How to set skipframes callsite on a NLogViewerTarget for Sentinel log viewer

Question

I have

var sentinalTarget = new NLogViewerTarget()
{
    Name = "sentinal",
    Address = "udp://127.0.0.1:9999",
    IncludeCallSite = true,
    IncludeSourceInfo = true
};

sentinalTarget.Parameters.Add(new NLogViewerParameterInfo() 
{   
    Name = "Callsite", 
    Layout = "${callsite:fileName=true:includeSourcePath=false:skipFrames=1}" 
});

var sentinalRule = new LoggingRule("*", LogLevel.Trace, sentinalTarget);
LogManager.Configuration.AddTarget("sentinal", sentinalTarget);
LogManager.Configuration.LoggingRules.Add(sentinalRule);

I need to add skipframe=1 on callsite in order to see the actual class that called the NLog methods.

Is there a way to do that?

is the `skipframe=1` really needed? Can't you use `LogManager.AddHiddenAssembly(..)` ? — Julian, Dec 12 '16 at 23:52
thank you Julian. it seems that AddHideenAssembly does the trick. also found that: [example](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16366655/can-nlog-preserve-callsite-information-through-c-sharp-extension-methods) — Mike Kolikidis, Dec 14 '16 at 07:57

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 14 '16 at 13:00

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As confirmed, LogManager.AddHiddenAssembly(..) works in this case:

Example:

LogManager.AddHiddenAssembly(typeof(LoggingExtensions).Assembly);

Call this method as soon as possible, e.g in main() or app_start()

answered Dec 14 '16 at 13:00

Julian

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How to set skipframes callsite on a NLogViewerTarget for Sentinel log viewer

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