Cycle trace log entries across multiple log files with configurable maximum sizes

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The standard .NET diagnostic log files can become unwieldy. Wouldn’t it be nice if log files could be limited to manageable sizes and automatically cycled?

The Trace Listeners component for .NET is a fully featured, easy to use component that includes cyclic file, HTTP, SMTP and MSMQ trace listeners that extend the System.Diagnostics.TraceListener class. The trace listeners are fully configurable from your application’s XML configuration file. The component offers .NET developers sophisticated tracing options for their applications.

The component is designed specifically for .NET and is written in 100% managed C# code.

What's Included

• Fully featured Trace Listeners components for .NET 1.1 (VS 2003) and .NET 2.0 (VS 2005)

• Royalty free runtime

• Numerous VB.NET and C# samples with complete source code

• Comprehensive Visual Studio .NET style online help

• 12 months free support and minor release upgrades

• Complete source code available for purchase

Cyclic File Trace Listener

• Extends System.Diagnostics.TraceListener

• Fully configurable cyclic log file trace listener

• Specify the location, base name and maximum size of the trace files

• Automatically include a timestamp with your trace entries

• The process and thread identifier’s may also be automatically included

• Include the caller’s class and method name with no user code required

Cyclic Log File

• Writes to a file (e.g. 00000.log) until it reaches a configurable size and then writes to the next file in the sequence (e.g. 00001.log)

• Cyclic log file names are of the form: <directoryName>\<filePrefix><sequenceNumber><fileSuffix>

Cyclic Log File Format

• In the following example trace entry, only the last field was written by the calling application. The trace listener automatically included all other fields.

  07/04/2003 9:24:03 AM, 14220/12972, TestTraceListeners.MainForm.buttonTrace_Click, This is test #1.

Other Trace Listeners

• HTTP trace listener uploads trace entries to a configured URL

• SMTP trace listener sends trace entries to a configured email address

• MSMQ trace listener puts trace entries on a configured queue

Designed for .NET

• Object oriented design specifically for the .NET framework

• 100% managed code written in C#