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NLog is a free logging platform for .NET

NLog is a logging platform for .NET with support for structured logging. NLog enables easy routing and filtering of output to various targets.

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How to set NLog max file size?

Is there any option/configuration in NLog to set the max log file size (for example 5MB)? What I need is, that when the log file exceeds the max size (which I define), It will backup the old one (with a time stamp as file name), and start writing to…
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ASP.NET MVC2 + Ninject + NLog (+ shared hosting?) = NullReferenceException

I have an MVC2 app that's based on the Tekpub Starter Site, so it uses Ninject for dependency injection, NLog for logging, and a bunch of other libraries in various places. As far as I can tell though, it's these that are causing my…
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Add current user to NLog output

I want to add a string to each row on my NLog output. The logic stays the same, trying to get the current user and if succeed, add the current user to the output. I know how to implement it each time, but I want to set this template at one place…
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NLog not working in release mode

I am using NLog to log the exceptions in my asp.net mvc (C#) application. NLog is not working in release mode. The same is working when running in debug mode. What may be the problem? Is there any fix for this?
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NLog configured to automatically log all exceptions?

Is there a way to configure NLog to automatically log all exceptions my application can send? Currently I am going to all TRY/CATCH blocks and manually adding logging in the CATCH - but what if I miss some? And what if in the future someone else…
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Should NLog flush all queued messages in the AsyncTargetWrapper when Flush() is called?

I want to shut down my application and write any pending log messages. So I call LogManager.Flush() during my shutdown process. However, I don't see all the messages written out. Instead, if I wait for a few seconds (using Thread.Sleep()) I see the…
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NLog internal log not working with ASP.Net MVC

I have a problem with NLog for logging its internal logs with this configuration
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How to use NLog for a DLL

I am trying to implement a simple log using Nlog Refresh 1.0 for a class Library project. It seems nlog does not create a logfile when it's instantiated from within a dll. Is there some other way around this ? my config file looks like this:
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NLog - Write NULL to optional database column

I am using NLog for logging in an ASP.Net application and making use of the database target with Microsoft Sql Server. I have some logging parameters that are optional and not always specified. I would like these to be written as null when they are…
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Unable to set my connectionstring in NLog

The NLog.config file does not set the connection string.
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Logging unhandled exceptions using NLog? Should ELMAH and NLog be used together?

I am using ELMAH in my ASP.NET MVC projects and I really like its simplicity. But I needed the ability to log certain events in my code in a log.Info("message") manner. Since ELMAH does not provide that ability I started looking at NLog. A few…
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NLog limit size of daily archive

I'm using NLog logging framework. My application needs to keep archive of last 14 days of logs. The current NLog.config that I use looks like this.
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Where do I see log entries in Application Insights?

I got Application Insights up and running for my ASP.NET application. Then, I installed Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.NLogTarget package and added ApplicationInsightsTarget to my NLog configuration. It seems to be working fine. At least I can see…
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How to log to multiple targets using NLog?

I am using NLog and I want to log to RichTextBox and File at the same time. And I want to configure the Logger programmatically, not with xml config file. The following code only logs to the last target (File in this case). Can anybody…
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NLog: can't write to event log

I can't write to the event log with NLog. I've been able to write to the console and to a file. I've turned on exceptions in NLog and am receiving no feedback from NLog. Here is my NLog.config:
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