Comments on: Create a Logger using the Trace Listener in C# http://www.daveoncsharp.com/2009/09/create-a-logger-using-the-trace-listener-in-csharp/ C# Programming Tutorials Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:48:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Allan Pedersen http://www.daveoncsharp.com/2009/09/create-a-logger-using-the-trace-listener-in-csharp/comment-page-1/#comment-5252 Allan Pedersen Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:53:16 +0000 http://www.daveoncsharp.com/?p=1304#comment-5252 Thanks, good to hear i am not way of track by mailing myself error/log reports... :-) (My company is not that big and installations is relatively limited). Logging everything to a database might be a bit to heavy net usage for my liking. Thanks again for your tutorial and for your comments.... Thanks, good to hear i am not way of track by mailing myself error/log reports… :-) (My company is not that big and installations is relatively limited). Logging everything to a database might be a bit to heavy net usage for my liking.

Thanks again for your tutorial and for your comments….

]]> By: Dave http://www.daveoncsharp.com/2009/09/create-a-logger-using-the-trace-listener-in-csharp/comment-page-1/#comment-5251 Dave Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:47:20 +0000 http://www.daveoncsharp.com/?p=1304#comment-5251 Usually I do the same. When sending errors by email you will immediately know when something goes wrong, and it's quite simple to implement and works most of the time. I have also worked on systems where error logs are automatically downloaded from our clients' servers over ftp on a weekly basis. Also, what you could do instead of sending emails is open a socket from the client's pc to your server and send the error message over tcp. Then you could store it in a database on your server, but this does require you to have a server with a static ip always online. I am sure there are other methods worth exploring, but if you are not expecting many errors and only have a few installations of your application out there, I would stick with receiving errors by email. I would create an email account just for this purpose though, so as not to clutter my personal mailbox. Usually I do the same. When sending errors by email you will immediately know when something goes wrong, and it’s quite simple to implement and works most of the time.

I have also worked on systems where error logs are automatically downloaded from our clients’ servers over ftp on a weekly basis. Also, what you could do instead of sending emails is open a socket from the client’s pc to your server and send the error message over tcp. Then you could store it in a database on your server, but this does require you to have a server with a static ip always online.

I am sure there are other methods worth exploring, but if you are not expecting many errors and only have a few installations of your application out there, I would stick with receiving errors by email. I would create an email account just for this purpose though, so as not to clutter my personal mailbox.

]]> By: Allan Pedersen http://www.daveoncsharp.com/2009/09/create-a-logger-using-the-trace-listener-in-csharp/comment-page-1/#comment-5231 Allan Pedersen Fri, 13 Aug 2010 06:03:03 +0000 http://www.daveoncsharp.com/?p=1304#comment-5231 What is your best practise for retrieving the log files? I like to get the log files whin an error occurs so I am sending them to my self by mail from the program... What is your best practise for retrieving the log files? I like to get the log files whin an error occurs so I am sending them to my self by mail from the program…

]]> By: Dave http://www.daveoncsharp.com/2009/09/create-a-logger-using-the-trace-listener-in-csharp/comment-page-1/#comment-5128 Dave Wed, 11 Aug 2010 10:33:33 +0000 http://www.daveoncsharp.com/?p=1304#comment-5128 Thanks for your comment. I'm glad you found the tutorial helpful. I usually handle the trace log in two different ways depending on the application. If the application writes massive amounts of logs to the trace file I would create a new file each day, and then either compress them or archive them every month or so. If the application only writes errors to the log file I would start a new file after it reaches about 5Mb and then archive those every year. It really depends on how much your application will be writing to the log file. Thanks for your comment. I’m glad you found the tutorial helpful.

I usually handle the trace log in two different ways depending on the application. If the application writes massive amounts of logs to the trace file I would create a new file each day, and then either compress them or archive them every month or so. If the application only writes errors to the log file I would start a new file after it reaches about 5Mb and then archive those every year. It really depends on how much your application will be writing to the log file.

]]> By: Allan Pedersen http://www.daveoncsharp.com/2009/09/create-a-logger-using-the-trace-listener-in-csharp/comment-page-1/#comment-5093 Allan Pedersen Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:59:30 +0000 http://www.daveoncsharp.com/?p=1304#comment-5093 Hi! Great site, great tutorial, it really explained it alle very well... I can only hope for a follow-up on this tracing subject. I would like to have your thoughts about how you would handle the trace log once the software is published... Thanks again! I will be looking into your site from time to time from now on... :-) Hi! Great site, great tutorial, it really explained it alle very well… I can only hope for a follow-up on this tracing subject. I would like to have your thoughts about how you would handle the trace log once the software is published…

Thanks again! I will be looking into your site from time to time from now on… :-)

]]> By: Dave http://www.daveoncsharp.com/2009/09/create-a-logger-using-the-trace-listener-in-csharp/comment-page-1/#comment-4362 Dave Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:28:32 +0000 http://www.daveoncsharp.com/?p=1304#comment-4362 Glad you found this helpful. Glad you found this helpful.

]]> By: David http://www.daveoncsharp.com/2009/09/create-a-logger-using-the-trace-listener-in-csharp/comment-page-1/#comment-4360 David Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:04:47 +0000 http://www.daveoncsharp.com/?p=1304#comment-4360 Perfect example for what I needed. Good and consise explaination too. Thanks! Perfect example for what I needed. Good and consise explaination too. Thanks!

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