Nlog doesn't work in windows service

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_{Thursday, July 26, 2018 4:12 AM}

Hi

I have the Nlog.config but it doesn't work in windows or console app:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<nlog xmlns="http://www.nlog-project.org/schemas/NLog.xsd" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" autoReload="true" 
     throwExceptions="false" internalLogFile="D:\NLogErrors\ErrorLogFile.txt" >
  <extensions>
    <!-- load NLog.Extended to enable ASP.NET-specific functionality -->
    <add assembly="NLog.Extended" />
  </extensions>
  <!--Define Various Log Targets like files, database or asp.net trace files-->
  <targets>
    <target name="console" xsi:type="ColoredConsole" layout="${message}" />
    <!--Write logs to File  where we want to write error logs-->
    <target name="file" xsi:type="File" fileName="${basedir}/logs/${shortdate}.WebErrorLogFile.txt" 
            layout=" ${level}(${longdate})${machinename} ${newline}
${newline}
Exception Type:${exception:format=Type}${newline}
Exception Message:${exception:format=Message}${newline}
Additional Info:${message}${newline}
ProcessId:${processid}${newline}
ProcessName:${processname}${newline}
ProcessAccountName:${windows-identity}${newline}
MachineName:${machinename}${newline}
ThreadId:${threadid}${newline}
Stack Trace:${exception:format=Stack Trace}${newline}
            ">
    </target>

  </targets>

  <rules>
    <logger name="*" minlevel="trace" writeTo="file" />

  </rules>
</nlog>

I don't understand the mistake. Does Nlog work only in ASPNET or WCF?

All replies (1)

_{Friday, August 3, 2018 4:11 AM ✅Answered | 1 vote}

Hi

I identified the problem. It was that NLog.config wasn't in the same directory that the exe file.