  • layout - Optional - Defines the layout format for the target. By default, this is a standard layout, as documented in Layouts/Log Format.

Console Target

NuLog.Targets.ConsoleTarget

The console target writes log events to Console:

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         <target name="myconsole" type="NuLog.Targets.ConsoleTarget"
                 layout="${DateTime:'{0:MM/dd/yyyy}'} | ${Message}\r\n" />

The console target has the following properties:

  • layout - Optional - Defines the layout format for the target. By default, this is a standard layout, as documented in Layouts/Log Format.

Color Console Target

Documentation coming soon.

  • background - Optional - An optional override to the Background Color of messages written to the console.
  • foreground - Optional - An optional override to the Foreground Color of messages written to the console.

Text File Target

NuLog.Targets.TextFileTarget

The text file target writes log events to a text file:

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         <target name="mytarget" type="NuLog.Targets.TextFileTarget"
                 path="app.log"
                 layout="${DateTime:'{0:MM/dd/yyyy}'} | ${Message}\r\n" />

The text file target has the following properties:

  • path - Required - The path to the text file to log to. Can be relative, or absolute.
  • layout - Optional - Defines the layout format for the target. By default, this is a standard layout, as documented in Layouts/Log Format.

Mail Target

NuLog.Targets.MailTarget

The mail target sends log events via a SMTP server:

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         <target name="mytarget" type="NuLog.Targets.MailTarget"
                 subject="Unhandled Exception in Super App!"
                 to="me@superawesome.net"
                 from="system@superawesome.net"
                 smtpServer="mail.gtm.superawesome.net"
                 body="The message proceeds: ${Message}"
                 html="false"
                 convertNewlineInHtml="false"
                 smtpUserName="superuser"
                 smtpPassword="awesomepass"
                 enableSsl="true"
                 smtpPort="993"
                 smtpDeliveryMethod="Network"
                 pickupDirectory="nope"
                 timeout="1042" />

The mail target has the following properties:

  • subject - Required - The subject line of the email. This is a layout format, as documented in Layouts/Log Format.
  • to - Required - A semi-colon delimited list of email addresses to send the email to.
  • from - Required-ish - Required if not set in the application/web config, in the <system.net> section. The email address to send the message “from”.
  • smtpServer - Required-ish - Required if not set in the application/web config, in the <system.net> section. The network address of the SMTP server to send email messages through.
  • body - Optional - An optional override for the layout format for the body of the email. By default, this is a standard layout, as documented in Layouts/Log Format.
  • html - Optional - If set to true, signals that the body of the email is HTML. Defaults to false.
  • convertNewlineInHtml - Optional - If set to true, replaces newline characters in the body of the email with <br /> tags.
  • smtpUserName - Optional - The username for authenticating to the SMTP server. If given, the password is required:
  • smtpPassword - Optional-ish - The password for authenticating to the SMTP server. Required if the user name is given.
  • enableSsl - Optional - If set to true, will use SSL when connecting to the SMTP server.
  • smtpPort - Optional - The port to connect to the SMTP server on.
  • smtpDeliveryMethod - Optional - The SMTP Delivery Method for sending the email through. Defaults to Network.
  • pickupDirectory - Optional-ish - Required if SpecifiedPickupDirectory is set for the smtpDeliveryMethod. The path of the directory to which to write mail messages.
  • timeout - Optional - The timeout value, in milliseconds, for when connecting to the SMTP server to send a mail message.

Event Log Target

Logs to the Windows Event Log - documentation coming soon.