TraceSource.Name Property

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Diagnostics

Assemblies:: netstandard.dll, System.Diagnostics.TraceSource.dll

Assembly:: System.Diagnostics.TraceSource.dll

Assembly:: System.dll

Assembly:: netstandard.dll

Source:: TraceSource.cs

Source:: TraceSource.cs

Source:: TraceSource.cs

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Gets the name of the trace source.

public:
 property System::String ^ Name { System::String ^ get(); };

public string Name { get; }

member this.Name : string

Public ReadOnly Property Name As String

Property Value

String

The name of the trace source.

Examples

The following code sample shows how to name a trace source in the constructor call. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the TraceSource class.

// Initialize the trace source.
static TraceSource ts = new TraceSource("TraceTest");

' Initialize the trace source.
Private Shared ts As New TraceSource("TraceTest")

Remarks

The name is set by the name parameter passed to the constructor.

You can refer to the trace source by using the name attribute in the configuration file of a .NET Framework app. The following XML element shows how to refer to a trace source in the configuration file of a .NET Framework app.

XML

<configuration>  
  <system.diagnostics>  
    <sources>  
      <source name="TraceTest">  
      </source>  
    </sources>  
  </system.diagnostics>  
</configuration>

Applies to

Product	Versions
.NET	Core 1.0, Core 1.1, Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
.NET Framework	2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard	2.0, 2.1

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