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Posted to log4net-user@logging.apache.org by "Sanders, Brian" <BS...@connextions.com> on 2007/01/02 23:26:21 UTC

RE: Cannot get consoleApp to run on XP

Are you sure it's log4net that's causing the issue? I'd post the config
file. Make sure you don't have an extra < or > in the file anywhere. Open
the config file in something that does syntax highlighting.
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave [mailto:Dave@IBuyOldSlots.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 5:31 PM
To: log4net-user@logging.apache.org
Subject: Cannot get consoleApp to run on XP

I have installed log4net on my XP PC.

It compiles cleanly (.NET VS 2005)

I then build the ConsoleApp.exe and it also compiles fine (.NET VS 2005)

However, when I go to run it I get the following error message:

"This application has failed to start because the application configuration
is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem."

When I build ConsoleApp.exe the ConsoleApp.exe.config file is created.

I am sure it is something simple but I cannot figure out what is causing
this error.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Dave B.

Re: Cannot get consoleApp to run on XP

Posted by Dave <Da...@IBuyOldSlots.com>.
Brian:

I did not create or edit the config file. It was created automatically when
I compiled the ConsoleApp.

Here is the file
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>

<!-- 

            .NET application configuration file

            This file must have the exact same name as your application with
.config appended to it.



            For example if your application is ConsoleApp.exe then the
config file must be ConsoleApp.exe.config.

            It must also be in the same directory as the application.

      -->

<configuration>

      <!-- Register a section handler for the log4net section -->

      <configSections>

            <section name="log4net"
type="System.Configuration.IgnoreSectionHandler" />

      </configSections>

      <appSettings>

            <!-- To enable internal log4net logging specify the following
appSettings key -->

            <!-- <add key="log4net.Internal.Debug" value="true"/> -->

      </appSettings>

      <!-- This section contains the log4net configuration settings -->

      <log4net>

            <!-- Define some output appenders -->

            <appender name="RollingLogFileAppender"
type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender">

                  <file value="rolling-log.txt" />

                  <appendToFile value="true" />

                  <maxSizeRollBackups value="10" />

                  <maximumFileSize value="100" />

                  <rollingStyle value="Size" />

                  <staticLogFileName value="true" />

                  <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">

                        <header value="[Header]&#13;&#10;" />

                        <footer value="[Footer]&#13;&#10;" />

                        <conversionPattern value="%date [%thread] %-5level
%logger [%ndc] - %message%newline" />

                  </layout>

            </appender>

            <appender name="LogFileAppender"
type="log4net.Appender.FileAppender">

                  <file value="log-file.txt" />

                  <!-- Example using environment variables in params -->

                  <!-- <file value="${TMP}\log-file.txt" /> -->

                  <sppendToFile value="true" />

                  <!-- An alternate output encoding can be specified -->

                  <!-- <encoding value="unicodeFFFE" /> -->

                  <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">

                        <geader value="[Header]&#13;&#10;" />

                        <footer value="[Footer]&#13;&#10;" />

                        <conversionPattern value="%date [%thread] %-5level
%logger [%ndc] &lt;%property{auth}&gt; - %message%newline" />

                  </layout>

                  <!-- Alternate layout using XML

                  <layout type="log4net.Layout.XMLLayout" /> -->

            </appender>

            <appender name="ConsoleAppender"
type="log4net.Appender.ConsoleAppender">

                  <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">

                        <conversionPattern value="%date [%thread] %-5level
%logger [%ndc] &lt;%property{auth}&gt; - %message%newline" />

                  </layout>

            </appender>

            <appender name="NetSendAppender"
type="log4net.Appender.NetSendAppender">

                  <threshold value="ERROR" />

                  <server value="SQUARE" />

                  <recipient value="nicko" />

                  <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">

                        <conversionPattern value="%date [%thread] %-5level
%logger [%ndc] - %message%newline" />

                  </layout>

            </appender>

            <!-- Example of how to configure the AdoNetAppender

            <appender name="AdoNetAppender"
type="log4net.Appender.AdoNetAppender" >

                  <connectionString value="Driver={Microsoft Access Driver
(*.mdb)};DBQ=C:\Work\cvs_root\log4net-1.2\access.mdb;UID=;PWD=;" />

                  <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">

                        <conversionPattern value="INSERT INTO Log
([Date],[Thread],[Level],[Logger],[Message]) VALUES
('%date','%thread','%level','%logger','%message')" />

                  </layout>

            </appender>

            -->

            <!-- 

            <appender name="A" type="log4net.Appender.ForwardingAppender" >

                  <threshold value="WARN"/>

                  <appender-ref ref="ConsoleAppender" />

            </appender>

            <appender name="B" type="log4net.Appender.ForwardingAppender" >

                  <filter type="log4net.Filter.LevelRangeFilter">

                        <levelMin value="DEBUG"/>

                        <levelMax value="INFO"/>

                  </filter>

                  <appender-ref ref="ConsoleAppender" />

            </appender>

            -->

            <!-- Example of how to configure the AdoNetAppender to connect
to MS Access -->

            <appender name="ADONetAppender_Access"
type="log4net.Appender.AdoNetAppender">

                  <connectionString
value="Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data
Source=C:\Work\cvs_root\log4net-1.2\access.mdb;User Id=;Password=;" />

                  <commandText" value="INSERT INTO Log
([Date],[Thread],[Level],[Logger],[Message]) VALUES (@log_date, @thread,
@log_level, @logger, @message)" />

                  <parameter>

                        <parameterName value="@log_date" />

                        <dbType value="String" />

                        <size value="255" />

                        <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">

                              <conversionPattern value="%date" />

                        </param>

                  </parameter>

                  <parameter>

                        <parameterName value="@thread" />

                        <dbType value="String" />

                        <size value="255" />

                        <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">

                              <conversionPattern value="%thread" />

                        </layout>

                  </parameter>

                  <parameter>

                        <parameterName value="@log_level" />

                        <dbType value="String" />

                        <size value="50" />

                        <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">

                              <conversionPattern value="%level" />

                        </layout>

                  </parameter>

                  <parameter>

                        <parameterName value="@logger" />

                        <dbType value="String" />

                        <size value="255" />

                        <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">

                              <conversionPattern value="%logger" />

                        </layout>

                  </parameter>

                  <parameter>

                        <parameterName value="@message" />

                        <dbType value="String" />

                        <size value="1024" />

                        <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">

                              <conversionPattern value="%message" />

                        </layout>

                  </parameter>

            </appender>

            <!-- Example of how to configure the AdoNetAppender to connect
to MS SQL Server -->

            <appender name="ADONetAppender_SqlServer"
type="log4net.Appender.AdoNetAppender">

                  <bufferSize value="1" />

                  <connectionType
value="System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection, System.Data, Version=1.0.3300.0,
Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" />

                  <connectionString value="data source=SQLSVR;initial
catalog=test_log4net;integrated security=false;persist security
info=True;User ID=sa;Password=sa" />

                  <commandText value="INSERT INTO Log
([Date],[Thread],[Level],[Logger],[Message]) VALUES (@log_date, @thread,
@log_level, @logger, @message)" />

                  <parameter>

                        <parameterName value="@log_date" />

                        <dbType value="DateTime" />

                        <!-- 

                        <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">

                              <conversionPattern value="%date{yyyy'-'MM'-'dd
HH':'mm':'ss'.'fff}" />

                        </layout>

                        -->

                        <layout type="log4net.Layout.RawTimeStampLayout" />

                  </parameter>

                  <parameter>

                        <parameterName value="@thread" />

                        <dbType value="String" />

                        <size value="255" />

                        <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">

                              <conversionPattern value="%thread" />

                        </layout>

                  </parameter>

                  <parameter>

                        <parameterName value="@log_level" />

                        <dbType value="String" />

                        <size value="50" />

                        <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">

                              <conversionPattern value="%level" />

                        </layout>

                  </parameter>

                  <parameter>

                        <parameterName value="@logger" />

                        <dbType value="String" />

                        <size value="255" />

                        <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">

                              <conversionPattern value="%logger" />

                        </layout>

                  </parameter>

                  <parameter>

                        <parameterName value="@message" />

                        <dbType value="String" />

                        <size value="4000" />

                        <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">

                              <conversionPattern value="%message" />

                        </layout>

                  </parameter>

            </appender>

            <!-- Setup the root category, add the appenders and set the
default level -->

            <root>

                  <level value="WARN" />

                  <appender-ref ref="LogFileAppender" />

                  <appender-ref ref="ConsoleAppender" />

                  <!-- <appender-ref ref="ADONetAppender_SqlServer" /> -->

                  <appender-ref ref="NetSendAppender" />

                  <!-- <appender-ref ref="A" /> -->

            </root>

            <!-- Specify the level for some specific categories -->

            <logger name="ConsoleApp.LoggingExample">

                  <!-- <appender-ref ref="B" /> -->

                  <level value="ALL" />

                  <appender-ref ref="RollingLogFileAppender" />

            </logger>

      </log4net>

</configuration>

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sanders, Brian" <BS...@connextions.com>
To: "Log4NET User" <lo...@logging.apache.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 3:26 PM
Subject: RE: Cannot get consoleApp to run on XP


> Are you sure it's log4net that's causing the issue? I'd post the config
> file. Make sure you don't have an extra < or > in the file anywhere. Open
> the config file in something that does syntax highlighting.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave [mailto:Dave@IBuyOldSlots.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 5:31 PM
> To: log4net-user@logging.apache.org
> Subject: Cannot get consoleApp to run on XP
>
> I have installed log4net on my XP PC.
>
> It compiles cleanly (.NET VS 2005)
>
> I then build the ConsoleApp.exe and it also compiles fine (.NET VS 2005)
>
> However, when I go to run it I get the following error message:
>
> "This application has failed to start because the application
configuration
> is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem."
>
> When I build ConsoleApp.exe the ConsoleApp.exe.config file is created.
>
> I am sure it is something simple but I cannot figure out what is causing
> this error.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> Dave B.
>