<trace> Element
Contains listeners that collect, store, and route tracing messages.
<trace autoflush="true|false"
indentsize="indent value"/>
Attributes and Elements
The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.
Attributes
Attribute | Description |
---|---|
autoflush |
Optional attribute. Specifies whether the trace listeners automatically flush the output buffer after every write operation. |
indentsize |
Optional attribute. Specifies the number of spaces to indent. |
Autoflush Attribute
Value | Description |
---|---|
false |
Does not automatically flush the output buffer. This is the default. |
true |
Automatically flushes the output buffer. |
Child Elements
Element | Description |
---|---|
Specifies a listener that collects, stores, and routes messages. |
Parent Elements
Element | Description |
---|---|
configuration |
The root element in every configuration file used by the common language runtime and .NET Framework applications. |
system.diagnostics |
Specifies trace listeners that collect, store, and route messages and the level where a trace switch is set. |
Example
The following example shows how to use the <trace> element to add the listener MyListener
to the Listeners collection. MyListener
creates a file called MyListener.log
and writes the output to the file. The autoflush attribute is set to true, which causes the trace listener to write to the file regardless of whether the Trace.Flush method is called. The indentsize attribute is set to 0, which causes the listener to indent zero spaces when the Trace.Indent method is called.
<configuration>
<system.diagnostics>
<trace autoflush="true" indentsize="0">
<listeners>
<add name="myListener" type="System.Diagnostics.TextWriterTraceListener, system version=1.0.3300.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" initializeData="c:\myListener.log" />
</listeners>
</trace>
</system.diagnostics>
</configuration>
See Also
Reference
Trace and Debug Settings Schema
TraceListener Class
DefaultTraceListener Class
TextWriterTraceListener Class
EventLogTraceListener Class